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THE RECORD CHANGER JAZZ MAGAZINE

THE LEGENDARY JAZZ AND RECORD MAGAZINE FROM THE 1940s and 1950s.

THE COVER SAYS IT ALL : "RECORDS FOR SALE, RECORDS WANTED, JAZZ NEWS and ANALYSIS".

THIS WAS *THE* MAGAZINE FOR JAZZ FANS AND RECORD COLLECTORS 'BACK IN THE DAY'.

GREAT ARTICLES ON JAZZ AND JAZZ MEN WRITTEN BY PEOPLE WHO WERE ON THE SCENE AT THE TIME.

MANY FINE PIECES ON THE ART OF JAZZ RECORD COLLECTIING.

LOTS OF AUCTIONS OF 78 RPM RECORDS AT PRICES THAT WILL ASTOUND YOU.

THE HILARIOUS "CAT" CARTOONS BY ARTIST GENE DIETCH.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR BY YOUNG MEN WHO WENT ON TO BECOME MAJOR FIXTURES IN THE WORLD OF JAZZ RECORDING AND COLLECTING.

IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE MAGAZINE AND IT LASTED FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS, MORE OR LESS.

ALTHOUGH PUBLICATION BEGAN IN 1942, I AM TOLD, THE MAGAZINE DID NOT TAKE ON IT'S FAMED LOOK UNTIL THE END OF WWII, 1945.

THE MAGAZINE CONTINUED STEADILY UNTIL THE EARLY 1950s WHEN THEY APPARENTLY BEGAN TO RUN INTO FINANCIAL PROBLEMS. THE ISSUES BECAME SOMEWHAT SPORADIC AFTER THAT POINT AND THE MAGAZINE SEEMS TO HAVE CEASED PUBLICATION IN 1957.

RECORD CHANGERS MAGAZINES
(Some volume and issue numbers are approximations.)


Vol 4 No 1 Mar 45 The Dance Basis of Jazz; Crawl out of Bed, Winter is Over
Vol 4 No 2 Apr 45 The Dance Basis of Jazz, Part 2; Why Jass is Dying
Vol 4 No 3 May 45 Sedalia, Missouri, Cradle of Ragtime, Part 1; Bob Crosby's Bob Cats, a Critical Discography
Vol 4 No 4 Jun 45 Categorical Terms in Jazz; What It Takes to Stomp 'Em; Sedalia, Missouri, Cradle of Ragtime, Part 2
Vol 4 No 5 Jul 45
Vol 4 No 6 Aug 45
Vol 4 No 7 Sep 45 Those Washington D.C. Blues
Vol 4 No 8 Oct 45 Ragtime History & Analysis; "Storyville" movie review; Rebop & Mop Mop (the new Leftist Rabble Rousers)
Vol 4 No 9 Nov 45 Jazz in St. Louis
Vol 4 No 10 Dec 45 We Shall Walk Through the Streets of the City; Jazz Looks Ahead

Vol 4 No 11 Jan 46 King Jazz; Some Notes about Definitions; The Case of the Splintered Needle, or, How to be a Jazz Critic
Vol 4 No 12 Feb 46 Attitude towards Early and Late Jazz; Discography of the Harlem Hamfats
Vol 5 No 1 Mar 46 Beware of the Experts!
Vol 5 No 2 Apr 46
Vol 5 No 3 May 46 Bill Gottlieb Visits "The Street" (52nd St.); Hey! Ba-Ba-Revolt!; The Lu Watters Band; Japanese Jazz
Vol 5 No 4 Jun 46 Bill Gottlieb Visits The Village; Discollecting Expedition; Bunk Johnson back at Casino
Vol 5 No 5 Jul 46 Big Names at Big Restaurants; The Story of Tommy Ladnier
Vol 5 No 6 Aug 46
Vol 5 No 7 Sep 46 Sheridan Square Requiem
Vol 5 No 8 Oct 46 Dink Johnson; Treemonisha
Vol 5 No 9 Nov 46 White Musicians of St. Louis
Vol 5 No 10 Dec 46 A Critic Looks at Jazz; Discography of Clarence Williams

Vol 5 No 11 Jan 47 Presenting Mr. Feather
Vol 5 No 12 Feb 47 The Record Changer All-Star Band
Vol 6 No 1 Mar 47 [Auction & regular features only]
Vol 6 No 2 Apr 47 How I Became a Pioneer Rag Man of the 1890's
Vol 6 No 3 May 47 Leroy Carr discography
Vol 6 No 4 Jun 47 [Auction & regular features only]
Vol 6 No 5 Jul 47 A Style and a Memeory; Tony Jackson; Farewell to Basin Street; Rex Stewart as I Knew Him
Vol 6 No 6 Aug 47 Minor Hall Speaks; Dixieland Piano
Vol 6 No 7 Sep 47 Bud Scott; A Quick Look at U.S. Jazz; William Russell on Elder Beck's Temple
Vol 6 No 8 Oct 47 T-Bone Walker's Story in his Own Words; Collecting Hot - 1927-1947; The Doc Evans Story; Contemporary Congo Jazz
Vol 6 No 9 Nov 47 What Did Ory Say (Ory's Story in his Own Words); Ellington at the Hollywood Bowl
Vol 6 No 10 Dec 47 Phil Moore's New Music; Bebop; Louis Armstrong Silver Jubilee; Shepard N. Edmonds

Vol 7 No 2 Feb 48 The Case for Modern Music (Tadd Dameron); J.R. Morton's Library of Congress Recordings
Vol 7 No 3 Mar 48 Bessie Smith's Film Short; What is New Orleans Style; The Evolution of Bop; Ragtime Begins - Early Days with Scott Joplin
Vol 7 No 4 Apr 48 Thelonius Monk's Music; Clarence Williams; The British Scene; Goodman Discography; Bertha "Chippie" Hill's Blues
Vol 7 No 5 May 48 Benny Carter; The Blue Blower, Red McKenzie; Wilber's Wildcats; Last of the Tubas, Cy St. Clair; Goodman Discography, Part 2
Vol 7 No 6 Jun 48 Lady Day Returns; Kid Punch; Goodman Discography, Part 3
Vol 7 No 7 Jul 48 Ory On Tour; Graeme Bell; Bop Rhythm; Sonny Greer, Drums; Milling Around with the Mills; Goodman Disc. Part 4
Vol 7 No 8 Aug 48 Milling Around, Part 2; Dixieland Clarinet, Tony Parenti; Goodman Disc. Part 5; Jazz in Boston
Vol 7 No 9 Sep 48 Claude Luter; Bop at the Royal Roost; Milling around with the Mills, Part 3; Goodman Discography Part 6
Vol 7 No 10 Oct 48 New Orleans Memories; Erroll Garner; Jazz! Chicago! Muggsy!; Trouble w/Trombones; Oliver Discog Info; Goodman Disc. Part 7
Vol 7 No 11 Nov 48 Mutt Carey; Jazz Art; Oh Didn't He Ramble; Be-Bop Instrumentation
Vol 7 No 12 Dec 48

Vol 8 No 1 Jan 49 Dixieland Jubilee; Brass Instrumentation; Dave Dexter Jr.
Vol 8 No 2 Feb 49 Claude Bolling; Filing & Indexing Records; Ward Pinkett
Vol 8 No 3 Mar 49 Early Days at Gennett; Humphrey Lyttleton; Ward Pinkett Discography
Vol 8 No 4 Apr 49
Vol 8 No 5 May 49
Vol 8 No 6 Jun 49
Vol 8 No 7 Jul 49
Vol 8 No 8 Aug 49
Vol 8 No 9 Sep 49
Vol 8 No 10 Oct 49
Vol 8 No 11 Nov 49 Bunny Berigan; High Priest of Be-Bop, Monk; Relation of Blues to Bop; Paul Mares E-
Vol 8 No 12 Dec 49


Vol 9 No 1 Jan 50
Vol 9 No 2 Feb 50
Vol 9 No 3 Mar 50
Vol 9 No 4 Apr 50
Vol 9 No 5 May 50 In Defence of Label Collecting; Charles Thompson
Vol 9 No 6 Jun 50 Early Paramounts
Vol 9 No 7 Jul-Aug 50 Louis Armstrong Golden Jubilee Edition; Happy Birthday Louis!
Vol 9 No 9 Sep 50 Jelly Roll Morton; Fats Waller and more. Great Dietch cover of JRM!
Vol 9 No 10 Oct 50
Vol 9 No 11 Nov 50
Vol 9 No 12 Dec 50

Vol 10 No 1 Jan 51 Rhythmic Thievery (Bootleg 78s); High Type Dissertation on Skiffle; 1926 Gennett Catalog
Vol 10 No 2 Feb 51 Willie Piazza, First Lady of Storyville; The Saxophone, an Analysis, Part 1
Vol 10 No 3 Mar 51 Chicago's First Jazz Band?; Bix w/Goldkette; The Saxophone, an Analysis, Part 2
Vol 10 No 4 Apr 51 Notes on Bunk & Jelly Roll; The Saxophone, Part 3 E
Vol 10 No 5 May 51 Jimmy Noone
Vol 10 No 6 Jun 51 Benny Swings Again; Go East, Young Fan!; Ray Noble Discography
Vol 10 No 9 Sep 51 1891 Dauphine St.; Drums, an Analysis, Part 1
Vol 10 No 10 Oct 51 The New Orleans Jazz Club
Vol 10 No 11 Nov 51 McKinney's Cotton Pickers; Victor Presses Bootlegs!
Vol 10 No 12 Dec 51 Bootlegging, the Battle Rages; Drums, Part 2

Vol 11 No 1 Jan 52 Background to Bootlegging; Kenton goes Righteous!; Mildred Bailey obit.
Vol 11 No 2 Feb 52 Norman Mason, Riverboat Jazzman; The Georgians
Vol 11 No 3 Mar 52 Bootlegging Dead!; Jesse Crump
Vol 11 No 4 Apr 52 Bix or Louis?; Clarinet in Jazz, Part 1; Hentoff Exfoliates
Vol 11 No 5 May 52 W.C. Handy, an Enigma; Dixie for Dancing; Clarinet in Jazz, Part 2
Vol 11 No 6 Jun 52 The Real Jazz?; Piano Jazz, the Great Tradition; Wilbur de Paris Band
Vol 11 No 7 Jul 52 Ed Allen's Story; Care and Feeding of LP Records; Chicago Style Clarinet
Vol 11 Nos 8 & 9 Aug-Sep 52 10th Anniv. Issue w/articles by Louis Armstrong, George Avakian, Ernest Borneman, Ross Russell, Charles Smith
Vol 11 No 11 Nov 52
Vol 11 No 12 Dec 52 Bunk Johnson, his Last Date; Let Jelly Roll Speak for Himself; Sentimentality and Jazz

Vol 12 No 1 Jan 53 Jazz Al Frisco; Benny Sent Me; Fletcher Henderson obit.
Vol 12 No 2 Feb 53 Milneburg, Louisiana; Doctor Bites Doctor Jazz; Phil Porter, Ragtime Man
Vol 12 No 3 Mar 53 Red Onion Jazz Band MAG
Vol 12 No 4 Apr 53 Lux's Boogie; King's of Saxophone
Vol 12 No 5 May 53 Return of Swing; Benny's Bash Boffo!; Jazz Record Census, Part 1
Vol 12 No 6 Jun 53 Those Fabulous Gennetts!; Ethnic Music and Jazz Roots
Vol 12 Nos 7 & 8 Jul-Aug 53 Institute of Jazz Studies; New Directions in Jazz Research; Photo Documentary of Jazz and Folk Backgrounds
Vol 12 No 9 Sep 53 Victor's Major Reissue Program; Cecil Scott Story; Louis and the Blues; Jazz Record Census, Part 2
Vol 12 No 10 Oct 53 70 Years of Victor Labels; When is a Whoopee Maker; St. Louis Jazz Revival, Part 1
Vol 12 No 12 Dec 53 Doctor Jazz 1953; The Gennett Papers, Part 1

Vol 13 No 1 Jan 54 Problems of Provenance; Who Were the Buffalodians?; Gennett Papers, Part 2
Vol 13 No 2 Feb 54 Larry Shields; St. Louis Jazz Revival, Part 2; Confessions of a Discophile
Vol 13 No 4 Apr 54 Red Allen Band; Lige Shaw; St. Louis Jazz Revival, Part 3; Jazz Revival at Glen Island Casino
Vol 13 No 5 May 54 Humor in Jazz Writing; Don Ewell, an Appreciation; Return of George Lewis; Esthetics of Jazz, Part 1
Vol 13 No 6 Jun 54 Esthetics of Jazz, Part 2; Leadbelly on Record, Part 1; St. Louis Jazz Revival, Part 5
Vol 13 Nos 8-10 Summer 54 The West Coast Jazz Issue; Lu Watters; Turk Murphy Goes East; Bob Scobey; San Francisco Style Today; Modern Jazz
Vol 13 No 11 Nov 54 Turk Murphy Madness Sweeps NYC; Everett Farey
Vol 13 No 12 Dec 54 Reminiscing with Red Allen; Oran Page

Vol 14 No 1 Jan 55 Labels behind Black Swan
Vol 14 No 2 Feb 55 London's Mouldy Fygges; Jazz Preference, a Study; Personality Rarities; The Dixie Stompers
Vol 14 No 3 Mar 55 Jazz, its Rise and Decline
Vol 14 No 4 Apr 55 Speckled Red
Vol 14 No 5 May 55 I Thot I Heard Buddy Bolden
Vol 14 No 6 Jun 55 Ma Rainey & the Minstrels
Vol 14 No 7 Jul 55 A Survey of Ragtime; Missing Moderns; Blue Amberol Blues
Vol 14 No 8 Aug 55 Joplin's Late Rags; Gary Davis & his Harlem Spirituals
Vol 14 No 9 Sep 55 More Missing Moderns; A Listener's Hierarchy in Jazz
Vol 14 No 10 Jan 57

Vol 15 No 1 Feb 57 They Took a Blue Note; Albert Nicholas
Vol 15 No 2 Mar 57 Psychology of Jazz

Possible final issue from late 1957 - An auction only listing with a cover letter from Record Changer editor, Richard B. Hadlock, telling the readers that the magazine will return soon with exciting new features.