News and Reports

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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

American Jazz Annual (New York, NY, 1956)

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

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)

Bandstand (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)

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)

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

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

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

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)

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)

HRS Society Rag (New York, NY, 1938-1941)

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

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

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

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 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.

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 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 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)

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 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)

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

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)

JazzTimes (Washington, DC, 1980-)

Jazzways (Cincinnati, OH, 1946; New York, NY, 1947)

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)

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

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