Jim Godbolt
Jim Godbolt (5 October 1922 – 9 January 2013)[1] was a British jazz writer and historian.
He was born in Sidcup, Kent. During a varied career in the music business, Godbolt worked as concert-promoter,[2] manager to British jazz musicians, film consultant, broadcaster and compiler of album liner notes. He edited several jazz publications, including , from 1950–51, , from 1979–84 and from 1980-2006 he was founding editor of Jazz at Ronnie Scott's, the house magazine of the jazz club in London.[3]
Jim Godbolt also wrote for newspapers and periodicals, including Harpers & Queen and Melody Maker.
Selected bibliography[]
- Ronnie Scott's Jazz Farrago (2008), Foreword by George Melly, Hampstead Press, ISBN 978-0-95-576280-2
- A History of Jazz in Britain 1919-1950, (2010) (4th edn.), London: Northway Publications ISBN 978-0-95-578881-9
- A History of Jazz in Britain 1950-1970 (1989), Quartet Books, ISBN 978-0-70-432526-5
- All This and Many a Dog: Memoirs of a Loser/Pessimist (1986), Quartet Books, ISBN 978-0-70-432567-8
- The World of Jazz in Printed Ephemera and Collectibles (1991), Wellfleet, ISBN 978-1-55-521623-8
References[]
- ^ "Obituary in London Jazz". Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2013-01-14.
- ^ Taylor, Joel (2005-04-22). "Jim's possibly jazz's finest slip catcher". Camden New Journal. Retrieved 2010-07-13.
- ^ "Print Publication Listings: Jazz At Ronnie Scotts". All About Jazz. Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2010-07-13.
Categories:
- 1922 births
- 2013 deaths
- English historians
- English writers about music
- Jazz writers
- People from Sidcup
- English male non-fiction writers