Rosenkrantz Timme (8 results)

Illustrated Boards. Condition: Very Good-. No Jacket. Oversize glossy white hardcover with large b&w photo and red lettering on front; no jacket; 44 pages; b&w photos. Very good minus condition: noticeable wear and soiling to binding; straight and tight; back pastedown endpaper is bubbled; pages are excellent. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Several tiny ink checks to names on contents page; pages a tad musty from improper storage. A GOOD copy.

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. Reprint. (Swing, Jazz Musicians, Music History) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Reissue. 1964 reissue. HARDBACK. Laminate has peeled on the gutter & so dirt has got underneath. Spine base has minor damage. Internally clean. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref 14.3. Swing Photo Album 1939. Published by Scorpion Press & Dobell's Jazz Record Shop.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. JAZZ & BLUES & MUSIC HISTORY. This is from the 'Studies In Jazz' series of books & this is number 65. / Rosenkrantz 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. This 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 RCA Victor recording, (DL) live in Harlem and run a record shop with his life companion, journalist and singer Inez Cavanaugh. Rosenkrantz would become the James Boswell of the Harlem jazz scene. Duke Ellington, Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, Billie Holidaythere wasn't a New York jazz musician unknown to "Honeysuckle Rosenkrantz," as christened by Fats Waller. Fradley Hamilton Garner the editor gave it a polish and context to Rosenkrantz's stories of meetings with Cecile and Louis Armstrong, Benny Carter, Willie "The Lion" Smith, Eddie Condon, Erroll Garnerwhom Rosenkrantz discovered and was first to recordand many others. This book is a must-have for jazz lovers. Social historians interested in the intersection of race and the music business will find in Rosenkrantz's memoir an invaluable primary source on Harlem's social scene and its musical legacy. / Illustrated with 'B&W' photos through out. /// This is a 1st edition hardback with a 'laminated' bookbinding in near to fine condition-the spine is very slightly 'bumped'. (297 pages & 32 pages of introduction & 16 pages of photos).…

Odense University Press 2000. Large 8vo. 202 pages. Illustrated in b/w. Orig. boards. Light rubbing to boards. Very good.

Odense University Press 2000. Large 8vo. 202 pages. Illustrated in b/w. Orig. boards. Discreet external wear. Near fine.

Chr. Erichsens Forlag, København 1964. 147 sider. Illustrationer i s/h. Indbundet med orig. omslag i et privat gråt halvlærredsbind.