# Jazz & Pop

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American music magazine

Jazz & Pop Cover of the October 1967 issue of Jazz & Pop, featuring Milton Glaser's illustration of Bob Dylan Categories Music Frequency Monthly Founded 1962 Final issue 1971 (1971) Company Jazz Press Country United States Based in New York City 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](/source/Bob_Thiele),[2] the producer of [jazz](/source/Jazz) artists such as [Duke Ellington](/source/Duke_Ellington), [John Coltrane](/source/John_Coltrane), [Louis Armstrong](/source/Louis_Armstrong), [Earl Hines](/source/Earl_Hines) and [Count Basie](/source/Count_Basie).[3] The publication served as a rival title to *[Down Beat](/source/Down_Beat)* magazine,[2] which had been established in the 1930s.[4]

The title of the publication changed to *Jazz & Pop* in August 1967.[2] Like *Down Beat*, the magazine began to cover popular music as a result of the widespread cultural recognition afforded the genre following the release of [the Beatles](/source/The_Beatles)' *[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band](/source/Sgt._Pepper's_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band)*;[5] in turn, mainstream American publications increasingly adopted jazz-style critiques to analyse [rock music](/source/Rock_music).[6] With the change of name, the magazine's editorial focus widened to include jazz music, rock, [folk](/source/Folk_music) and [blues](/source/Blues).[2]

In its original incarnation as *Jazz*, the magazine's staff included jazz critics Don Heckman, George Hoefer, [John Mehegan](/source/John_Mehegan) and [Stanley Dance](/source/Stanley_Dance), while New York–based freelancers such as Don Riker also contributed.[7] From 1967 to 1970, its rock contributors included [Gene Sculatti](/source/Gene_Sculatti), [Lenny Kaye](/source/Lenny_Kaye) and David G. Walley.[1] Also a musician, Kaye wrote an article on the [doo-wop](/source/Doo-wop) genre in *Jazz & Pop* that led to the start of his successful collaboration with singer and poet [Patti Smith](/source/Patti_Smith).[8] Between 1968 and 1971,[9] the editor of the magazine was [Patricia Kennealy](/source/Patricia_Kennealy), who became romantically involved with [Jim Morrison](/source/Jim_Morrison) of [the Doors](/source/The_Doors) after interviewing him for *Jazz & Pop*.[10] [Robert Levin](/source/Robert_Levin_(writer)) worked as the magazine's jazz editor,[11] while [Frank Kofsky](/source/Frank_Kofsky) and D.C. Hunt also contributed jazz-related articles in the late 1960s.[12] When [Ritchie Yorke](/source/Ritchie_Yorke) wrote an article for the magazine disparaging [rock critics](/source/Rock_critic), particularly *[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone)* writer [John Mendlesohn](/source/John_Mendelsohn_(musician)), it led to a terse response from Mendlesohn in the February 1971 issue of *[Phonograph Record](/source/Phonograph_Record_(magazine))*, as he sought to justify his seemingly harsh approach to album reviews.[13]

From its early years of operation, the magazine published an annual international critics poll.[14] Referring to the 1967 poll, the website rockcritics.com recognizes it as originating from "right at the dawn of rock criticism".[15] The [Pazz & Jop](/source/Pazz_%26_Jop) annual poll, founded by *[Village Voice](/source/Village_Voice)* critic [Robert Christgau](/source/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.[16]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-RBP_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-RBP_1-1) ["Jazz & Pop"](http://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Publication/jazz-pop). [Rock's Backpages](/source/Rock's_Backpages). Retrieved February 23, 2017.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-afka_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-afka_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-afka_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-afka_2-3) Raup, Avo. ["Jazz & Pop"](http://www.afka.net/Mags/Jazz_and_Pop.htm). afka.net. Retrieved February 23, 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Oliver, Myrna (February 2, 1996). ["Bob Thiele; Record Label Owner, Producer of Top Jazz Musicians"](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-02-02-mn-31616-story.html). *[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)*. Retrieved February 23, 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Welburn, Ron (Autumn 1987). "Jazz Magazines of the 1930s: An Overview of Their Provocative Journalism". *[American Music](/source/American_Music_(journal))*. **5** (3): 255–270. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.2307/3051735](https://doi.org/10.2307%2F3051735). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [3051735](https://www.jstor.org/stable/3051735).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Gould, Jonathan (2007). [*Can't Buy Me Love: The Beatles, Britain and America*](https://books.google.com/books?id=gTAjZ235qfsC). New York, NY: Three Rivers Press. pp. 420–21. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-307-35338-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-307-35338-2).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Philo, Simon (2015). [*British Invasion: The Crosscurrents of Musical Influence*](https://books.google.com/books?id=WqiDBQAAQBAJ). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 122. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-8108-8626-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8108-8626-1).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Riker, Don (December 1965). "Steve Kuhn". *Jazz*. pp. 8–10.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Huey, Steve. ["Lenny Kaye"](http://www.allmusic.com/artist/lenny-kaye-mn0000200794/biography). [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic). Retrieved February 23, 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Patricia Kennealy-Morrison"](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Patricia-Kennealy-Morrison/e/B000AP7RME). [Amazon.co.uk](/source/Amazon.co.uk). Retrieved February 23, 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Jim Morrison: AL Interviews Patricia Kennealy Morrison"](http://www.americanlegends.com/morrison/interview.html). American Legends. Retrieved February 23, 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** AAJ staff (August 21, 2010). ["Robert Levin: The War Is Over – A Conversation About Jazz"](https://www.allaboutjazz.com/robert-levin-the-war-is-over-a-conversation-about-jazz-by-aaj-staff.php). [All About Jazz](/source/All_About_Jazz). Retrieved February 23, 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** Cole, Bill (2001) [1976]. *John Coltrane*. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press. pp. 254, 255. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-306-81062-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-306-81062-6).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** Mendelsohn, John (February 1971). "John Mendelsohn, Rock Critic". *[Phonograph Record](/source/Phonograph_Record_(magazine))*. Available at [Rock's Backpages](https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/john-mendelsohn-rock-critic) (subscription required).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** *Jet* staff (February 19, 1970). ["Entertainment"](https://books.google.com/books?id=SjkDAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Jazz+%26+Pop%22+magazine&pg=PA57). *[Jet](/source/Jet_(magazine))*. p. 57. Retrieved February 23, 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** Rock Critics admin (March 14, 2014). ["1967 Jazz & Pop Results"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210121110135/https://rockcritics.com/2014/03/14/1967-jazz-pop-results/). rockcritics.com. Archived from [the original](https://rockcritics.com/2014/03/14/1967-jazz-pop-results/) on January 21, 2021. Retrieved February 23, 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** ["The Village Voice's 44th Pazz & Jop Music Critics' Poll"](https://web.archive.org/web/20170223211524/http://www.villagevoice.com/pazznjop/previous/2016). [villagevoice.com](/source/The_Village_Voice). Archived from [the original](http://www.villagevoice.com/pazznjop/previous/2016) on February 23, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2017.

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