Jazz & Pop

Jazz & Pop was an American music magazine that operated from 1962 to 1971. It was launched as Jazz and managed by Pauline Rivelli, with finance provided by Bob Thiele, the producer of jazz artists such as Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Louis Armstrong, Earl Hines and Count Basie. The publication served as a rival title to Down Beat magazine, which had been established in the 1930s.

The title of the publication changed to Jazz & Pop in August 1967, as the editorial focus widened from jazz music to include rock, folk and blues. Over the next three years, its rock contributors included Gene Sculatti, Lenny Kaye and David G. Walley. Also a musician, Kaye wrote an article on the doo-wop genre in Jazz & Pop that led to the start of his successful collaboration with singer and poet Patti Smith. Between 1968 and 1971, the editor of the magazine was Patricia Kennealy, who was romantically involved with Jim Morrison of the Doors.Robert Levin worked as the jazz editor, while Frank Kofsky and D.C. Hunt also contributed jazz-related articles in the late 1960s.

From its early years of operation, the magazine published an annual international critics poll. Referring to the 1967 poll, the website rockcritics.com recognizes it as originating from "right at the dawn of rock criticism". The Pazz & Jop annual poll, founded by Village Voice critic Robert Christgau in 1971, was named in acknowledgement of the magazine. The ratings system used by Jazz & Pop was also adopted for Christgau's poll.

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