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 suc
Cover of the October 1967 issue of Jazz & Pop, featuring Milton Glaser's illustration of Bob Dylan
Pazz & Jop was an annual poll of top musical releases, compiled by American newspaper The Village Voice and created by music critic Robert Christgau. It published lists of the year's top releases for
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…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…
Music critic Robert Christgau created the Pazz & Jop poll and presided over it from its inception in 1971 to 2005.
American musician Bob Dylan topped the Pazz & Jop albums poll four times.
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (2003) by American hip hop duo Outkast garnered the most total points of any number-one album in the history of the poll.
American hip-hop artist Kanye West topped the Pazz & Jop albums poll four times out of the eight solo albums he released during the poll's existence.