The JJA currently seeks to fill two paid positions: editor of JJANews and online administration of the JJA. Both are part-time jobs requiring more work than the JJA can afford to pay for, so dedication to the organization and acceptance of responsibilities in a volunteer mode are attributes required from successful candidates. Other requisites are the ability to work with… [read more]
The Jazz Journalists Association has renewed its Network Affiliate Group membership in the Jazz Education Network, so JJA members can become JEN affiliate members for $10, and receive benefits as listed at the JEN website. Benefits include members’ registration to the third annual JEN conference, “Developing Tomorrow’s Jazz Audiences Today!”, January 4 – 7 2012 in Louisville, KY.
JEN has… [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!
Angelika Beener spotlights both veteran and rising start pianists on her Alternate Takes jazz blog. Geri Allen discusses her new album, A Child Is Born, the first Christmas album from the jazz master. A feature is in the works on… [read more]
JJANews.org seeks an editor-in-chief — who will receive a regular (though very small) stipend, if negotiated benchmarks are met — as well as regular contributors and occasional submissions by all members of the JJA.
The public face of the Jazz Journalists Association, JJANews has existed for the past nine months depending on the work of minimal staff, with few new… [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!
Angelika Beener is pleased to be a new member of The Jazz Journalists Association. This month, Angelika interviews producer, DJ, and one third of the iconic hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, for… [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!
David R. Adler is teaching jazz history to 38 freshmen undergrads this semester at Queens College. He wrote about Nicholas Payton for JazzTimes and is currently writing a feature for the same magazine on Michael Feinstein. In… [read more]
About 20 jazz journalists and friends gathered for breakfast on Sunday, September 18th, the last day of the 54th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival. This annual gathering, organized by Bay Area photographer Stuart Brinin and writer Bill Minor (both lapsed JJA members), was a chance to socialize and to compare notes on the festival performances.
JJA member-in-good-standing Patrick Jarenwattananon of NPR’s… [read more]
The Jazz Journalists Association and grassroots organization Jazz Boston are throwing a Music Media Meet and Greet party at Darryl’s Corner Bar, 604 Columbus Ave., one block from Mass Ave., South End, this coming Thursday evening (9/22) from 5 to 6:30 pm. The agenda is: Free appetizers, a cash bar, and talk talk talk about music, media, Boston, jazz and… [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!
Bridget Arnwine covered the Newport Jazz Festival for examiner.com.
Dave Barrett covered the Newport Jazz Festival for CBS Radio News. Among the interviews he conducted were with George Wein, Chris Brubeck, Anat Cohen, Esperanza Spalding, Hiromi,… [read more]
The JJA’s eyeJAZZ initiative, funded in 2010 by the Mid-Atlantic Arts Association’s Jazz.NEXT project to train videographers in short-form news production c0ncerning local activities for posting on the web, has been denied permission by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to apply for a grant supporting its continuation and expansion. DDCF was the financial source for Jazz.NEXT, which has no other… [read more]
