Which Jazz Mag is best?

andy162
andy162 Posts: 634
edited November 2010 in The bottom bracket
Many gentlemen like to have a thumb through the pages of publications known as "Jazz Mags". But which one is best for the discerning type of fellow?...."DownBeat" or "Jazz Journal".

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  • crumbschief
    crumbschief Posts: 3,399
    I can't really help with the choice but i know when i find a good one i tend to stick to it.
  • Stewie Griffin
    Stewie Griffin Posts: 4,330
    This should be a poll surely. :D
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    just the bare facts about the mag would do....... :o
  • freehub
    freehub Posts: 4,257
    I read the title wrong.
  • Scrumple
    Scrumple Posts: 2,665
    What, you mean the predictable pun?

    Another waste of a minute of my life - and I saw it coming.
  • jeepie
    jeepie Posts: 497
    At the risk of raising the tone!!!!

    I tried Jazz Journal which I did like but I feel a lot of the jazz mags are quite sparse and lack the necessary coverage to provide any substance month on month. I do read Jazz Journal in the library but I think it's pretty pricey off the peg. Downbeat I've not tried. I'm subscribing to Wire Magazine at the mo which does a lot of improv stuff, but not soley jazz, though it used to about 10 years ago.

    I use websites mostly ! :lol:

    e.g. http://100greatestjazzalbums.blogspot.com/

    This has introduced me to some real gems

    e.g. http://100greatestjazzalbums.blogspot.c ... italy.html totally smokin'

    Alternatively try Razzle!
  • Lakesman
    Lakesman Posts: 46
    @ crumbschief.

    that is one smart reply. made me roar ;-)
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    Chip \'oyler Posts: 2,323
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  • Airwave
    Airwave Posts: 483
    I tried reading a jazz mag once but could'nt make head nor tail out of it as all the words were in the wrong place&did'nt make any sense.....niccceeeee!
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  • mrushton
    mrushton Posts: 5,182
    Coincidentally, the Simpsons on Ch.4 last night was the one where Bart became a jazz drummer.
    M.Rushton
  • hopper1
    hopper1 Posts: 4,389
    crumbschief wrote:
    I can't really help with the choice but i know when i find a good one i tend to stick to it.

    :lol::lol::lol::lol:

    I prefer the eJazz...
    Start with a budget, finish with a mortgage!
  • mrushton
    mrushton Posts: 5,182
    What about the Honda Jazz or the musical 'All That Jazz' or the film 'The Jazz Singer'?
    M.Rushton
  • Airwave
    Airwave Posts: 483
    But on a serious note.If your really into your jazz thing.This takes a spanner&tightens then loosens the genre like nothing else.....so relax&take a sip of vermooth&enjoy hipcatzs.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TebUMhJAKSM
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  • edhornby
    edhornby Posts: 1,780
    I must admit I tried lots of them but couldn't get on with any of them, partly because (like most jazz musicians) I have a very sprecific taste in music and the magazines didn't reflect my opinion

    I would say get online and find out about where the gigs are by you, seeing it live is where it's at
    "I get paid to make other people suffer on my wheel, how good is that"
    --Jens Voight
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Reader's Jives is the best
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  • stigofthedump
    stigofthedump Posts: 331
    I don't know about Jazz.
    However I find 'Big Jugs' the perfect read for the pottery aficionado.
  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    crumbschief wrote:
    I can't really help with the choice but i know when i find a good one i tend to stick to it.
    I would have thought that the interweb has wiped them out?

    To raise the tone ever so slightly, those with avant garde tastes could find something of interest/ have a listen to Late Junction on radio3. John Zorn's take on Ennio Morricone was the highlight for me last week.
  • random man
    random man Posts: 1,518
    I've heard that some women like to play the pink oboe - perhaps there's a special magazine for them?
  • Homer J
    Homer J Posts: 920
    Despite having a collection of jazz mags and having signed up to a few websites, I'm just not into the jazz scene.
  • Warwickshire Whizzer
    Warwickshire Whizzer Posts: 218
    Razzle.


    Somebody had to say it.

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