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78 Quarterly

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

Cadence

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

Clef (Santa Monica, CA, 1946)

Climax

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

Down Beat

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. 

Good Diggin'

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

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

The Grackle

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.

Jazz Information

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

Jazz Magazine

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

The Jazz Review

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: The Metronome Yearbook

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.

Jazzways

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

Metronome

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

Music and Rhythm

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 Needle

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 Record Changer

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

Record Whirl (Chicago, IL, 1955-1956)

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

Rhythm

Rhythm (New York, NY, 1946-1947)

Lacunae: Vol. 1 nos. 1-4, 7; Vol. 2 no. 3. A copy of these issues could not be located. Issues 5 and 6 of Volume 1

The Soul and Jazz Record

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.

Theme

Theme (North Hollywood, CA, 1953-1957)