Like many well-reputed jazz festivals, the one hosted by Romania’s emblematic Bran Castle is the work of a music lover with a…
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Rick Mitchell, a Portland, Oregon-based writer and syndicated radio show host who also has professional ties to Houston, has joined the board…
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Readings from the web of potential value for jazz journalists: John Coltrane on perseverance vis a vis rejection, innovation, hardship Estate planning…
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When the 41st Annual Tri-C Jazz Festival Cleveland was reimagined as a virtual event, Northeast Ohio lost its premier jazz showcase and…
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Feature and cover stories in major publications about jazz by women, non-binary and other marginalized voices remain a rarity. But Ayana Contreras…
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A roundup of articles and notices potentially interesting or productive for jazz journalists: Guggenheim Foundation fellowship applications open Medium rewards writers for…
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I should have written this earlier but a pandemic and busy times made it nigh on impossible, so here goes. The Jazz…
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Bassist, cellist, composer, bandleader Ron Carter accepted his JJA Jazz Award for Lifetime Achievement in Jazz on August 4 2021, while performing…
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Ed. note: The accumulated experience and vast contacts of the JJA’s membership are the organization’s greatest assets. In the column Meet-A-Member read…
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Harmony Holiday writes a stellar Substack (blog/newsletter) entitled Black Music and Black Muses; journalist and essayist Jessica Hopper has revised and expanded…
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Aggregating articles and opportunities for jazz journalists (writers, broadcasters, webcasters, photographers, videographers, et al). Click for full stories, no paywalls guaranteed. To…
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Los Angeles-based writer and director of communications at the UCLA School of Education and Information Studies, Joanie Harmon is the author of…
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