The Jazz Baroness

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Baroness Pannonica Rothschild was born into fabulous wealth, but one track on one record by a man she'd never met - jazz pianist Thelonius Monk - inspired her to leave everything familiar and start a new life on the other side of the world. Filmmaker Hannah Rothschild, her great niece, defied her family to search out this fascinating true story.

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