A jazz book by a man who understands that jazz is struggle not perfection, Mike Zwerin, International Herald Tribune. His book gives us the whole spectrum of post-war pop music the explosion of the Beatles and the demise of the big bands, written in an easy conversational tone, Spike Milligan, Mail on Sunday. Some of Jim Godbolt s passages had me laughing uncontrollably, Times Educational Supplement. Highly intelligent and articulate. . . He has an excellent eye and ear for the quirks of others. . . irresistible, George Melly, Guardian. More than a chuckle guaranteed, Financial Times Hilarious. . . essential reading to anyone with an interest in the bizarre machinations behind the glossy front of showbiz, Music Week

All This and Many a Dog

Arts & Photography

Jim Godbolt

Music

Northway Publications

<p>This title examines in great detail the arrival of jazz in Britain, the influence of American musicians, the big-band era and then the advent of bop, the Musicians' Union ban, the development of jazz journalism and specialist clubs and the fascinating cloak and dagger plots culminating in the defiance of the Musicians' Union ban on the appearance of American musicians in Britain. It features conscientiously researched and related with trenchant and pithy humour.</p>

History of Jazz in Britain 1919-50

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All This and Many a Dog

History of Jazz in Britain 1919-50