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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

All-American Band Leaders (Springfield, MA, 1942-1943)

Continued by: Band Leaders (Mount Morris, IL, 1943-1946)

American Jazz Monthly (Whitestone, NY, 1944-1945)

Continued by: American Jazz Review (New York, NY, 1945-1947)

American Jazz Review (New York, NY, 1945-1947)

Preceded by: American Jazz Monthly (Whitestone, NY, 1944-1945)

ASCAP Jazz Notes (New York, NY, 1962-1965)

Band Leaders (Mount Morris, IL, 1943-1946)

Preceded by: All-American Band Leaders (Springfield, MA, 1942-1943)
Continued by: Band Leaders and Record Review (Mount Morris, IL, 1946-1947)

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)

Bandmagazine (New York, NY, 1939)

Preceded by: Bandwagon (New York, NY, 1939)

Bandstand (New York, NY, 1939)

Bandwagon (New York, NY, 1939)

Continued by: Bandmagazine (New York, NY, 1939)

Basin Street (New Orleans, LA, 1945-1946)

The Baton (Detroit, MI, 1941-1943)

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

Bright Moments (Newark, NJ, 1985)

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

The Capitol News from Hollywood (Hollywood, CA, 1943-1952)

Continued by: Music News (Hollywood, CA, 1952)

The Cat's Meow (Detroit, MI, 1938)

Continued by: Swing: The Guide to Modern Music (Detroit, MI, 1938-1939; New York, NY, 1939-1941)

Change (Detroit, MI, 1965-1966)

Christensen's Modern Music Monthly (Chicago, IL, 1934)

Christensen's Ragtime Review (Chicago, IL, 1914-1916)

Continued by: Ragtime Review (Chicago, IL, 1916-1918)

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

Collegiate Swing (Lexington, VA, 1938)

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

Preceded by: CRC Newsletter (Decatur, GA, 1975-1987)
Continued by: Jazzbeat (New Orleans, LA, 1989-2010)

Added in the Fall 2020 update

CRC Newsletter (Decatur, GA, 1975-1987)

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

Added in the Fall 2020 update

Dance Band Album (Greenwich, CT, 1942)

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)

Different Drummer (Rochester, NY, 1973-1975)

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

Disc'ribe (Ann Arbor, MI, 1980-1982)

Down Beat (Chicago, IL, 1934-1963)

“Race relations, sexual equality, unionism, wars, recessions, birth, life, death, the triumph of the will, the battle of the soul: it spills across the pages

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

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

Esquire's Jazz Book (Chicago, IL; New York, NY, 1944-1947)

Expansions (New York, NY, 1971-1975)

Floy Floy (Chicago, IL, 1938)

Gene Lees Jazzletter (Ojai, CA, 1981-2008)

Added in the Fall 2020 update

Good Diggin' (Portland, OR, 1947-1949)

Numeration irregularities: Vol. 3 (1949) skips no. 2.

GTJ & CR News (Los Angeles, CA, 1955-1961)

Lacunae: Vol. 2 no. 1.

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)

Jam Session (New York, NY, 1941)

Jass Beat (Schenectady, NY, 1950)

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

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

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

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

Jazz Club Bulletin (New Orleans, LA, 1950)

Continued by: The Second Line (New Orleans, LA, 1950-1976 (+))

Jazz Digest (Philadelphia, PA, 1956)

Jazz Discounter (Evansville, IN, 1948-1951)

Lacunae: Vol. 1 nos. 1-5. A copy of these issues could not be located.

Jazz Information (New York, NY, 1939-1941)

“Jazz Information, started by Ralph Gleason, Ralph de Toledano, and Gene Williams, began was a purveyor of discographical and collector’s information, leavened by vitriolic responses

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

Jazz New York (New York, NY, 1956)

Jazz Notes (Newark, NJ, 1942)

Jazz Notes (Indianapolis, IN, 1957-1965)

Lacunae: Vol. 1; Vol. 2 no. 3, Vol. 5 no. 1. A copy of these issues could not be located.

Jazz Quarterly (Kingsville, TX, 1942-43; Chicago, IL, 1944)

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.

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

Jazz: The Metronome Yearbook (New York, NY, 1950-1959)

Lacunae: 1952 (vol. 3). A copy of this issue could not be located and may never have been published.

Jazzette (Boston, MA, 1944-1945)

Jazzfinder (New Orleans, LA, 1948-1949)

Continued by: Playback (New Orleans, LA, 1949-1952)

JazzTimes (Washington, DC, 1980-)

Mecca (New Orleans, LA, 1974)

Melody News (New York, NY, 1934-1935)

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

Metronome - Music U.S.A. (New York, NY, 1959-1959)

Music and Rhythm (Chicago, IL, 1940-1942)

“With its lurid headlines and daring (for the early 1940s) ‘cheesecake’ photography, Music and Rhythm was clearly intended as a commercial venture. Its general tone

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

Music Memories (Birmingham, AL, 1961-1962)

Continued by: Music Memories Monthly (Birmingham, AL, 1963)

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

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

Music Memories Monthly (Birmingham, AL, 1963)

Preceded by: Music Memories (Birmingham, AL, 1961-1962)
Continued by: Music Memories Quarterly (Birmingham, AL, 1963)

Music News (Hollywood, CA, 1952)

Preceded by: The Capitol: News from Hollywood (Hollywood, CA, 1943-1952)
Continued by: Music Views (Hollywood, CA, 1952-1959)

Music Views (Hollywood, CA, 1952-1959)

Preceded by: Music News (Hollywood, CA, 1952)

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 Baton (Dunellen, NJ, 1944-1945)

Preceded by: The Baton (Detroit, MI, 1941-1943)

The New Regime (Chicago, IL, 1969)

Added in the Fall 2020 update

Oh! Play that Thing (San Francisco, CA, 1948-1952)

Platter Chatter (Seattle, WA, 1945-1947)

Playback (New Orleans, LA, 1949-1952)

Preceded by: Jazzfinder (New Orleans, LA, 1948-1949)

Quarter Notes (Fresno, CA, 1962)

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)

Ragtime Review (Chicago, IL, 1916-1918)

Preceded by: Christensen’s Ragtime Review (Chicago, IL, 1914-1916)

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 Research (Brooklyn, NY, 1955-1977)

Lacunae: Nos. 3, 13, 44, 134, 137-38. Numeration irregularities: Initially maintains two parallel issue numerations, one for each volume and one for the cumulative run. This