The JJA has multiple outlets, platforms, and social media accounts. Links and information on each of these is contained in…
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Did Valentine’s Day leave you longing for love? We’ve got some to share! Our hearts and inboxes are overflowing with…
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Biographies of trumpeters Louis Armstrong, Kenny Wheeler and Cootie Williams, saxophonist Don Byas, Beat poet Ted Joans and drummer Gene Krupa; two volumes on jazz in Japan; drummer-composer Billy Hart's autobiography; Ben Ratliffe's musings on music and running; Matthew Shipp's writings about pianism et al; Hank O'Neal's memoir; conversations with critics, and an examination of the Berkshires' Jazz Barn stand for honors.…
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On Monday, April 20, 2026 at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, the Seattle jazz community tips its hat to 2014 JJA Jazz Hero Jim Wilke. A co-presentation with radio station KNKX, the Jim Wilke Great Big Birthday Party showcases two bands, one led by Origin Records founder and drummer John Bishop, the other by veteran Seattle guitarist and drummer Milo Peterson. Speakers from all corners of Seattle’s robust jazz scene will toast and roast Wilke and his illustrious, six-decade career. It’s difficult to think of anyone who has contributed more to Seattle…
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The Jazz Journalists Association is currently planning a free Media Meetup for…
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It is widely accepted that jazz has historically been a male-dominated genre…
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CAROL SUDHALTER, text and photos I often travel to Italy to perform,…
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The JJA is continuing to offer The Jazz Omnibus: 21st-Century Photos and…
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Awards
The annual Jazz Journalists Awards, established in 1996 and conferred by vote of JJA professional members, celebrate accomplishments in music and music media
Events
Educational webinars, panel discussions, members’ meetups and professional symposia, held across the U.S. or online for international access.
Heroes
“Activists, advocates, altruists, aiders and abettors of jazz” – members of jazz’s ‘A Team’– are recognized by the JJA and in their communities throughout the U.S.
Podcast
Insights and interviews from JJA members on new music, publications and films about jazz, and on the the state of jazz journalism and evolving mediums.
Jazz Journalists Association Sponsors
VIDEOS
Freshly posted: Archival video of the JJA Photography Master Class, with Lauren Deutsch, whose innovative experiments in fine arts photography and journalistic…
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The JJA’s Youtube published video of the 2015 Jazz Awards party in New…
JJA Resources
Photojournalism
SEEING JAZZ is a monthly live master class series led by past JJA Photographer of the Year award winners and other professional photo journalists
Videojournalism
eyeJAZZ is a series of webinars used created out of a JJA's Video Training Program for short, news, jazz videos made with simple tools and distributed online
Webinars
TALKING JAZZ webinars feature jazz world leaders and experts discussing the issues that are shaping the way we perform, program, promote –and fund– jazz now and in the future.
Promotion
Resources for producing and promoting events for International Jazz Appreciation Month (aka: April) and beyond.
