Cadence Magazine is a quarterly review of jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

, blues

Blues

Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...

 and improvised music

Musical improvisation

Musical improvisation is the creative activity of immediate musical composition, which combines performance with communication of emotions and instrumental technique as well as spontaneous response to other musicians...

 published in Redwood, New York

Redwood, New York

Redwood is a census-designated place in Jefferson County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the area population was 584.Redwood is in the eastern part of the Town of Alexandria The community is near the southeast town line.-Geography:...

 by critic/historian Bob Rusch

Bob Rusch

Bob Rusch is an American jazz critic and record producer.Rusch studied clarinet and drums in his youth. During the 1970s, Rusch played drums in workshops with Jaki Byard and Cedar Walton. He wrote for the magazines Down Beat, Jazz Journal and Jazz Forum in the 1970s before founding Cadence...

. The magazine covers a range of styles, from early jazz and blues to the avant-garde. The magazine's parent company, Cadnor, Ltd., also owns a pair of jazz record labels (CIMP and Cadence Jazz

Cadence Jazz Records

Cadence Jazz is an American record label specializing in noncommercial jazz music. It is associated with Cadence Magazine.Cadence Jazz was founded by Bob Rusch in Redwood, New York in 1980...

), a record distributorship (Cadence/North Country), and an audio equipment retailer (Northcountry Audio).

Cadence began publication in 1976. The magazine was published on a monthly basis until October 2007, when it switched to a quarterly schedule with an increase in page numbers. In January 2011, Bob Rusch announced that Cadence would cease publication with the October-December 2011 issue, while other endeavors, such as C.I.M.P., Cadence Jazz, and North Country, would continue. However, in August, the Cadence email newsletter announced that the magazine would continue, under new leadership, after 2011 (all other Cadence and North Country businesses would remain under the current management). In October, Cadence announced that David Haney, a jazz musician and Cadence contributor, would become publisher. The format will change to that of an online magazine, with an annual print edition.

The All Music Guide to Jazz has described Cadence as "the premier magazine about improvised music in the world.… Cadence's oral history/interview/profiles each month are thorough and no-holds-barred.… The magazine is not to be missed."