Jim Godbolt (5 October 1922 – 9 January 2013) was a British jazz writer and historian. He was born in Sidcup, Kent. During a varied career in the music business, Godbolt worked as concert-promoter, manager to British jazz musicians, film consultant, broadcaster and compiler of album liner notes. He edited several jazz publications, including , from 1950–51, , from 1979–84 and from 1980-2006 he was founding editor of Jazz at Ronnie Scott's, the house magazine of the jazz club in London.