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Late a t night in Manhattan many years ago, while I was stopped at a light, a Rolls-Royce pulled up in the right lane. My friend, an actor and jazz drummer who normally was the per-
sonification of cool, almost lost his. "Oh my! It's the Baroness and Monk!" he exclaimed.See the full content of this document
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Giving Her Life to Jazz
I knew who Thelonius Monk was, but the woman at the wheel was a mystery to me, so my friend explained that she was a rich woman from Europe who loved jazz and befriended its players. In 1955, the legendary saxophonist Charlie Parker had d...
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