JJA News

Emphasizing benefits of association - The JJA membership drive, first time discount available

JJA Editor — Sat, 12 May 2012 19:55:30 +0000

The Jazz Journalists Association, the only professional association for writers, bloggers, photographers, videographers, broadcasters and other media professionals covering jazz, for the first time offers a discount to new members. Both professional members and industry associates joining the JJA from now through June 30 will get $20 off their first annual dues — making the price of affiliation $55 for professional members, $70… [read more]

JJA Member Updates: May 2012

Michael J. West — Tue, 08 May 2012 23:11:04 +0000

Here are the most recent publications and other work reported by the extremely active members of the Jazz Journalists Association. We never sleep!

Nancy Barell has just uploaded her 185th edition of “Jazz Spotlight On Sinatra.” She has been on the air for over 6 1/2 years and is gaining new listeners every day, now ranking 25th out of… [read more]

Congrats in Order — Fellowships for Musicians and Colleagues –

JJA Editor — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:31:16 +0000

Half a dozen jazz musicians and a jazz biographer have been honored in the past two weeks with fellowships carrying significant financial gifts. Don Byron, Bill Frisell, John Hollenbeck. Vijay Iyer and Nicole Mitchell have been named to the first class of Doris Duke Charitable Foundation artists, while drummer-composer Bobby Previte and Terry Teachout, biographer of Louis Armstrong currently working… [read more]

Jazz Day 2012: JJA Jazz Awards Nominations Announced, Blogathon Begins

JJA Editor — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:36:53 +0000

Happy Jazz Day! Nominations for the 2012 JJA Jazz Awards are out and the JJA Blogathon has begun profiling jazz in communities around the world.

JJA Member Updates: April 2012

Michael J. West — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:22:18 +0000

Here are the most recent publications and other work reported by the extremely active members of the Jazz Journalists Association. We never sleep!

Gregg Akkerman published the first entry in a new column for All About Jazz . The column, “Jazz on the 90th Floor,” will focus on singers of the Great American Songbook with jazz leanings and the… [read more]

JJA Blogathon & Jazz Media Extravaganza - Jazz Day 2012: April 13

JJA Editor — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:51:28 +0000

Starting on Jazz Day, April 13, the JJA will bring bloggers and other jazz mediamakers together to raise the profile of jazz in local communities and to kick off the 2012 JJA Jazz Awards public process.

JJA Jazz Awards 2012: nominations in, FB page up, parties scheduled - Sweet 16 celebration of jazz & journalistic excellence -- save the date

JJA Editor — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:06:02 +0000

The JJA has launched its 16th annual Jazz Awards initiative and set Wednesday, June 20 as the date for a New York City Awards party at the Blue Note Jazz Club. “Satellite” parties celebrating the Awards will be held around the same time in a number of other cities. Meanwhile, awards nominations are being tabulated and 2012 nominees will… [read more]

Help the JJA get a Knight Foundation Challenge Grant - New media for musicians, presenters and journalists seeking audiences

JJA Editor — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 01:49:40 +0000

The JJA has applied for a Knight News Challenge Grant to expand and strengthen the network that ties together jazz creators, presenters and media makers in local communities throughout the U.S. and perhaps abroad. A continuation of the direction the JJA has taken with many of its projects in the past decade, the “Jazz Lives Network” is intended to work… [read more]

All The Things You Are: The Life of Tony Bennett – A Review

Dr. Gregg Akkerman — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 02:35:55 +0000

All the Things You Are: The Life of Tony Bennett By David Evanier

John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, 2011; 346 pps; $26.95 hardcover

After reading Tony Bennett’s 1998 autobiography, I was left considerably unsatisfied due to its lack of realistic depth. Despite Bennett’s continuous attempts to convince the reader every record he made was good music and that… [read more]

JJA Member Updates: March 2012

Michael J. West — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 20:10:28 +0000

Here are the most recent publications and other work reported by the extremely active members of the Jazz Journalists Association. We never sleep!

Shaun Brady wrote the cover stories on Vijay Iyer for the January/February issue of JazzTimes and on Robert Glasper for the March issue of Downbeat. He recently profiled Esperanza Spalding and Theo Bleckmann for Jazziz and is… [read more]