A sometimes raucous gathering of 150 jazz-loving Bostonians filled a conference room at the Boston Public Library on July 31 to discuss…
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MoreBy the looks of it, about 500 Boston jazz radio listeners gathered in front of the offices of WGBH yesterday (July 6)…
MoreIn the wake of the JJA Jazz Awards, both DownBeat and Jazz Inside magazine announced winners of their own polls of contributors,…
More[I]f the most celebrated commercial entities of jazz are shaken by developments of the digital revolution, the music is so deeply and…
MoreA who’s who of the jazz world will be on hand Wednesday afternoon June 20 at the Blue Note Jazz Club in…
MoreHalf a dozen jazz musicians and a jazz biographer have been honored in the past two weeks with fellowships carrying significant financial…
MoreThe JJA has applied for a Knight News Challenge Grant to expand and strengthen the network that ties together jazz creators, presenters…
MoreWebsites like Kickstarter.com – and ArtistShare, a comparable plan that preceded it -- have provided creative types with a community-backed alternative to…
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