Harlem jazz adventures : a European baron's memoir, 1934-1969 / Timme Rosenkrantz ; adapted and edited by Fradley Hamilton Garner.

"Adapted from the first-edition Danish book, Dus med jazzen mine jazzmemoirer : en bog om jazz--og andet godtfolk, and Timme Rosenkrantz's and Inez Cavanaugh's English draft translation, by Fradley Hamilton Garner"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-225), discography (pages 227-276) and indexes.

Part I: 1934. Get off at 125th Street, and God be with you -- Don Redman sparks the Apollo, John Hammond offers a tour -- Stompin' at the Savoy to Might Chick Webb -- Take off those shades, we know who you are! -- Scat Master Leo Watson zaps it with "Zo-o-o-t!" -- From Met Opera to Empire Ballroom--and Benny Carter -- At the Shim Sham, a date with Young Billie Holiday -- Jake Vandermeulen loses everything by his shorts -- At Beefsteak Charlie's, there's Adrian Rollini -- Who said Danish Baron? Why, he's just a gigolo! -- "My technique terrifies me!" Says Willie "The Lion" Smith -- Art Tatum is down at Basement Brown's! -- To Fats Waller with Love, Honeysuckle Rosenkrantz -- Mezz Mezzrow puts Timme on a little pink cloud -- Canceled: Josh Billing's Greenwich Village Gig -- At Timme's farewell party, Fats Waller takes a bath --

Part II: 1936-1969: Checking out Harlem's other halls of pleasure -- Voutie! slim and slam, Wow! Inez Cavanaugh -- Plugging a tune to W.C. Handy, cutting a record for RCA Victor -- Louis Armstrong kick-Starts the Mel-O-Dee Music Shop -- Harry "Father" White, Jitter bugs, and Bill Coleman's Band -- Turning off the lights at Mel-O-Dee Music Shop -- A Danish Novel Laureate digs Harlem by Night -- Eddie Condon and that good Ol'Nicksieland -- There is just one king, and he is the Duke -- Here lived Diamond Jim Brady and Jazz Baron Rosenkrantz -- The stupendous "stuff" of Jazz, Leroy Gordon (Hezekiah) Smith -- Discovering, befriending, recording Erroll Garner -- A great, big, fat White Christmas '44 -- Timme's recording service and threatened Jazz concert -- Zeb Julian's dream and Claude Thornhill's joke -- Bud Powell plays not being there -- Jam sessions outlawed? Come to Cafe ́ Bohemia! -- Tatum leads a Black sheep into piano battle at Ruben's -- A last record session and tour of haunts -- Coleman Hawkins: the Picasso of Jazz.