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In honor of Pi(e) day, here is Lester Young sporting a pork-pie hat. Photos found in the April 1945 issue of Ritmo y melodía (Barcelona) and September 1959 issue of The Jazz Review (New York).

Friedrich Gulda was known for his wide-ranging repertory, from Bach to free jazz experimentation. In 1956, he sat for Leonard Feather's Blindfold Test and didn't care for Chuck Berry. 15 years later, he wrote write variations on The Doors Light My Fire. Beethoven did roll over.

Happy Holidays from RIPM!

We are looking forward to see friends old and new alike at the AMS meeting in Chicago! Please stop by our booth to say hello and raise a glass at the RILM-RIPM Reception on Friday from 5:45 to 7:45pm in Hancock Parlor.

RIPM Jazz remembers the great composer, producer, and arranger Quincy Jones (1933-2024) whose incredible, wide-ranging career is richly documented in the jazz press.

October 20 is the 150th anniversary of the birth of Charles Ives, American composer and inspiration to a generation of composers. Remarkably, much of the writing on Ives that follows in the press during subsequent three decades was contributed by other composers.

RIPM celebrates Latine Heritage year-round! In the past two years, our editors have greatly expanded RIPM's Spanish-language coverage. This post features four journals as examples of the wide-ranging writing on music, culture, and politics in Latin America.

Sixty years ago, Robert Moog debuted the Moog Synthesizer in New York. With many technical innovations over previous synthesizers and its modular, portable size, Moog synthesizers would become popular in 1960s and 1970s jazz and pop, creating a genre unto itself: "moog music."

The 26th annual High Zero Festival runs Sept. 19 - 22. Cadence advertised the first festival in 1999 (pictured, Neil Feather on a horse!), and reviewed the festival's launch in its November issue. Read more at ripm.org & highzero.org. @highzerofoundation

Arnold Schoenberg was born 150 years ago today, Friday, September 13th. His remarkable legacy threads throughout RIPM's periodicals, notably The Musical Courier, which captured much of his life in America. Read more at ripm.org.

RIPM celebrates the life and work of Dan Morgenstern, jazz writer, scholar, and friend to jazz and jazz musicians.

Happy National Dog Day from RIPM! Meet the team behind the team (from left to right): Béla, Willow, Annie, and Elsa. These specialists work tirelessly to ensure that their humans deliver seamless access to the historical music periodicals scholars use every day.

Another year of index data in the millions and exciting updates at RIPM!

We had a wonderful RIPM panel last Thursday at IAML Stellenbosch 2024 - many thanks to all who attended! Pictured above right: Senior Editor Nicoletta Betta, center right: Prof Clorinda Panebianco from the University of Pretoria, lower right: Executive Editor Benjamin Knysak.

We invite all attending the 2024 IAML Congress in Stellenbosch to the RIPM general session on Thursday, June 27th at 11am. #iaml2024

RIPM celebrates the diversity found in all its collections and recognizes that much of music history is queer history. Happy pride 2024!

Where Waldemars wandered we may never know, but perhaps he wanted to start his weekend early. Happy Friday from RIPM! Pictured, a curious ad that ran in the February and March issues of Tempo in 1934, concerning missing flutist Anton Waldemars... it appears he was never found.

On May 23 in 1921, Shuffle Along, a satirical musical by Baltimore composer Eubie Blake and lyricist Noble Sissle, opened in New York City. The show had 500+ performances and its 1943 revue and USO touring company are documented in the pages of Down Beat, Metronome & Jazz-Hot.

May 7 marks the 200th anniversary of the premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. This deeply mythologized concert (given Beethoven's first onstage appearance in 12 years and his complete deafness) was reviewed in the Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung by Friedrich August Kanne.

RIPM Jazz Periodicals is now available on EBSCO!