The Buzz: The JJA Podcast, has returned after a three month hiatus with an interview offering backstory
of The Jazz Omnibus: 21st Century Photos and Writings by Members of the Jazz Journalists Association. Host Lawrence Peryer, the Buzz’s newly appointed managing editor, speaks with the Omnibus‘s editor David Adler, copy chief Terri Hinte, editorial advisor Howard Mandel and Cymbal Press publisher Gary S. Stager about the anthology that presents expert coverage of jazz and jazz-adjacent topics from the two decades since the JJA’s incorporation as a 501 (c) 3.
The book’s editorial team explains its year-long process of compiling texts and images from the JJA’s international membership, and publisher Stager talks about Cymbal Press’s print-on-demand business model. Works by more than 85 contributors — all active JJA members — appear in the Omnibus‘ 600 pages (including a lengthy selected bibliography).
Cymbal Press has also recently published JJA member Dan Ouellette’s The Landfill Chronicles – Unearthing Legends of Modern Music, and guitarist Joel Harrison’s Pity the Genius – A Journey Through American Guitar Music in 33 Tracks. All these volumes are available in hardcover, paperback and ebook editions from online book sellers.
