The JJA has multiple outlets, platforms, and social media accounts. Links and information on each of these is contained in…
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JJA Members spread their wings to share good news from around the world. Festival Field Reports continue cycling on JJA…
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Elias Haslanger at Monk’s Club — A power bigger than the city? — Austin, Texas by Thierry De Clemensat When I arrived in Austin after leaving France, I discovered a city unlike any other, a place where music seems to live in every street, every venue and every conversation. Among the first musicians I encountered in this remarkable city was saxophonist Elias Haslanger. Seeing him perform onstage recently at Monk’s Jazz Club brought back that first impression and confirmed something I understood years ago: Elias Haslanger is not simply a…
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Comprehensive reviews of Montreal, Newport, NN North Sea Jazz Festivals and Jazz Day in Montenegro — Notes from Montreux, Rochester, Syracuse and Tri-C (Cleveland) Jazz Festivals, the Chicago Blues Festival and Edmonds WA Jazz Walk — More Festival coverage: Hear Northampton Jazz Fest’s Ruth Griggs, JJA Jazz Hero, on The Buzz — Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, Montreal, Canada – June 25 – July 4 by Sharonne Cohen Before the 46th Edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal even begins, I already know I’m going to miss…
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WHAT WE DO
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.
