Jim Godbolt began a lifelong involvement with jazz in the 1930s. He became manager of George Webb’s Dixielanders after demobilization from the Royal Navy and ran a band agency with Lyn Dutton and Humphrey Lyttelton before forming his own agency in 1952. He left the entertainment business in 1971 to concentrate on a career in writing and his memoir of working in the music industry, was published as All This and 10%. To support himself while writing he worked for a time as a meter reader and his memoir, updated in 1986 to include his hilarious meter reading experiences, was re-published as All This and Many a Dog. In 1979 he founded Jazz At Ronnie Scott’s. the house magazine of Ronnie Scott’s Club which he edited until 2006.His other books include A History of Jazz in Britain, 1919–50, also re-published by Northway Books.”A jazz book by a man who understands that jazz is struggle not perfection” — Mike Zwerin, International Herald Tribune”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“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
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