The JJA has multiple outlets, platforms, and social media accounts. Links and information on each of these is contained in…
More
Has summer been too short? Labor Day can be celebrated at jazz fests across the country — in Chicago, Detroit…
More
After brief hiatus, the JJA’s premiere original programs have resumed production. “Seeing Jazz: JJA Photography Salon/Master Class” resumes November 23 at 2 pm ET with Chicago-based master photographer Marc Monaghan hosted by Hrayr Attarian — and the fall season of The Buzz: The JJA Podcast kicks off with newly appointed managing editor Lawrence Peryer speaking to the editorial team behind The Jazz Omnibus: 21st Century Photos and Writings by Members of the Jazz Journalists Association — editor David Adler, copy chief Terri Hinte, editorial advisor Howard Mandel and Cymbal Press…
More
Reports from jazz fests — galore! We aggregate JJA members’ posts, adding more as the links roll in! To date: Covering international jazz fests by Jordannah Elizabeth, reports from the Granada Jazz Festival from Vilma Dobilaite, from Monterey by Andrew Gilbert and Howard Mandel, news of Detroit, Canary Islands, Monterey preview, Chicago Jazz Fest extras, International Dixie-BRICS Fest in Kazan (Tatarstan, Russia) and more . . . Assigned to cover international jazz fests, by Jordannah Elizabeth Essentially there are two ways to come to cover international jazz festivals, through adjacency…
More
Vilma Dobilaitė Visionary trumpeter Theo Croker, grandson of the legendary trumpet master…
More
I found myself in London, England after many years of desiring a…
More
Announcing The Jazz Omnibus: 21st-Century Photos and Writings by Members of the…
More
I am one of the writers represented in The Jazz Omnibus, a…
MoreWHAT WE DO
Awards
The annual Jazz Journalists Awards, established in 1996 and conferred by vote of JJA professional members, celebrate accomplishments in music and music media
Events
Educational webinars, panel discussions, members’ meetups and professional symposia, held across the U.S. or online for international access.
Heroes
“Activists, advocates, altruists, aiders and abettors of jazz” – members of jazz’s ‘A Team’– are recognized by the JJA and in their communities throughout the U.S.
Podcast
Insights and interviews from JJA members on new music, publications and films about jazz, and on the the state of jazz journalism and evolving mediums.
Jazz Journalists Association Sponsors
VIDEOS
Freshly posted: Archival video of the JJA Photography Master Class, with Lauren Deutsch, whose innovative experiments in fine arts photography and journalistic…
More
The JJA’s Youtube published video of the 2015 Jazz Awards party in New…
JJA Resources
Photojournalism
SEEING JAZZ is a monthly live master class series led by past JJA Photographer of the Year award winners and other professional photo journalists
Videojournalism
eyeJAZZ is a series of webinars used created out of a JJA's Video Training Program for short, news, jazz videos made with simple tools and distributed online
Webinars
TALKING JAZZ webinars feature jazz world leaders and experts discussing the issues that are shaping the way we perform, program, promote –and fund– jazz now and in the future.
Promotion
Resources for producing and promoting events for International Jazz Appreciation Month (aka: April) and beyond.
