Book Reviews

5/4 Magazine (Seattle, WA, 1995-1998)

“Exploring Jazz from Mainstream to Offbeat”

78 Quarterly (Brooklyn, NY, 1967-1968; Key West, FL, 1988-1995, 2000, 2002)

“When 78 Quarterly first appeared in 1967, it was the most sumptuously prepared periodical on blues and jazz 78 rpm records of its time, with

Band Leaders and Record Review (Mount Morris, IL, 1946-1947)

Preceded by: Band Leaders (Mount Morris, IL, 1943-1946)
Continued by: Radio and Record Stars (Mount Morris, IL, 1947)

The Baton (Detroit, MI, 1941-1943)

Continued by: The New Baton (Dunellen, NJ, 1944-1945)

Blue Flame (Chicago, IL, Wilmette– IL, 1970-1972)

Lacunae: no. 1-8. A copy of these issues could not be located.

Cadence (Redwood, NY, 1976-2000)

“Frustrated with the lack of published coverage of truly creative music, Robert Rusch founded Cadence magazine in 1975 to give a voice to avant-garde artists

Clef (Santa Monica, CA, 1946)

Climax (New Orleans, LA, 1955-1956)

“In New Orleans, Lawrence Lipton singled out Robert Cass for starting the magazine, Climax: A creative review in the jazz spirit in 1955. At the

Detroit Jazz (Troy, MI, 1997-2000)

Preceded by: Detroit Jazz Monthly (Troy, MI, 1995-1997)

Detroit Jazz Monthly (Troy, MI, 1995-1997)

Continued by: Detroit Jazz (Troy, MI, 1997-2000)

Disc: The Record Magazine (Mount Morris, IL, 1946)

Down Beat Music [Yearbook] (Chicago, IL, 1957-1963)

Lacunae: Yearbook for 1956 (vol. 1). A copy of issue could not be located.

The Grackle (Brooklyn, NY, 1976-1979)

“Ron Welburn began his prolific career in music (and literary) criticism in the late 1960s. He helped found the important journal The Grackle in 1976.

Hip (Milwaukee, WI, 1962-1967; McLean, VA, 1967-1971)

Continued by: Jazz Digest (McLean, VA, 1972-1974)

Hollywood Note (Hollywood, CA, 1946)

In the Groove (Camden, NJ, 1945-1949)

Jazz (New York, NY, 1962-1967)

Continued by: Jazz & Pop (New York, 1967-1971)

Jazz [First Series] (Forest Hills Station, NY; New York, NY, 1942-1943)

Continued by: Jazz [Second Series] (New York, NY, 1944-1945)

Jazz [Second Series] (New York, NY, 1944-1945)

Preceded by: Jazz [First Series] (New York, NY, 1942-1943)

Jazz & Pop (New York, NY, 1967-1971)

Preceded by: Jazz (New York, 1962-1967)

The Jazz Blast (Mt. Ephraim, NJ, 1970-1973)

Lacunae: Vol. 3 nos. 1-4, 6; Vol. 4 no. 1.

Jazz Digest (Philadelphia, PA, 1956)

Jazz Digest (McLean, VA, 1972-1974)

Preceded by: Hip (Milwaukee, WI, 1962-1967; McLean, VA, 1967-1971)

The Jazz Link (San Diego, CA, 1988-1991)

Jazz Magazine (Northport, NY, 1976-1980)

“Jazz Magazine was a short-lived but very high-quality publication that existed during the latter half of the 1970’s, ceasing publication in 1980. While the fledgling

Jazz news: Blue star review (Paris, France, 1948-1950)

Lacunae: Missing no. 10-11. These issues will be loaded in late 2024.

The Jazz Register (San Diego, CA, 1965-1966)

Jazz Report (Ventura, CA, 1960-1975)

Lacunae: Vol. 1 no. 3

The Jazz Report (St. Louis, MO, 1953-1958; Chicago, IL, 1958-1960)

Lacunae: Vol. 1 no. 2-3, 12; Vol. 2 no. 1, 3. A copy of these issues could not be located.

The Jazz Review (New York, NY, 1958-1961)

“Founded by Nat Hentoff, Martin Williams, and Hsio Wen Shih in New York in 1958, The Jazz Review was the premier journal of jazz in

The Jazz Session (Chicago, IL, 1944-1946)

Jazz Spotlite News: African-American Classical Music/Jazz (New York, NY, 1979-1980)

Lacunae: vol. 1 no. 1-2.

Jazz hot [1er série] (Paris, France, 1935-1939)

Jazz: A Quarterly of American Music (Berkeley, CA, 1958-1960)

Jazzbeat (New Orleans, 1989-2010)

Preceded by: CRC Jazz Journal (New Orleans, LA, 1987-1989)

Added in the Fall 2020 update

JazzTimes (Washington, DC, 1980-)

Revue du jazz, La (Paris, France, 1949-1950)

Mecca (New Orleans, LA, 1974)

Metronome (New York, NY, 1932-1961)

Lacunae: Vol. 64 no. 3. Although Metronome began publication in 1885, in 1932/33 the journal began shifting its editorial focus to jazz. Included here are the

The Mississippi Rag (Minneapolis, MN, 1973-2006)

Lacunae: Vol. 8 no. 12, Vol. 13 no. 10. “The Mississippi Rag was the most successful magazine devoted to traditional jazz and ragtime and it

The Music Dial (New York, NY, 1943-1945)

Lacunae: Missing vol. 1 no. 3. This issue could not be located. Numeration irregularities: vol. 2 no. 1 was published as vol. 1 no. 13.

Music Memories and Jazz Report (Birmingham, AL, 1963-1965)

Preceded by: Music Memories Quarterly (Birmingham, AL, 1963)

The Needle (Jackson Heights, NY, 1944-1945)

“This short-lived monthly, edited and published by Robert Reynolds, was distinguished well out of proportion to its brief run. Among the significant writings to appear

The New Regime (Chicago, IL, 1969)

Added in the Fall 2020 update

Platter Chatter (Seattle, WA, 1945-1947)

Radio and Record Stars (Mount Morris, IL, 1947)

Preceded by: Band Leaders and Record Review (Mount Morris, IL, 1946-1947)

Radio Free Jazz (Washington, DC, 1975-1980)

Preceded by: Sabin’s Radio Free Jazz USA (Washington, DC, 1972-1975)

The Record Changer (Washington, DC, 1942-1943; Fairfax, VA, 1943-1946; Washington, DC, 1946-1947; New York, NY, 1948-1955, 1957)

Lacunae: Vol. 7 no. 1. A copy of this issue could not be located; the issue may never have been published. “The Record Changer was

Record Whirl (Chicago, IL, 1955-1956)

Lacunae: Vol. 1 no. 1, 3-4. A copy of these issues could not be located.

Sabin's Radio Free Jazz USA (Washington, DC, 1972-1975)

Continued by: Radio Free Jazz (Washington, DC, 1975-1980)

The Second Line (New Orleans, LA, 1950-2009)

Preceded by: The Jazz Club Bulletin (New Orleans, LA, 1950)
Additional years 1964-2009 added in the Fall 2021 update.

Tempo (Los Angeles, CA, 1933-1940)

Whiskey, Women, and... (Haverhill, MA, 1971-1989)

Added in the Fall 2020 update