A complete annotated index compiled by Michael Fitzgerald
Thanks to Tom Stites (Editor and Publisher) and Peter Keepnews (Contributing Editor/Managing Editor)
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Volume 1, Number 1 (Summer 1976)
Jazzkids’ Revolution Is Here
By Ed Lowe
Jazzkids Reflect On Jazz
By Carl Strommen
Ellington After the Duke
An assessment by Bob Blumenthal
Mercer: The Man
By Leonard Feather
Rahsaan Roland Kirk Returns
By Eric Levin
Insight: Bird’s Oboe Player Remembers the Man
Martin Sperber interview by Carl Strommen
Bookings
Where major groups are playing nationally
- MJQ Regroups
Soundings
By Harry Pearson
A jazz-lover’s audio and record-care guide
Reviews
- George Benson: Breezin’;
- Paul Bley: Turning Point; Quiet Song; Alone, Again
- Betty Carter: Finally; Betty Carter: Round Midnight
- Roland Hanna: Perugia: Live At Montreux ’74; Andrew Hill: Live At Montreux; Mal Waldron: Blues For Lady Day; Randy Weston: Blues To Africa
- Dexter Gordon: Blues Walk
- Helen Humes: On The Sunny Side Of The Street
- Horace Silver: Silver ‘n Wood
- Human Arts Ensemble: Under The Sun
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk: The Return Of The 5000 Lb. Man
- Lee Konitz: Lone-Lee
- Mahavishnu Orchestra: Inner Worlds
- Jean-Luc Ponty: Aurora
- Sonny Rollins: More From The Vanguard
- Tribute To Louis Armstrong
- Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band: Long Yellow Road
- Verve Reissues
- Savoy Reissues
- Coltrane: A Biography
- Esquire’s World Of Jazz
- New York Notes: A Journal Of Jazz, 1972-75
Notes
- Fighting for All-Jazz Radio on the Battlefield of Bureaucracy, by Peter Keepnews
- Thelonious Monk, by Peter Keepnews
- Jazz Stamps, by William E. Schremp
- Museum’s New Home
- Festival Roundup
- Maxine Sullivan, by Rosemary McManus
- Jazz Rep Adapts, by Leonard Maltin
- WJA Survives, by Bart Everett
- Memorial for Bird, by Tom Stites
- Herbie Hancock, by Tom Stites
Fragments
By Vincent Pelote
Answers to your jazz history questions
Waxings
By Dan Morgenstern
Clues in the search for hard-to-get records
Woodshed: Three Blues Progressions
By Carl Strommen
Volume 1, Number 2 (Fall 1976)
An Afternoon At Miles’s
Interview by Sy Johnson; story by Ed Lowe; cover drawing by Gary Viskupic
Insight: Of Congas and Kenton and Salsa’s Secret
Ramon Lopez interview by Carl Strommen and Tom Stites
Drawing From Jazz To Create Rock
[Steely Dan]By Bob Blumenthal
Unearthing Jazz Heritage You Can See and Hear
By Leonard Maltin
Plans For a Memorable Party
By Leonard Maltin
Sound Tracks: How Hollywood Buried Jazz
By Don Heckman
Letters
Notes
- George Benson, Platinum, by Tom Stites
- N.Y. Museum, Cont’d
- Hendricks, Ross & …
- Buddy Rich
- On the Horizon
- Jazz Organizations
- Oliver’s Mouthpiece
- WRVR Bulletin, by Sid Cassese
- Trumpets No End, by Tom Piazza
- Herbie’s Piano
- Teddy Edwards’s Friends
- Pops in Bronze
- Eva Taylor, by Sid Cassese
- Basie on the Mend
- JCOA Presentation
- Letter from Bennington
- Correspondence
- Willy Maiden
- Paying an Old Debt
- Newsmagazines Notice
- Woody Herman, by Harvey Siders
Festivals
- Newport, by Peter Keepnews
- Hampton, by Sid Cassese
- Loft Celebration
- Newport Friends
- Berkeley, by Ira Steingroot
Gallery: Chick Corea
Text and photographs by Sy Johnson
Reviews
- Chris Barber: The Chris Barber Jubilee Tour Album; by Carol Epstein
- Dave Brubeck: All The Things We Are; by Joe H. Klee
- John Bunch: John Bunch Plays Kurt Weill; by Joe H. Klee
- Gary Burton: Dreams So Real!; by Colman Andrews
- Philip Catherine: Nairam; by Colman Andrews
- Al Cohn: Play It Now; by Tom Piazza
- James Dapogny: Piano Music Of Ferdinand “Jelly Roll” Morton; by Joe H. Klee
- The Sonny Clark Memorial Album; by J. R. Taylor
- Benny Carter: The King; by Dan Morgenstern
- Jon Faddis: Youngblood; by Tom Piazza
- Dizzy Gillespie: Dee Gee Days; by Bob Blumenthal
- Hampton Hawes: The Challenge; by Tom Piazza
- Bobby Hutcherson: Waiting; by Peter Keepnews
- Thad Jones/Mel Lewis: New Life; by Peter Keepnews
- The L.A. Four; by Peter Keepnews
- Carmen McRae: As Time Goes By: Carmen McRae Alone; by Fred Freeman
- McCoy Tyner: Fly With The Wind; by J. R. Taylor
- Sonny Stitt: Stomp Off, Let’s Go; by Eric Levin
- Sam Rivers: Sizzle; Dave Holland/Sam Rivers; by Bob Blumenthal
- Zoot Sims: Soprano Sax; by Eric Levin
Time Capsules
Reviews of reissues, by John McDonough
Soundings
By Harry Pearson
A jazz-lover’s audio and record-care guide
Waxings
By Dan Morgenstern
Clues in the search for hard-to-get records
Woodshed: Cycle of Fifths
By Neil Slater
Bookings
Where major groups are playing nationally
- Bags, by Miles Jordan
Fragments
By Vincent Pelote
Answers to your jazz history questions
Volume 1, Number 3 (Spring 1977)
Barry Harris: True Keeper of the Bebop Flame
Interview by Ira Gitler
European Festivals
By Stuart Troup
50 Years of Benny Goodman
By John McDonough
Ornette: An Experimental Music That Has Aged Gracefully
Assessment by Bob Blumenthal
Ornette: Bobby Bradford’s Portrait of an Emerging Giant
By Keith Raether
Letters
Notes
- Disaster Averted at New York Jazz Museum, by Peter Keepnews
- Festivals
- New Orleans Museum
- New Directions for Jazz Institute, by Sid Cassese
- WJA, R.I.P.
- Jazz in AZ, by Pat McElfresh
- Riversides Return
- Horizon Survives
- WRVR: But What Does All-Jazz Mean?, by Sid Cassese
People
- New York, by Ira Gitler
- Erroll Garner: An Appreciation, by Sy Johnson
- Basie: Back on Road with New Lifestyle, by Pat McElfresh
- Woody Herman’s 40-Year Bash, by Ira Gitler
- Chicago, by Jerry DeMuth
- Los Angeles, by Harvey Siders
- Salute to Milt, by Tom Piazza
- Paris, by Stuart Troup
- Miles Davis, by Tom Stites
- Dick Hyman, by Dan Morgenstern
- Paul Desmond, by Pat McElfresh
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk, by Eric Levin
Gallery: Chet Baker and Dizzy Gillespie
Text and photos by Sy Johnson
Reviews
- Paul Bley & Ornette Coleman: Live At The Hillcrest Club; by Lawrence Kart
- JoAnne Brackeen: Snooze; by Keith Raether
- Dee Dee Bridgewater: Dee Dee Bridgewater; by Sy Johnson
- Clayton Jam Sessions Vol. 1, Vol. 2; by Stanley Dance
- Composer’s Workshop: We’ve Been Around; by Tom Piazza
- Jack DeJohnette: Untitled; by Sy Johnson
- Roy Eldridge: What It’s All About; by Peter Keepnews
- Jim Hall: Commitment; by Tom Piazza
- Oscar Peterson & Joe Pass: Porgy And Bess; Ray Charles & Cleo Laine: Porgy And Bess; by Carol Epstein
- Barry Harris: Live In Tokyo; by Dan Morgenstern
- MCA Reissues: The Best of Count Basie; by Lawrence Koch
- MCA Reissues: Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald; The Best of Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy; by Bill Adler
- Milt Larkin: Down Home Saturday Night; by Stanley Dance
- Sam Most: Mostly Flute; by Peter Keepnews
- Jaco Pastorius: Jaco Pastorius; by Sy Johnson
- Bucky Pizzarelli: Buck & Bud; by Eric Levin
- Steeplechase Avalanche; by Bob Blumenthal
- Exploring Delmark; by Jerry DeMuth
- Mal Waldron: One And Two; Kenny Dorham: But Beautiful; by J. R. Taylor
- Randy Weston: African Nite; by Peter Keepnews
Time Capsules
Reviews of reissues, by John McDonough
Soundings
By Harry Pearson
A jazz-lover’s audio and record-care guide
Waxings
By Tom Piazza
Clues in the search for hard-to-get records
Woodshed: From The Contemporary Arranger on Effective Voicing for Full Band
By Don Sebesky
Books
- Albert Murray: Stomping The Blues; by Peter Keepnews
- Leonard Feather & Ira Gitler: The Encyclopedia Of Jazz In The Seventies; by Tom Stites
- Dan Morgenstern & Ole Brask: Jazz People; by John McDonough
- Nat Hentoff: Jazz Is; by J. R. Taylor
- Carl Brandt & Clinton Roemer: Standardized Chord Symbol Notation; by Carl Strommen
- Dean Tudor & Andrew D. Armitage: Popular Music Periodicals Index, 1975; Andrew D. Armitage & Dean Tudor: Popular Music Record Reviews, 1975; by Tom Stites
Bookings
Where major groups are playing nationally
Fragments
By Vincent Pelote
Answers to your jazz history questions
Volume 1, Number 4 (Summer 1977)
Record Companies Hear The Call Of Jazz
By Peter Keepnews
Independent Labels Grow
By Jerry DeMuth
The Lionization Of Dexter Gordon
By Peter Keepnews; cover illustration by John Kier
Bird Lives
By Sy Johnson
Band Mania: Rehearsing And Hoping
By Ed Lowe
Rehearsal Bands
Jack Daugherty Orchestra; Emil Palame Big Band
By Bill Schremp
Success Stories
- Don Ellis, by Harvey Siders
- Tiger Rag Forever, by Robert K. Sanford
- Dave Matthews, by David S. Kramarsky
Insight: A Musician And Writer
Writings by Yusef Lateef, excerpted from Spheres
- The Flute
- Who Told You To Say That?
- Where Is Lester?
- The Trunk
Paul Bley: Avant-Gardist in Mellow Years
Interview by Eric Levin
Letters
People
- New York, by Ira Gitler
- Kenton, Herman
- Los Angeles, by Harvey Siders
- Miles and Gil Again, by Randy Savicky
- Chicago, by Jerry DeMuth
- Williams-Taylor Concert, by Tom Piazza
- Gold Again
- Lost and Found
Notes
- How to Find Jazz Off the Beaten Path in New Orleans, by Donald M. Marquis
- Nonprofit, And How: Tales of 3 Organizations, by Sid Cassese
- Jazz on the Air, by Sid Cassese
- Players’ Helper, by Angela Robinson
- Jazz on the Pier
- North Texas State
- Jazz Film Course
- Mural in Restaurant, by Randy Savicky
- Festival Roundup
- New Orleans, by Donald M. Marquis
- Back to Newport, by Randy Savicky
Gallery: Charlie Parker on 52nd Street; Slam Stewart, Illinois Jacquet
Photos by Mike Eagle
Reviews
- Paul Bley, Gary Peacock & Barry Altschul: Japan Suite; by Don Heckman
- Ronnie Cuber: Cuber Libre; by Tom Stites
- Miles Davis: Water Babies; by Sy Johnson
- Dexter Gordon: Homecoming; Dexter Gordon: True Blue; by Bob Blumenthal
- Urbie Green: The Fox; Art Farmer: Crawl Space; by J. R. Taylor
- Hank Jones: Jones-Brown-Smith; by Tom Piazza
- Lee Konitz: The Lee Konitz Nonet; by Dick Zander
- From the Smithsonian; by Dan Morgenstern
- Mel Lewis: Mel Lewis And Friends; by Tom Piazza
- Pat Martino: Joyous Lake; Larry Coryell: The Lion And The Ram; Larry Coryell: Basics; by Peter Keepnews
- David Murray: Low Class Conspiracy; by Don Heckman
- Milton Nascimento: Milton; by Sy Johnson
- Mal Waldron & Gary Peacock: First Encounter; by Don Heckman
- Weather Report: Heavy Weather; by Sy Johnson
- Eberhard Weber: The Following Morning; by Bob Henschen
- Jazz Archives; by Tom Piazza
Time Capsules
Reviews of reissues, by John McDonough
Basie After 40 Years
- The Band, by Burt Korall
- The Soloist, by Tom Stites
Waxings
By Dan Morgenstern
Clues in the search for hard-to-get records
Soundings
By Harry Pearson
A jazz-lover’s audio and record-care guide
Woodshed: Dexter Gordon’s solo on “Tenor Madness”
Transcription and text by Sy Johnson
Books
- Dave Dexter, Jr.: Playback; by Burt Korall
- Jamey Aebersold: A New Approach To Jazz Improvisation; by Carl Strommen
Bookings
Where major groups are playing nationally
Fragments
By Vincent Pelote
Answers to your jazz history questions