Headliners
Jazz Day 2012: JJA Jazz Awards Nominations Announced, Blogathon Begins
Happy Jazz Day! Nominations for the 2012 JJA Jazz Awards are out and the JJA Blogathon has begun profiling jazz in communities around the world.
Headliners
JJA Blogathon & Jazz Media Extravaganza
Starting on Jazz Day, April 13, the JJA will bring bloggers and other jazz mediamakers together to raise the profile of jazz in local communities and to kick off the 2012 JJA Jazz Awards public process.
Articles
Half a dozen jazz musicians and a jazz biographer have been honored in the past two weeks with fellowships carrying significant financial gifts. Don Byron, Bill Frisell, John Hollenbeck. Vijay Iyer and Nicole Mitchell have been named to the first class of Doris Duke Charitable Foundation artists, while drummer-composer Bobby Previte and Terry Teachout, biographer of Louis Armstrong currently working… [read more]
Happy Jazz Day! Nominations for the 2012 JJA Jazz Awards are out and the JJA Blogathon has begun profiling jazz in communities around the world.
Here are the most recent publications and other work reported by the extremely active members of the Jazz Journalists Association. We never sleep!
Gregg Akkerman published the first entry in a new column for All About Jazz . The column, “Jazz on the 90th Floor,” will focus on singers of the Great American Songbook with jazz leanings and the… [read more]
Here are the most recent publications and other work reported by the extremely active members of the Jazz Journalists Association. We never sleep!
Shaun Brady wrote the cover stories on Vijay Iyer for the January/February issue of JazzTimes and on Robert Glasper for the March issue of Downbeat. He recently profiled Esperanza Spalding and Theo Bleckmann for Jazziz and is… [read more]
Websites like Kickstarter.com – and ArtistShare, a comparable plan that preceded it — have provided creative types with a community-backed alternative to “traditional” project fundraising options.
Jazz World News
Selected news from other sources about jazz journalism, jazz in our communities and the business of jazz.
Announcements
Jo Ann Kawell, a fervent contributor to many JJA projects over the past five years, has formally accepted the job of Online Administrator. A writer, editor, radio producer, online media consultant with her own firm, Ozmotic Media, Jo Ann has been responsible for creating the JJA’s membership website, Jazz Awards sites, Facebook pages, and was both admin and instructor of… [read more]
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President's Report
The Jazz Journalists Association, the only professional association for writers, bloggers, photographers, videographers, broadcasters and other media professionals covering jazz, for the first time offers a discount to new members. Both professional members and industry associates joining the JJA from now through June 30 will get $20 off their first annual dues — making the price of affiliation $55 for professional members, $70… [read more]
Member Updates
Here are the most recent publications and other work reported by the extremely active members of the Jazz Journalists Association. We never sleep!
Nancy Barell has just uploaded her 185th edition of “Jazz Spotlight On Sinatra.” She has been on the air for over 6 1/2 years and is gaining new listeners every day, now ranking 25th out of… [read more]
Book Reviews
All the Things You Are: The Life of Tony Bennett By David Evanier
John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, 2011; 346 pps; $26.95 hardcover
After reading Tony Bennett’s 1998 autobiography, I was left considerably unsatisfied due to its lack of realistic depth. Despite Bennett’s continuous attempts to convince the reader every record he made was good music and that… [read more]
