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George Malcolm-Smith

1901 – 1984

American musicologist

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Lived 1901 – 1984 (aged 82–83). George Malcolm-Smith was an American musicologist and novelist.

George Malcolm-Smith (1901–1984) was an American novelist and jazz musicologist. A 1925 graduate of Trinity College, he hosted the first iteration of "Gems of American Jazz", a jazz radio program on WTIC-FM in Hartford, Connecticut, from 1942 to 1950. He also hosted two nationally syndicated programs for National Public Radio: "Gems of American Jazz" and "Other Gems of Jazz." They were produced at WPKT, Public Radio in Hartford.

He wrote eight humorous novels, most with "salty pictures by Carl Rose." His first novel was adapted into a Broadway musical in 1945 entitled Are You With It?. The musical was in turn adapted into a 1948 film.

He collected a large number of items related to jazz, which were given to the Watkinson Library at Trinity College after his death as dictated in his will.

Novels Slightly Perfect (1941) The Grass is Always Greener (1947) The Square Peg (1952) [also released as Mugs, Molls and Dr. Harvey in Graphic paperback #104 (1955)] The Trouble With Fidelity (1957) If a Body Meet a Body (1959) The Lady Finger (1962) Come Out, Come Out (1965) Dividend of Death (1966).

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Born
1901, Poultney
Birth century
Died
1984, Hartford
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Education
Trinity College

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Who was George Malcolm-Smith?

American musicologist

When was George Malcolm-Smith born?

George Malcolm-Smith was born in 1901 in Poultney.

When did George Malcolm-Smith die?

George Malcolm-Smith died in 1984 in Hartford.

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George Malcolm-Smith was a musicologist and novelist.

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George Malcolm-Smith was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: George Malcolm-Smith

· Wikidata: Q5542073

· DBpedia: George Malcolm-Smith

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