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
Editorials
For publication information and content summaries click on a journal title.
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)
Bandmagazine (New York, NY, 1939)
Preceded by: Bandwagon (New York, NY, 1939)
The Baton (Detroit, MI, 1941-1943)
Continued by: The New Baton (Dunellen, NJ, 1944-1945)
Blue Flame (Chicago, IL, Wilmette– IL, 1970-1972)
Bright Moments (Newark, NJ, 1985)
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
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)
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
Expansions (New York, NY, 1971-1975)
Gene Lees Jazzletter (Ojai, CA, 1981-2008)
Added in the Fall 2020 update
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)
HRS Society Rag (New York, NY, 1938-1941)
Jam Session (New York, NY, 1941)
Jass Beat (Schenectady, NY, 1950)
![Jazz [First Series]](https://ripmjazz.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/JAZ-235x300.jpg)
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]](https://ripmjazz.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/JNY-203x300.jpg)
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 (McLean, VA, 1972-1974)
Preceded by: Hip (Milwaukee, WI, 1962-1967; McLean, VA, 1967-1971)
Jazz Discounter (Evansville, IN, 1948-1951)
Lacunae: Vol. 1 nos. 1-5. A copy of these issues could not be located.
The Jazz Link (San Diego, CA, 1988-1991)
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.
The Jazz Record (New York, NY, 1943-1947)
“The Jazz Record was unusual among jazz magazines in that its founder and editor was a renowned jazz musician—pianist Art Hodes. Begun as a bi-weekly,
The Jazz Register (San Diego, CA, 1965-1966)
Jazz Report (Ventura, CA, 1960-1975)
Lacunae: Vol. 1 no. 3
The Jazz Session (Chicago, IL, 1944-1946)
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-)
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
Metronome - Music U.S.A. (New York, NY, 1959-1959)
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)
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 Quarterly (Birmingham, AL, 1963)
Preceded by: Music Memories Monthly (Birmingham, AL, 1963)
Continued by: Music Memories and Jazz Report (Birmingham, AL, 1963-1965)
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
Oh! Play that Thing (San Francisco, CA, 1948-1952)
Quarter Notes (Fresno, CA, 1962)
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
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.
The Soul and Jazz Record (Hollywood, CA, 1975-1977)
Lacunae: Unknown. Volume and issue numeration is irregular but all issues known to the editor have been reproduced.
Swing Music (New York, NY, 1939)
Theme (North Hollywood, CA, 1953-1957)
The Wheel (Kannapolis, NC, 1948)
Whiskey, Women, and... (Haverhill, MA, 1971-1989)
Added in the Fall 2020 update