Jazz Quarterly
- Place of Publication: Kingsville, TX
- Language: English
- Date of Publication: 1942-1944
- Periodicity: Once every three months
- Editors: Judy Downs & Jake Trussell
- Publishers: Jazz Quarterly Society
- Type: Full Text
Eight issues of Jazz Quarterly were published, four in Kingsville, Texas and four in Chicago. Published by Judy Downs and edited by Downs and Jake Trussell (Downs alone edited the last two issues), Jazz Quarterly was a non-profit endeavor of “a group of hot fans spread from New York to Chicago to San Francisco to Texas, and back again” [Jazz Quarterly 1, no. 1: 9]. With the editor’s penchant for humor and willingness to publish criticism – including criticism of the journal – while publishing historical and critical essays, Jazz Quarterly remains an entertaining journal to read.
Contributors to Jazz Quarterly included writers and critics from across the United States, including Bob Thiele, Muriel Reger, Ralph Berton, George Hoefer, Jr., Paul Edward Miller, William H. Miller, Lenny Tristano, Orin Blackstone, and Evelyn Feathergill. Research articles on musicians from New Orleans, Chicago, and early jazz musicians appear throughout, along with numerous articles on the blues. Of note are the various “suggestions” and aphorisms scattered amongst the pages, many humorous.