Interviews

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

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

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

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)

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

Change (Detroit, MI, 1965-1966)

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'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

Expansions (New York, NY, 1971-1975)

Numeration irregularities: Not all issues contain volume and issue designations. 

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)

Jazz (New York, NY, 1962-1967)

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

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

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

Jazz crisis (Madrid, 1949-1950)

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 Report (Ventura, CA, 1960-1975)

Lacunae: Vol. 1 no. 3

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

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

Lacunae: vol. 1 no. 1-2.

Jazz Today (New York, NY, 1956-1957)

Jazz World (New York, NY, 1957)

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

JazzTimes (Washington, DC, 1980-)

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.

The New Regime (Chicago, IL, 1969)

Added in the Fall 2020 update

Not Just Jazz (New York, NY, 1980-1985)

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

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

Rhythm and Blues: Covering the Jazz and Blues Scene (Derby, CT, 1952-1964)

Lacunae: Nos. 18, 50. A copy of these issues could not be located.

Riffs: Jazz and Blues Review Magazine (Arlington, TX, 1977-1978)

Added in the Fall 2020 update

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

Preceded by: The Cat’s Meow (Detroit, MI, 1938)

Wavelength (New Orleans, LA, 1980-1991)

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

Added in the Fall 2020 update