At the Jazz Journalists Association’s “New Media for New Jazz” conference, two town hall-style forums focused on how jazz journalists and presenters…
More[Editor’s note: This piece is in reply to Howard Mandel’s book review, posted December 20, 2010.] Let’s start with what my book…
MoreOn January 10, 2011, the Library of Congress announced its acquisition of a trove of recorded music from the vaults of Universal…
More“Jazz Video Guy” Bret Primack, an eyeJAZZ instructor, explains the eyeJAZZ Training Program in this video, made with the same pocket camera…
MoreNew York, January 13, 2011 — On Saturday, January 8, members of the JJA as well as interested musicians and industry representatives…
MoreThe Best Music Writing series editor has called for submissions for its 2011 edition, to be guest edited by New Yorker music…
MoreNew York, January 10, 2011 — JJA President Howard Mandel grabbed the blue-padded chairs in Conference Room C at Manhattan’s midtown Sheraton…
MoreThe JJA’s “New Media for New Jazz” conference got off to a quick and productive start on Friday and Saturday with a…
MoreHello fellow jazz writers, I am writing to share some good news! WBGO, 88.3 FM in Newark, New Jersey, has recently created a…
MoreAs arts correspondent for Charles Kuralt’s CBS Sunday Morning, musical director of the David Frost Show, and broadcaster on WNEW and WLIB…
MoreEd Bland’s “The Cry of Jazz,” a low-budget semi-documentary made in Chicago in 1958 with original music by Sun Ra performed by…
MoreDecember 17 — Leading jazz critic Nate Chinen (The New York Times, JazzTimes) has convened four fellow critics for a lively and…
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