Table of Contents – RIPM Jazz

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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 Annual (New York, NY, 1956)

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)

Bandwagon (New York, NY, 1939)

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

The Baton (Detroit, MI, 1941-1943)

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

Big Apple Jazz (New York, NY, 1977)

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 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)

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

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.

Encyclopedia Yearbook of Jazz (New York, NY, 1956)

Continued by: New Yearbook of Jazz (New York, NY, 1958)

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

Expansions (New York, NY, 1971-1975)

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

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

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.

Hollywood Note (Hollywood, CA, 1946)

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

Jam Session (New York, NY, 1941)

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] (New York, NY, 1944-1945)

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

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

The Jazz Register (San Diego, CA, 1965-1966)

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 Today (New York, NY, 1956-1957)

Jazz World (New York, NY, 1957)

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

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-)

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

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

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 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