Timme Rosenkrantz
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Baron Timme Rosenkrantz (July 6, 1911 – August 11, 1969)
A Danish aristocrat, author and jazz enthusiast. Rosenkrantz was an early supporter of African American
jazz musicians and promoted many concerts and recordings. He also produced a 1938 session for the Victor label, assembling Rex Stewart, Don Byas, Russell Procope, Tyree Glenn, Jo Jones and others as Timme Rosenkrantz and His Barrelhouse Barons. His private 1944 acetates of Errol Garner, which subsequently saw release on Blue Note and other labels, were the pianist's first recordings. A man of great humor, Rosenkrantz wrote witty short stories and vignettes for a number of publications, including Esquire magazine.
His collection of Jazz Music (concentrated on the Swing Era) is placed in the Jazz collections at the University Library of Southern Denmark
, Odense.
Before Timme died, he wrote down his memories in a Danish book and in several Danish and English articles. Fradley Garner, International Editor of Jersey Jazz and friend of Timme's, has translated and edited the Baron's memoirs for the English-speaking world. The resulting book, Harlem Jazz Adventures, will be published in January/February 2012.
A Danish aristocrat, author and jazz enthusiast. Rosenkrantz was an early supporter of African American
African American
African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
jazz musicians and promoted many concerts and recordings. He also produced a 1938 session for the Victor label, assembling Rex Stewart, Don Byas, Russell Procope, Tyree Glenn, Jo Jones and others as Timme Rosenkrantz and His Barrelhouse Barons. His private 1944 acetates of Errol Garner, which subsequently saw release on Blue Note and other labels, were the pianist's first recordings. A man of great humor, Rosenkrantz wrote witty short stories and vignettes for a number of publications, including Esquire magazine.
His collection of Jazz Music (concentrated on the Swing Era) is placed in the Jazz collections at the University Library of Southern Denmark
Jazz collections at the University Library of Southern Denmark
The Music Department at the University Library of Southern Denmark in Odense has through donations and acquisitions since 1997 achieved the status of research archive of specialised jazz studies....
, Odense.
Before Timme died, he wrote down his memories in a Danish book and in several Danish and English articles. Fradley Garner, International Editor of Jersey Jazz and friend of Timme's, has translated and edited the Baron's memoirs for the English-speaking world. The resulting book, Harlem Jazz Adventures, will be published in January/February 2012.