Helen Mirren
The Jazz Baroness
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PREVIEWS FOR JAZZ BARONESS



Hannah Rothschild admits at the start that she did not enter this project a jazz expert; and at the end, she admits she still isn't. But the sensitive use of the music, and respect for the musicians she speaks with (Sonny Rollins, Curtis Fuller, and Quincy Jones among them) belies her modesty.
Pat Padua  - TV Review: The Jazz Baroness - click here to read

 

The film is especially good as it limns the story of the filmmaker hoping to glimpse a piece of her own family history.
Regina Weinreich - The Huffington Post - click here to read

 

Every now and then, there are moments on-air which stand out.  For myself, it was a recent sit-down with writer, producer, and director Hannah Rothschild,  ­ Gary Walker
WBGO Jazz - click here to listen

The Jazz Baroness Airing on HBO2 November 25th 2009 - click here to read
by Lee Mergner - JazzTimes

The One-Line Review - click here to read
by Iain Stott

The Bebop Baroness - click here to read review
Curt Schleier - The Jewish Week New York 

Please click here to read reviews from - The Times, The Independent, The Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph, Harper's Bazaar, The Sunday Telegraph, TVTV.co,uk, Radio Times, Tatler, W Magazine, The Guardian, The New York Times.


 It's the most beguiling music film since Eastwood's Straight No Chaser."
Peter Florence, Directer Hay Festival


“Fabulous brilliant film; I loved it”
Hanif Kureishi, Author
   


The jazz baroness and the bebop king
"Here, then, is the answer for those wondering why the discography of postwar jazz is studded with a single exotic name, in a catalogue of compositions that includes not just Monk's own Pannonica but, from other pens, Nica's Dream, Nica's Tempo, Nica Steps Out, Blues for Nica and a dozen others. For a generation of jazz musicians, it was a way of repaying their most unlikely patron."
Richard Williams - The Guardian, Monday 22 December 2008
Please click here for the article in full

“Utterly brilliant”

Stephen Frears, Director

“It was a beautiful contemplation of two fascinating lives. I really liked the way you put yourself into it – a lovely, touching dialogue between you and your great aunt – putting us in thrall to her great love and advocacy of genius. I have always been a fan of Thelonious Monk’s music, so it was great to be given such new insights.”
Lizzie Francke UK Film Council


“The film was fascinating and moving and had many enlightening undercurrents about the history of the 20th Century that took it way beyond the story of Thelonius and Pannonica. A very good piece of work indeed.”
Henry Porter- Observer 
 





   
Jersey Shore Metromix (same piece as Asbury Park Press):
http://jerseyshore.metromix.com/music/article/monk-nica-and-all/1606489/content





Reviews


The Jewish Daily Forward (this story ran on the front page of the printed paper Nov. 19):
http://www.forward.com/articles/119145/









 

   

Kam Williams’ review was syndicated and ran on the following sites:

http://theblackboxoffice.com/2009/11/review-the-jazz-baroness/


http://www.kamwilliams.com/2009/11/jazz-baroness.html



The review was picked up by the Baret News Service and ran on the following newspaper sites:


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Listings



   
Jewish Week Fall TV Preview:
http://www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c234_a16653/Special_Sections/Arts_Preview.html  




   
Lansing Journal:
Link no longer available







Radio

WBGO – Morning Jazz with Gary Walker:
http://www.wbgo.org/blog/?p=2539


   
The WBGO Interview was picked up by NPR’s A Blog Supreme Jazz Blog:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2009/11/too_many_miles_link_dump.html

   
Sirius XM Radio – Real Jazz with Mark Ruffin:
No archived link

   
Jazz Inspired Radio with Judy Carmichael – NPR and 170 affiliates:
http://www.jazzinspired.com/archive_n-r.shtml#letterR

    
Fresh Air with Terry Gross – NPR:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121201661



Podcasts

   
The Jewish Daily Forward:
http://www.forward.com/articles/119640/




“A Home Run”
Indiewire


Helen Mirren on her reasons for accepting the role of the voice of the Jazz Baroness.