| Periodical Title | down beat |
| Copyright Holder | Maher Publications, Inc. |
| President | L.B.Didier |
| Publisher | Charles Suber |
| Managing Editor | Don Gold |
| Associate Editor | Dom Cerulli, John Tynan |
| Circulation Director/Manager | Ray Holbrook |
| Production Director/Manager | John Mayer |
| Advertising | Gloria Baldwin, Mel Mandel |
| Printed by | John Maher Printing Company, Chicago |
| Photo Credit | Alain Massin, Dickran Kouymijan, Charles Stewart, William Claxton, Skeetz, Art Chafee, Bob Parent |
| About/Subject | Jazz |
| Format | Magazine |
| Language | English |
| Location | Chicago |
| Copyright | 1958 |
| Pages / Font | 58 pages |
| Chapters | Music News
- U.S.A. East, Midwest, And West p.9
Features
- Cross Section: Bud Shank p.13
- A Conversation With Count Basie p.14
- Wild Bill Davidson: The Horn Of Plenty p.16
- The French Lick Jazz Festival p.17
- The Great South Bay Jazz Festival p.18
- Out Of My Heat (George Crater) p.20
Stereo News Section p.21
Music In Review
- The Blindfold Test (Albert Mangelsdorff) p. 45
- Heard In Person p.47
- Jazz Records Review p.32
- Recommended p. 31
Departments
- Chords And Discords p.6
- First Chorus p. 4
- Jazz Records Buyers Guide p.32
- Radio-TV (Will Jones) p 54
- Strictly Ad Lib p.8
- Take Five (John Tynan) p. 53
- Tangents (John Gold) p. 53 Music News
- U.S.A. East, Midwest, And West p.9
Features
- Cross Section: Bud Shank p.13
- A Conversation With Count Basie p.14
- Wild Bill Davidson: The Horn Of Plenty p.16
- The French Lick Jazz Festival p.17
- The Great South Bay Jazz Festival p.18
- Out Of My Heat (George Crater) p.20
Stereo News Section p.21
Music In Review
- The Blindfold Test (Albert Mangelsdorff) p. 45
- Heard In Person p.47
- Jazz Records Review p.32
- Recommended p. 31
Departments
- Chords And Discords p.6
- First Chorus p. 4
- Jazz Records Buyers Guide p.32
- Radio-TV (Will Jones) p 54
- Strictly Ad Lib p.8
- Take Five (John Tynan) p. 53
- Tangents (John Gold) p. 53 Show all ▾ |
| Notes | Published bee-weekly every other Thursday |