Celebrating Jazz in NYC
The New York City Jazz Record (TNYCJR) is a free, monthly New York City-based publication that includes features, album and concert reviews plus an extensive concert calendar, promoting NYC jazz performances and events. Available online at nycjazzrecord.com, as well as in print form, TNYCJR is distributed throughout New York City at hundreds of locations—from jazz clubs, record and instrument stores to select schools and universities, as well as throughout midtown Manhattan in CityRax street corner box locations, plus a global subscribership.
First launched in May 2002 by co-founders Laurence Donohue-Greene (Managing Editor) and Andrey Henkin (Editorial Director/Production Manager, who departed in 2023), TNYCR has been nominated as “Best Jazz Periodical” by the Jazz Journalists Association 18 years, alongside DownBeat. As New York City’s only homegrown gazette, TNYCJR is read by tens of thousands monthly and has become an indispensable resource for musicians, listeners, the jazz industry and fans alike. As veteran jazz writer and critic Francis Davis said of TNYCJR: “(it’s) an indispensable giveaway!”
Laurence Donohue-Greene (Managing Editor): [email protected]
Marilyn Lester (Copy Editor): [email protected]
Rachel Smith (Event Calendar Manager): [email protected]
Nate Dorward (Fact Checker)
Some Testimonials:
“Simply the hippest journal about jazz in New York that has ever been published.”
– Joe Lovano (saxophonist)
“One of the most consistent sources available for tracking developments in the New York and international jazz avant-garde.”
–Creative Improvised Music
“Jazz means improvising. Improvising means you play spontaneously. Playing spontaneously means you are living in the here and now. Live in the here and now means being truly alive. The New York City Jazz Record – thanks for being!!!”
—John McLaughlin (guitar)
“The New York City Jazz Record is a well-written paper covering a broad spectrum of jazz. It is interesting, has good articles and fills a void… and amazingly enough it’s free! Thank you for what you are doing and keep up the good work!”
—Jack DeJohnette (drums)
“It’s interesting that past accolades for The New York City Jazz Record primarily mention its association with NYC, but I have the distinct impression that there is a world view aspect and the coverage takes in a liberal perspective of the many genres of jazz and improvised music. Thanks to you all for supporting us as well as keeping us informed! Long may the publication continue.”
—Barry Guy (bass)
“I would like to thank The New York City Jazz Record for their insightful reporting and continued support to the music community. I am grateful and honored to have been included in this great legacy.”
—Roscoe Mitchell (saxophone, multi-instrumentalist)
“How lucky we New York jazz fans and musicians are to have such a wonderful paper that keeps us informed about all the jazz clubs ad concerts going on in the greatest city in the world… A big thank you to all of the contributors who make this great jazz paper possible.”
—Sheila Jordan (vocals)
“New York is the center of the jazz universe and it is a blessing that we have such a great homegrown jazz periodical that features the musicians and the city where many of the memorable moments of jazz history have been made!”
—George Coleman (tenor saxophone)
“Finding an intelligent and wide-ranging view of the jazz scene is difficult—but The New York City Jazz Record does just that! Vital reading for all jazz musicians and fans. Long may you continue!”
—John Surman (saxophones, bass clarinet)
“Being a New Yorker since the late ’50s, and have read lots of newspapers and music magazines, I still find The New York City Jazz Record the easiest to read, as well as the most informative jazz magazine and calendar of all.”
—Ron Carter (bass)
“In my many years of being part of the global jazz scene, The New York City Jazz Record is the most comprehensive periodical on the music that I have ever read. The variety and quantity of subject matter covered is ‘The Record’ is peerless and it’s free!!!”
—Andrew Cyrille (drums)