Down Beat
Sign in to saveDownBeat (styled in all caps) is an American music magazine devoted to "jazz, blues and beyond", the last word indicating its expansion beyond the jazz realm that it covered exclusively in previous years. The publication was established in 1934 in Chicago, Illinois. It is named after the "downbeat" in music, also called "beat one", or the first beat of a musical measure.
Key facts
- Magazine.title
- DownBeat
- Magazine.image_file
- Down Beat.png
- Magazine.frequency
- Monthly
- Magazine.category
- Music magazine
- Magazine.company
- Maher Publications
- Magazine.country
- United States
- Magazine.based
- Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
- Magazine.language
- English
- Magazine.issn
- 0012-5768
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- Official website
- books.google.com/books?id=kjdEAQAAIAAJ
- Image
- DownBeat cover (1954-05-05).jpg
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- 1934-00-00
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9 sectionsContents
- History
- ''DownBeat'' Jazz Hall of Fame
- Awards
- Album of the Year
- Critics' Poll
- Lifetime Achievement Award
- See also
- References
- External links
DownBeat (styled in all caps) is an American music magazine devoted to "jazz, blues and beyond", the last word indicating its expansion beyond the jazz realm that it covered exclusively in previous years. The publication was established in 1934 in Chicago, Illinois. It is named after the "downbeat" in music, also called "beat one", or the first beat of a musical measure.
DownBeat publishes results of annual surveys of both its readers and critics in a variety of categories. The DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame includes winners from both the readers' and critics' poll. The results of the readers' poll are published in the December issue, those of the critics' poll in the August issue. Since 2008, the Hall of Fame also includes winners from the Veterans Committee.