Hello, I'm Frank Turner.

Welcome to Tales from No Man's Land, a podcast that accompanies my album, No Man's Land.

It's about 13 women from history who you probably haven't heard of, but definitely should have.

Their stories are fascinating, moving, funny and most importantly, worth celebrating and sharing.

Welcome back to Tales from No Man's Land with me, Frank Turner.

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This episode is about a woman whose love of music was so powerful that she uprooted her life for it. Her name was Nika Rothschild.

Come down, Nika, you don't have to wait outside of the stand hope for the doctor.

Born into a rich bank family, her remarkable spirit led her to fighting for the free French in World War II,

but it was a chance discovery on a stopover in New York that would change the course of her life forever.

It said that when she first heard the jazz record around midnight by Thelonious Monk,

that she became so enammed by it that she missed her fight home,

ended up separating from her husband and her children, ditching the life that she was raised to live,

and becoming a jazz patroness in New York in the 1950s jazz bebop scene,

and she was affectionately known as the Jazz Baroness.

So today, to join me to discuss Nika's fascinating life is the broadcaster and singer Jumoke Fashola.

Music as fascinating life is the broadcaster and singer Jumokeh Fasola. Today I find myself in a basement in London that I'm now very familiar with from making podcasts,

but the excitement today is that I'm joined by Jumokey for Shola. Hi, Jumokey, how are you doing? Hi,

Hi, Frank. I'm really well. What a pleasure to have you in today. Thank you so much.

No, thank you for inviting me. I'm very excited to be here.

Well, we're going to get into the story of Nika Rothschild.

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