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Timme Rosenkrantz And His Barrelhouse Barons

Band,
Jazz

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 Erroll Garner, which subsequently saw release on Blue Note and other labels, were the pianist's first recordings. Rosenkrantz organized the 1946 European tour of an all-star band led by Don Redman, the first American jazz group to visit Copenhagen and Stockholm after World War II. A man of great humor, Rosenkrantz wrote witty short stories and vignettes for a numb

Members

	Don Byas ts 1912-1972 US
	Russell Procope sax, as, cl 1908-1981 US
	Jo Jones dr 1911-1985 US
	Billy Kyle p 1914-1966 US
	Walter Page b 1900-1957 US
	Rex Stewart tr, cor 1907-1967 US
	Tyree Glenn tb, vib 1912-1974 US
	Rudy Williams as, voc US
	Timme Rosenkrantz p 1911-1969 DK
	Brick Fleagle g 1906-1992 US
	Billy Hicks tr US