Jim Godbolt, The world of Jazz in printed ephemera and collectibles, Ed. Studio, 1995

This comprehensive examination of jazz ephemera contains a history of jazz from its roots in the American South to the international scene of the present day. Tracing developments in performance and style, it includes chapthers on New Orleans, the Big Bands, Swing, Bebop and ‘free-form’, and follows the spread of jazz across the Atlantic to Northern Europe.

Side by side with descriptions of the players, the venues in which they performed, their music and the recording companies which popularized it, there is a detailed examination of the journalism which helped to foster an appreciation of the new sounds.

Jim Godbolt (1922-2013) 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, manager to British jazz musicians, film consultant, broadcaster and compiler of album liner notes. 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 Harpers & Queen and Melody Maker.

Ristampa del 1995, a copertina cartonata rigida grigia titolata al dorso, con sovracoperta lucida fotografica a colori, di grande formato, stampata su carta semi-ludica di buona qualità, rilegata a filo, ricca di moltissime fotografie ed illustrazioni in B/N e a colori. Difficilmente reperibile in Italia.

Come Nuovo [nonostante l’età, il libro è conservato ottimamente, con interni pressoché perfetti, rilegatura snodata e tenace, nessuno strappo, danno, scritta o mancanza, qualche opacità trascurabile da sfregamento (e piccole pieghe di bordo) alla sola sovracoperta].