Back in the 1980s, the Warsaw-based International Jazz Federation held an annual competition, Jazz Photo International, featuring submissions in an exhibition at…
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For the past 38 years, Jack Kleinsinger was impresario and host of “Highlights In Jazz,” a moveable fete of jazz luminaries presented…
MoreMay 13, 2010, New York — “You should be ashamed of yourselves,” producers of the Jazz Icons DVD series scolded the Jazz…
MoreWednesday, May 12 — Boston: The Tanglewood Jazz Festival (Sept. 4-5, 2010, in Lenox MA) has announced it will award four performance…
MoreThis article originally appeared in the Post Mortem blog published by The Washington Post. It is reproduced with the permission of JJA…
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America’s best high school jazz bands are directed by JJA “A Team” honorees, according to Jazz At Lincoln Center, announcing winners of…
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Dear JJA colleagues, After many years of producing Jazz Notes, the quarterly publication of the Jazz Journalists Assocation, we are now announcing the…
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Musicians are obviously the lifeblood of jazz, but the importance of non-musician devotees like Dan Morgenstern is hard to overstate. Throughout his long…
MoreTo the editor: Concerning the October 16 Associated Press item on Wynton Marsalis being awarded France’s Legion of Honor: This was pretty…
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Text, captions and photos by Patrick Hinely All images ©2009 by Patrick Hinely, Work/Play® [slideshow] Officially formed last year, the trio of…
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