Jazz Record

• Place of Publication: London, United Kingdom
• Language: English
• Date of Publication: 1951
• Publishers: [s. n.]
• Type: Citation Only

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The Jazz Record was edited by James Asman, effectively a revival of the Jazz Record previously edited by Asman and friend Bill Kinnell in Newark, Nottinghamshire in 1943-1944. Asman was a record dealer in London with strong beliefs on what constituted authentic jazz and American folk music. Although Asman declared the Jazz Record to be “a private venture,” not associated with any organizations or clubs, there is significant promotion of the National Association of Jazz Organisations. Seven issues appear to have been published from Asman’s address in Plumstead, London. 

Contributions of note include a serialized article by Ernest Borneman, “The Jazz Cult,” a pseudo-memoir beginning with Borneman’s time working at the Berlin Phonogram Archive (the archive of the Gesellschaft zur Erforschung der Musik des Orients, founded by Carl Stumpf and directed by Erich von Hornborstel) through the recent critical debates on jazz. Dietrich Schulz-Köhn writes on jazz in postwar Germany.  Record reviews were divided between Asman, who reviewed traditional jazz and folk music, and Steve Race who reviewed modern jazz. Coverage of British jazz musicians then active is a regular feature.