Jim Godbolt (5 October 1922 – 9 January 2013) was a British jazz writer and historian. He was born in

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. During a varied career in the music business, Godbolt worked as concert-promoter, manager to British jazz musicians, film consultant, broadcaster and compiler of album

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. He edited several jazz publications, including '' Jazz Illustrated'', from 1950–51, '' 100 Club News'', 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. Jim Godbolt also wrote for newspapers and periodicals, including ''

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''. He also headed the Jim Godbolt Entertainment Agency with Don Kingswell and looked after several groups including Swinging Blue Jeans.

Selected bibliography

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'' (2008), Foreword by

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, Hampstead Press, *''A History of Jazz in Britain 1919-1950'', (2010) (4th edn.), London:

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*''A History of Jazz in Britain 1950-1970'' (1989), Quartet Books, *''All This and Many a Dog: Memoirs of a Loser/Pessimist'' (1986), Quartet Books, *''The World of Jazz in Printed Ephemera and Collectibles'' (1991), Wellfleet,

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Godbolt, Jim 1922 births 2013 deaths English historians English writers about music Jazz writers People from Sidcup English male non-fiction writers