ghost of miles Posted November 30, 2019 Report Share Posted November 30, 2019 (edited) A few years ago my predecessor passed on several issues of this late 1970s magazine, edited by Peter Keepnews and counting a fair number of notable writers (Dan Morgenstern, for starters) among its contributors. I pulled out the winter 1979 issue a few days ago for an article about Manfred Eicher and ECM... seems to have been a high-quality journal. Any posters here ever read it back in the day? Edited November 30, 2019 by ghost of miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted November 30, 2019 Report Share Posted November 30, 2019 I subscribed from the beginning. The only issue I don't still have is the last one. It was a really good magazine, imo. With your historical bent, you would be rewarded by finding and then reading the entire run, cover-to-cover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted November 30, 2019 Report Share Posted November 30, 2019 Yes, a good one. Tom Stites, its editor, later on was a colleague of mine at the Chicago Tribune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted November 30, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2019 23 minutes ago, JSngry said: I subscribed from the beginning. The only issue I don't still have is the last one. It was a really good magazine, imo. With your historical bent, you would be rewarded by finding and then reading the entire run, cover-to-cover. You’ve read my mind, sir. I think I have four issues in all that I inherited from Joe, so will be on a search to pick up more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted November 30, 2019 Report Share Posted November 30, 2019 https://jazzmf.com/jazz-magazine-1976-1980/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stryker Posted December 1, 2019 Report Share Posted December 1, 2019 2 hours ago, Larry Kart said: Yes, a good one. Tom Stites, its editor, later on was a colleague of mine at the Chicago Tribune. What did Tom do at the Tribune? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted December 1, 2019 Report Share Posted December 1, 2019 He was an editor in the features department. I said he was a colleague, but actually our paths didn't cross that much, though I knew who he was. I was a writer -- a so-called entertainment critic -- and I think his job was deciding or helping to decide what stories the features section would feature down the road, so to speak. The Trib had a top notch features section for a good while. Mark, do you know what Tom has been up to in recent years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazztrain Posted December 1, 2019 Report Share Posted December 1, 2019 I remember subscribing to it back in the day and having it fold shortly thereafter. I think I got one issue from the subscription. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stryker Posted December 1, 2019 Report Share Posted December 1, 2019 14 hours ago, Larry Kart said: He was an editor in the features department. I said he was a colleague, but actually our paths didn't cross that much, though I knew who he was. I was a writer -- a so-called entertainment critic -- and I think his job was deciding or helping to decide what stories the features section would feature down the road, so to speak. The Trib had a top notch features section for a good while. Mark, do you know what Tom has been up to in recent years? To be clear, I've never met Tom. Your reference above was the first time I heard his name. Presumably this is what he's been up to recently: https://banyanproject.coop/biography/tom-stites/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted December 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2019 I shared a photo of the magazine’s masthead on Tom Piazza’s Facebook page (he was an associate editor) prompting some replies from others, including one from Tom Stites himself: “Remember that you read it here first, before the official announcement in December: Jazz Magazine, in its entirety, will soon be available digitally for perusal in libraries all over the world. Stay tuned!” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gheorghe Posted December 2, 2019 Report Share Posted December 2, 2019 It is possible that I wanted to subscribe it in 1980 but got an answer something "they are making changes" ? I think one of the last editions was one with Sonny Rollins on the cover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted December 2, 2019 Report Share Posted December 2, 2019 That was the last one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gheorghe Posted December 16, 2019 Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 I think after that I got a letter from them telling something like they want to continue but have to make some decisions and have to develope some stragegies for doing that and bla bla bla, anyway it didn´t help. I waited some month to see if I can subscribe it, and nothing happened. Eventually I subscribed for Down Beat, which I enjoyed very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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