{{Short description|American music magazine}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox magazine | title = Cadence | image_file = CadenceMagazineCover.jpg | image_caption = ''Cadence'' Vol. 29 No. 4, cover dated April 2003 | editor = David Haney | editor_title = Coordinating Editor | previous_editor = Bob Rusch | frequency = Quarterly | circulation = | category = Jazz & blues magazine | company = Cadence Magazine, LLC | publisher = David Haney | founder = Bob Rusch | founded = 1976 | firstdate = | finaldate = January 2012 (print edition) | country = United States | based = Richland, Oregon | language = English | website = {{URL|www.cadencejazzmagazine.com}} | issn = 0162-6973 }}
'''''Cadence: The Independent Journal of Creative Improvised Music''''' is a quarterly review of jazz, blues and improvised music. The magazine covers a range of styles, from early jazz and blues to the avant-garde. Critic and historian Bob Rusch founded the magazine as a monthly in 1976 and served as publisher and coordinating editor through 2011. Musician David Haney became editor and publisher in 2012.
==History and profile== ''Cadence'' began publication in 1976.<ref name="about_cadence"/><ref name="edk"/> The magazine's original parent company, Cadnor, Ltd. (based in Redwood, New York),<ref name=edk>{{cite book|author=Edward Komara|title=Encyclopedia of the Blues|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-w-uGwm_LhcC&pg=PA757|access-date= July 7, 2016|year=2006|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-415-92699-7|page=756}}</ref> also owns a pair of jazz record labels (CIMP and Cadence Jazz), a record distributorship (Cadence/North Country), and an audio equipment retailer (Northcountry Audio). The magazine was published monthly<ref name="edk"/> until October 2007, when it switched to a quarterly schedule with an increase in pages.
In January 2011, Bob Rusch announced that ''Cadence'' would cease publication with the October–December 2011 issue, while other endeavors, such as CIMP, Cadence Jazz, and North Country would continue.<ref name="rusch_jan_11"/> However, in August, the ''Cadence'' email newsletter announced that the magazine would continue, under new leadership, after 2011 (all other ''Cadence'' and North Country businesses would remain under the current management).<ref name="2011-08-10"/> In October, ''Cadence'' announced that David Haney, a jazz musician and ''Cadence'' contributor based in Richland, Oregon, would become publisher.<ref name="2011-10-12"/> In January 2012, the format changed to an online magazine (in PDF), with an annual print edition.<ref name="2012-01"/>
The ''All Music Guide to Jazz'' described ''Cadence'' as "the premier magazine about improvised music in the world... ''Cadence<nowiki>'</nowiki>s'' oral history/interview/profiles each month are thorough and no-holds-barred... The magazine is not to be missed."<ref name="wynn"/>
==References== {{Reflist|refs= * <ref name="about_cadence">{{cite web |url=http://www.cadencemagazine.com/about-cadence-magazine.html |title=About Cadence Magazine |access-date=February 14, 2007 |work=The Cadence Building Web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100724070152/http://www.cadencemagazine.com/about-cadence-magazine.html |archive-date=July 24, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * <ref name="rusch_jan_11">{{cite journal | last =Rusch | first=Bob|date=January 2011|title=Cadence & You|journal=Cadence Magazine|volume=37|issue=1–2–3|page=2| publisher=Cadnor Ltd.|location =Redwood, NY|issn=0162-6973 }}</ref> * <ref name="2011-08-10">{{citation |date=August 10, 2011|title=News from Cadence/NorthCountryAudio (Mailing List 08/03/2011)|quote=Watch this space and the October–November–December 2011 issue for more news and details.}}</ref> * <ref name="2011-10-12">{{citation |date=October 12, 2011|title=News from Cadence/NorthCountryAudio (Mailing List 10/12/2011)|quote=The content will remain the same, including columns and reviews from many of the existing Cadence writers. The format will change to include an online site hosting Cadence Magazine plus an annual print edition. }}</ref> * <ref name="2012-01">{{cite journal |date=January 2012 | last=Haney | first=David | title =Cadence Magazine Editorial Policy | journal = Cadence Magazine | volume =38 | issue =1 (399) | page =8 | publisher = Cadence Magazine, LLC | location = Richland, OR | issn = 0162-6973 }}</ref> * <ref name="wynn">{{cite book |editor=Ron Wynn |editor-link=Ron Wynn |others=with Michael Erlewine, Vladimir Bogdanov & Chris Woodstra |title=All Music Guide to Jazz |edition=1st |series=Allmusic |year=1994 |publisher=Miller Freeman Books |location=San Francisco |isbn=0-87930-308-5 |chapter=Magazines |page=[https://archive.org/details/allmusicguidetoj00wynn/page/722 722] |chapter-url-access=registration |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/allmusicguidetoj00wynn/page/722 }}</ref> }}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060506015027/http://www.cadencebuilding.com/ CadNor Ltd.] (former publisher)
Category:Annual magazines published in the United States Category:Monthly magazines published in the United States Category:Online music magazines published in the United States Category:Quarterly magazines published in the United States Category:Blues music magazines Category:Jazz magazines published in the United States Category:Magazines established in 1976 Category:Magazines disestablished in 2012 Category:Defunct magazines published in New York (state) Category:Magazines published in Oregon Category:Online magazines with defunct print editions Category:Defunct music magazines published in the United States