A love story against all the
odds....

The story of a white British Baroness who fell in love with the musical genius Thelonious Monk.

Helen Mirren is the voice of the Jazz Baroness.

Sonny Rollins, TS Monk Junior, The Duchess of Devonshire, Quincy Jones, Lord Rothschild, Roy Haynes, Chico Hamilton and many other luminaries appear as themselves.

Besides the original airdate of Wednesday, November 25 (8:00-9:30 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO2, the film will also have these additional airdates: Mon. Nov. 29 (8:00 a.m.), Tues. Nov. 30 (3:00 p.m.), Thurs. Dec. 3 (6:30 p.m.), Fri. Dec. 11 (7:45 a.m.), Wed. Dec. 16 (1:30 p.m.).

 The Jazz Baroness goes beyond the barrel of stereotypes the screeching monkeys of society use against the intricate gusts of life swirling about us. Hannah Rothschild stands up to the tornadoes of mystery and fact that underlie what we mean about platonic love and the majesty that can define itself through tirelessly committed support. Stanley Crouch, The Daily Beast

"Pannonica Rothschild's story reads like one of those lurid and doomed romantic melodramas that the reader just knows can only end with the tragic ruin of everyone involved. " New York Daily News

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

"Two worlds collide in this scintillating jazz documentary."  The Hollywood Reporter

It’s a smoky film, allusive, full of longing and foggy patches Joan Juliet Buck, Vogue

"Mesmerising" Stephen Frears

It's the most beguiling music film since Eastwood's Straight No Chaser."Peter Florence, Director Hay Festival of Literature and Ideas

BBC RADIO 4, 'THE JAZZ BARONESS',
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