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9780810882096

Harlem Jazz Adventures A European Baron's Memoir, 1934-1969

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    9780810882096

  • ISBN10:

    0810882094

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2012-01-12
  • Publisher: Scarecrow Press
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Summary

Harlem Jazz Adventures: A European Baron's Memoir, 1934-1969 is the story of Timme Rosenkrantz's happy stranding in New York City, where he would record jazz artists and bands in his midtown apartment, organize his own jazz band, and run a record shop. Based on the unpublished English translation prepared by Rosenkrantz and his longtime companion Inez Cavanaugh of the original Danish-language edition of the work, editor and jazz musician Fradley Hamilton Garner gives polish and context to this memoir by the James Boswell of Harlem's jazz scene. Duke Ellington, Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins, Billie Holiday, Cecile and Louis Armstrong, Benny Carter, Willie "The Lion" Smith, Eddie Condon, and Erroll Garner all come alive in the pages of this remarkable work.

Author Biography

Timme Rosenkrantz (1911-1969) was a Danish journalist, author, concert and record producer, broadcaster, and entrepreneur. Fradley Hamilton Garner is international editor and a columnist for Jersey Jazz, the monthly journal of the New Jersey Jazz Society. His column "From Far and Wide" appears online at AllAboutJazz.com.

Table of Contents

Previewp. xi
I Remember Timmep. xix
Tusind Takp. xxv
A Word from the Adapterp. xxvii
Now I've Done Itp. xxxi
1934
Get Off at 125th Street, and God Be with Youp. 3
Don Redman Sparks the Apollo, John Hammond Offers a Tourp. 10
Stompin' at the Savoy to Mighty Chick Webbp. 17
Take Off Those Shades, We Know Who You Are!p. 25
Scat Master Leo Watson Zaps It with "Z-o-o-o-t!"p. 29
From Met Opera to Empire Ballroom-and Benny Carterp. 34
At the Shim Sham, a Date with Young Billie Holidayp. 41
Jake Vandermeulen Loses Everything but His Shortsp. 47
At Beefsteak Charlie's, There's Adrian Rollinip. 51
Who Said Danish Baron? Why, He's Just a Gigolo!p. 58
"My Technique Terrifies Me!" Says Willie "The Lion" Smithp. 62
Art Tatum Is Down at Basement Brown's!p. 67
To Fats Waller with Love, Honeysuckle Rosenkrantzp. 72
Mezz Mezzrow Puts Timme on a Little Pink Cloudp. 79
Canceled: Josh Billing's Greenwich Village Gigp. 84
At Timme's Farewell Party, Fats Waller Takes a Bathp. 90
1936-1969
Checking Out Harlem's Other Halls of Pleasurep. 97
Voutie! Slim and Slam, Wow! Inez Cavanaughp. 103
Plugging a Tune to W. C. Handy, Cutting a Record for RCA Victorp. 112
Louis Armstrong Kick-Starts the Mel-O-Dee Music Shopp. 123
Harry "Father" White, Jitter Bugs, and Bill Coleman's Bandp. 129
Turning Off the Lights at Mel-O-Dee Music Shopp. 138
A Danish Nobel Laureate Digs Harlem by Nightp. 145
Eddie Condon and That Good Ol' Nicksielandp. 149
There Is Just One King, and He Is the Dukep. 155
Here Lived Diamond Jim Brady and Jazz Baron Rosenkrantzp. 161
The Stupendous "Stuff" of Jazz, Leroy Gordon (Hezekiah) Smithp. 167
Discovering, Befriending, Recording Erroll Garnerp. 173
A Great, Big, Fat White Christmas '44p. 179
Timme's Recording Service and Threatened Jazz Concertp. 182
Zeb Julian's Dream and Claude Thornhill's Jokep. 187
Bud Powell Plays Not Being Therep. 191
Jam Sessions Outlawed? Come to Café Bohemia!p. 194
Tatum Leads a Black Sheep into Piano Battle at Ruben'sp. 198
A Last Record Session and Tour of Hauntsp. 202
Coleman Hawkins: The Picasso of Jazzp. 212
Epilogue: The Song Has Ended, but the Melody Lingers On by Bente Rosenkrantz Arendrupp. 217
Resourcesp. 221
Discographyp. 227
Discography Song Indexp. 271
Discography Musician Indexp. 277
General Indexp. 283
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