The JJA Book Awards, 2024: Nominees and Honorable Mentions

The Jazz Journalists Association launches its annual Jazz Awards season with announcement of 12 nominees and nine Honorable Mentions in two categories of Book of the Year (2023) Awards. Winners of the “Best Biography/Autobiography Award” and “Best Book of History, Criticism, Culture Award” will be determined by voting of the JJA’s approximately 250 international active members. Nominees in most Jazz Awards categories are determined through a open-to-members nomination process, winners coming from second-stage voting. Book Award nominees screened by the committee and announced in advance to afford JJA voters time to…

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Reuben Jackson, jazz poet, archivist, mentor, RIP

Reuben Jackson, an acclaimed Washington-based jazz historian, radio host, poet, teacher, music critic, died on February 16, 2024. The previous week he suffered a stroke. He was 67. [Ed.’s note: A longtime member of the Jazz Journalists Association, Reuben Jackson published poems at JazzHouse.org as well as a celebration of Duke Ellington, pianist and is heard recently speaking about jazz archives on The Buzz, the JJA podcast.] Although he was born in Augusta, Georgia, on October 1, 1956, Jackson mostly grew up in Washington, D.C.’s Petworth neighborhood. His father, Pierce…

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WHAT 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.

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VIDEOS

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.

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