| Periodical Title | down beat |
| Publisher | Charles Suber |
| Executive Editor | Jack Tracy |
| Associate Editor | Dom Cerulli, Don Gold, John Tynan |
| Advertising Manager/Coordinator | Mel Mandel |
| Circulation Director/Manager | Ray Holbrook |
| Advertising | Gloria Baldwin, Ray Combs |
| Production | Mary DeMet |
| Printed by | John Maher Printing Company, Chicago |
| Copyright Holder | Maher Publications, Inc. |
| Photo Credit | Don Bronstein, Lacey Crawford, Eberius Studio, Arsene Studio, Don Hunstein |
| About/Subject | Jazz |
| Format | Magazine |
| Language | English |
| Location | Chicago |
| Copyright | 1958 |
| Pages / Font | 42 pages |
| Chapters | Music News
- New Roundup
Features
- George Shearing: Cross Section
- Muggsy Spanier: The Royal Gardener
- Ben Webster: A Backward Glance
- The Many Hands Of Jo Jones
- Charlie Barnet: Bandleader Turned Businessman
- A 24-Year History Of Record Sound
- Out Of My Head (George Crater)
Music In Review
- The Blindfold Test (Don Byas)
- Heard In Person
- Jazz Records
- Recommended
Departments
- Chords And Discords
- Film Flam (John Tynan)
- The First Chorus (Chatles Suber)
- Radio-TV /Will Jones)
- Stricly Ad Lib
- Tangents (Don Gold) Music News
- New Roundup
Features
- George Shearing: Cross Section
- Muggsy Spanier: The Royal Gardener
- Ben Webster: A Backward Glance
- The Many Hands Of Jo Jones
- Charlie Barnet: Bandleader Turned Businessman
- A 24-Year History Of Record Sound
- Out Of My Head (George Crater)
Music In Review
- The Blindfold Test (Don Byas)
- Heard In Person
- Jazz Records
- Recommended
Departments
- Chords And Discords
- Film Flam (John Tynan)
- The First Chorus (Chatles Suber)
- Radio-TV /Will Jones)
- Stricly Ad Lib
- Tangents (Don Gold) Show all ▾ |
| Notes | Published bee-weekly every other Thursday |