Jazz news and review
- Place of Publication: London, United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Date of Publication: 1961-1963
- Publishers: Jazz News
- Type: Citation Only
- Preceded by: Jazz News
Jazz News and Review was the continuation of Jazz News. As indicated by the title change, the weekly publication began to place more emphasis upon reviews, in addition to the copious quantities of musical news, all reflecting the growth of the jazz, folk, and popular music scene in London and throughout Great Britain.
Although billing itself as “the only jazz weekly,” in February 1963 publication was shifted to biweekly, and in August, to monthly. At the end of 1963, Jazz News was merged with the organ of the National Jazz Federation, Jazz Today, to form a new publication, Jazzbeat (or Jazz Beat) which would continue publication until 1966. As noted by the editors, 1963 saw a change in the British jazz scene, in which the “trad fad” passed and a new fad for rhythm and blues was growing. “A magazine devoted to jazz should be as free from stylistic restrictions as the music itself.” [Jazz News and Review 7, no. 26 (December 1963): 8.]