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Timme Rosenkrantz - Harlem Jazz Adventures - 9780810882096 - V9780810882096
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Harlem Jazz Adventures

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Description for Harlem Jazz Adventures Hardcover. Translator(s): Garner, Fradley Hamilton. Series Editor(s): Morgenstern, Dan. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 346 pages, 33 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; APB; AVGJ; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 692.
Timme Rosenkrantz (1911–1969) was a Danish journalist, author, concert and record producer, radio show host, and entrepreneur with a consuming passion for jazz and little head for business. Known in Denmark and New York as the “Jazz Baron” because of his noble lineage, he was the first European journalist to cover the jazz scene in Harlem. Harlem Jazz Adventures: A European Baron’s Memoir, 1934–1969 recounts Rosenkrantz’s happy years in New York City, where he would produce jazz concerts, record top musicians and bands in his midtown apartment, organize a “dream band” for Timme Rosenkrantz and His Barrelhouse Barons, a 1938 ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Jazz
Number of Pages
346
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810882096
SKU
V9780810882096
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About Timme Rosenkrantz
Timme Rosenkrantz (1911-1969) was a Danish journalist, author, concert and record producer, broadcaster and entrepreneur. He was the first European journalist to cover the jazz scene in New York's Harlem, from 1934 to 1969. Learn even more about Timme Rosenkrantz at the following website, www.jazzbaron.com. Translator and editor Fradley Hamilton Garner is International Editor and columnist for Jersey ... Read more

Reviews for Harlem Jazz Adventures
Harlem Jazz Adventures, adapted and edited by international jazz journalist Fradley Hamilton Garner, is a fascinating and exuberant account of Rosenkrantz' encounters with the giants of jazz. Anecdotal chapters tell of his encounters with the likes of Louis Armstrong, Benny Carter, Duke Ellington, and virtually every player in each and every band that passed through town.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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