Literature and Arts B-82: Sayin' Something: Jazz as Sound, Sensibility, and Social Dialogue

9. Selected Periodicals

Selective list of important jazz titles. Locate print and online full text in Harvard Libraries by searching the journal title in HOLLIS (date indicates start of publication):

Annual Review of Jazz Studies (Rutgers Institute of Jazz Studies, 1982- )

Billboard (1963- ): Online and print access in multiple library locations (click title for online). Selected content also available via the official Billboard website

Cadence (1986-2003)

Down Beat (1934- ): Online and print access in multiple library locations (click title for online). Selected content also available via the official Down Beat website.

Jazzthetik (1987- )

Jazzthing (1990s- )

Jazz Hot (France, strong coverage of 1940s-60s abroad, 1935- )

Jazz Journal (1948-73)

Jazz Magazine (1954- )

Jazz Times (1980- )

Jazz Perspectives (2007- )

Metronome (rivaled Down Beat in popularity during 1940s-50s, 1885-1959)

Search in HOLLIS for a more comprehensive list (subject words: Jazz -- Periodicals).

For advice on finding articles within periodicals see Section Four (Finding Reviews and Articles).

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