Jazz Digest, Vol. 1, No. 1: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

An issue of Jazz Digest Volume 1, Number 1, published in New Orleans, Louisiana, January 1966. The cover features line art credited to “SAXON / 65” that depicts abstract figures with musical instruments. At the top in large, stylized text is [Jazz Digest / JANUARY 1966]. In the bottom right corner of the cover is black text that reads [VOLUME ONE / NUMBER ONE]. In the bottom right corner of the cover, highlighted in red, is black text that reads [PRICE…50¢]. The magazine has nineteen (19) pages total with various essays, guides to visiting New Orleans, Louisiana, reviews of records from the preceding year, a catalog of Black Patti recordings, and a note on the “Chicago scene.” The reverse cover has a mailing address to the Jazz Man Record Shop.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: January 1966
• Published by: Jazz Digest, American, founded 1965
• Owned by: Jazz Man Record Shop, American, founded 1939
• Type: magazines (periodicals)
• Medium: ink on wove paper
• Dimensions: H x W x D (closed): 10 15/16 × 8 1/2 × 3/8 in. (27.8 × 21.6 × 1 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W x D (open): 10 15/16 × 16 1/8 × 3/8 in. (27.8 × 41 × 1 cm)
• Place printed: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Mass media
• Topic: Music
• Object number: 2023.83.4
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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