Swing Journal
Swing Journal was the largest (and for a long time only) Japanese jazz magazine. It was founded in 1947, appeared monthly and only in Japanese (with English headings). It was considered one of the leading jazz magazines worldwide, especially since Japan is an important market for jazz, but also because of the quality of its contributions. It also had the highest circulation of all jazz magazines worldwide (around 125,000 in 2002). The volume of the individual issues is around 350 pages, with discographies of jazz musicians being published regularly, with photos of all record covers. The magazine is also known for being well equipped with photographs. The coverage includes (despite the name) all styles of jazz, with well-known American jazz critics such as Dan Morgenstern , Leonard Feather , Gary Giddins , Ira Gitler and Howard Mandel being among the authors. Similar to other well-known jazz magazines such as Down Beat , it keeps critics and reader rankings (polls) and awards a "Gold Disc Award" for albums.
The magazine was discontinued in July 2010 after more than 60 years due to a lack of advertising and the resulting income.
Editors were u. a. Yasuki Nakayama, Bunichi Murata (1948-1999) and Kiyoshi Koyama (1936-2019). The headquarters of the magazine was Tokyo. It was published by Swing Journal Co. Ltd.
literature
- William Minor: Jazz Journeys to Japan. The heart within . University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor 2004, ISBN 0-472-11345-3 .
- Sepp Linhart , Sabine Breakfast (eds.): The Culture of Japan as seen through its Leisure . State University of New York Press, Albany, NY 1998, ISBN 0-7914-3791-4 .
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Remarks
- ↑ Other jazz magazines are Jazz Life and Jazu Hihyo, which have also been around for several decades, and Adlib
- ^ Portrait of Dan Morgenstern, 2002
- ↑ Chicago Jazz Examiner May 19, 2010
- ↑ Katherine Whatley: Kiyoshi Koyama: A life lived with jazz. Japan Times, March 29, 2018, accessed February 4, 2019 .