Jim Godbolt

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Jim Godbolt (born October 5, 1922 in Wandsworth , South London, † January 9, 2013 ) was a British jazz writer and promoter .

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Godbolt did military service in the Royal Navy on trawlers in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans during World War II. After the end of the war he worked as a concert promoter, manager of British jazz musicians such as George Webb ’s Dixielanders, George Melly and Mick Mulligan, but also bands such as The Swinging Blue Jeans , film consultant, radio presenter and author of liner notes . He also wrote for a number of jazz magazines, such as Jazz Illustrated (1950–51), 100 Club News (1979–84). From 1980 to 2006 he was the founding editor of Jazz at Ronnie Scott's Magazine , the house journal of the London jazz club Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club . He was the co-author of the two-volume History of Jazz in Britain (1984 and 1986). Godbolt's last book, Ronnie Scott's Jazz Farrago (2007), was a collection of his texts for Ronnie Scott's house paper.

Jim Godbolt has also written for various newspapers and magazines, including a. for Harpers & Queen , The Daily Telegraph and Melody Maker .

Publications

  • Ronnie Scott's Jazz Farrago (2007)
  • A History of Jazz in Britain 1919-1950 , Revised edn. London: Northway Publications 2005
  • A History of Jazz in Britain 1950–1970
  • All This and Many a Dog: Memoirs of a Loser / Pessimist . Quartet Books Limited 1986; London, Northway Publications 2007
  • The World of Jazz in Printed Ephemera and Collectibles . Wellfleet Press 1990
    • German edition: The world of jazz . Erlangen, Karl Müller Verlag, 1993. ISBN 3860703676

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  1. ↑ Obituary in London Jazz ( Memento of the original from March 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / londonjazz.blogspot.de
  2. ↑ a b Joel Taylor: Jim's possibly jazz's finest slip catcher in: Camden New Journal
  3. ^ Print Publication Listings: Jazz At Ronnie Scotts. ( Memento of the original from October 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.allaboutjazz.com
personal data
SURNAME Godbolt, Jim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British jazz writer and historian
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Wandsworth , South London
DATE OF DEATH January 9, 2013