Jazz & Pop

Jazz & Pop
Categories Music
Frequency Monthly
Year founded 1962
Final issue 1971 (1971)
Company Jazz Press
Country United States
Language English
ISSN 0021-5627

Jazz & Pop was an American music magazine that operated from 1962 to 1971.[1] It was launched as Jazz and managed by Pauline Rivelli, with finance provided by Bob Thiele,[2] the producer of jazz artists such as Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Louis Armstrong, Earl Hines and Count Basie.[3] The publication served as a rival title to Down Beat magazine,[2] which had been established in the 1930s.[4]

The title of the publication changed to Jazz & Pop in August 1967, as the editorial focus widened from jazz music to include rock, folk and blues.[2] Over the next three years, its rock contributors included Gene Sculatti, Lenny Kaye and David G. Walley.[1] Also a musician, Kaye wrote an article on the doo-wop genre in Jazz & Pop that led to the start of his successful collaboration with singer and poet Patti Smith.[5] Between 1968 and 1971,[6] the editor of the magazine was Patricia Kennealy, who was romantically involved with Jim Morrison of the Doors.[7] Robert Levin worked as the jazz editor,[8] while Frank Kofsky and D.C. Hunt also contributed jazz-related articles in the late 1960s.[9]

From its early years of operation, the magazine published an annual international critics poll.[10] Referring to the 1967 poll, the website rockcritics.com recognizes it as originating from "right at the dawn of rock criticism".[11] The Pazz & Jop annual poll, founded by Village Voice critic Robert Christgau in 1971, was named in acknowledgement of the magazine. The ratings system used by Jazz & Pop was also adopted for Christgau's poll.[12]

References

  1. 1 2 "Jazz & Pop". Rock's Backpages. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 Raup, Avo. "Jazz & Pop". afka.net. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  3. ↑ Oliver, Myrna (February 2, 1996). "Bob Thiele; Record Label Owner, Producer of Top Jazz Musicians". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  4. ↑ Welburn, Ron (Autumn 1987). "Jazz Magazines of the 1930s: An Overview of Their Provocative Journalism". American Music. 5 (3). doi:10.2307/3051735. JSTOR 3051735.
  5. ↑ Huey, Steve. "Lenny Kaye". AllMusic. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Patricia Kennealy-Morrison". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Jim Morrison: AL Interviews Patricia Kennealy Morrison". American Legends. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  8. ↑ AAJ staff (August 21, 2010). "Robert Levin: The War Is Over – A Conversation About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  9. ↑ Cole, Bill (2001) [1976]. John Coltrane. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press. pp. 254, 255. ISBN 978-0-306-81062-6.
  10. ↑ Jet staff (19 February 1970). "Entertainment". Jet. p. 57. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  11. ↑ Rock Critics admin (14 March 2014). "1967 Jazz & Pop Results". rockcritics.com. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  12. ↑ "The Village Voice's 44th Pazz & Jop Music Critics' Poll". villagevoice.com. Retrieved February 23, 2017.


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