| Periodical Title | down beat |
| Publisher | Charles Suber |
| Executive Editor | Jack Tracy |
| Associate Editor | Dom Cerulli, Don Gold, John Tynan |
| Circulation Director/Manager | Ray Holbrook |
| Advertising Manager/Coordinator | Mel Mandel |
| Advertising | Gloria Baldwin, Ray Combs |
| Production | Mary DeMet |
| Photo Credit | Bob Parent, Skeetz, WSC Photo, Don Bronstein, William Claxton, Popsie, Capitol Records, Bernie Thrasher, Sherman Weisburd |
| Printed by | John Maher Printing Company, Chicago |
| Copyright Holder | Maher Publications, Inc. |
| Cover Art by | Jay Hanson |
| About/Subject | Jazz |
| Format | Magazine |
| Language | English |
| Location | Chicago |
| Copyright | 1958 |
| Pages / Font | 42 pages |
| Chapters | Music News
- New Roundup
Features
- Shorty Rogers:Cross Section
- Mrs. Dave Brubeck Discusses Jazz Abroard
- Howard Rumsey's Lighhouse All Stars
- Sonny Rollins: Finding A Niche
- Horace Silver: Maintaining A Group
- Harry Babasin:Chief Jazzpicker
- Out Of My Head (George Crater)
- Combo Directory
- Up Beat: A Bill Russo Composition
Music In Review
- The Blindfold Test (Rex Stewart)
- Jazz Records
- Recommended
Departments
- Charivari (Dom Cerulli)
- 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
- Shorty Rogers:Cross Section
- Mrs. Dave Brubeck Discusses Jazz Abroard
- Howard Rumsey's Lighhouse All Stars
- Sonny Rollins: Finding A Niche
- Horace Silver: Maintaining A Group
- Harry Babasin:Chief Jazzpicker
- Out Of My Head (George Crater)
- Combo Directory
- Up Beat: A Bill Russo Composition
Music In Review
- The Blindfold Test (Rex Stewart)
- Jazz Records
- Recommended
Departments
- Charivari (Dom Cerulli)
- 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 |