Michael Ambrosino hosted an episode of The Buzz, the JJA Podcast, on “Jazz in the Age of AI” with saxophonist-educator Jon Irabagon and professors dealing with media and communications Josh Antonuccio and Matt Powers.
Bob Blumenthal, summering on Cape Cod, worked on liner notes for a Mosaic boxed set of Oscar Peterson recordings.
Nate Chinen, in his important essay “Mismanaging Miracles,” assesses of the legay of public broadcasting as instituted 60 years ago by President Lyndon Johnson and under attack by the current chief executive — with an aside on the value of arts listings on his blog, The Gig.
Lauren Deutsch hung an exhibition at Delmark House (headquarters of the label) in time for the annual “Rockwell Stroll,” where JJA members Lewis Achenbach, Alain Drouot, Corey Hall, Michael Jackson, Marc PoKempner and Neil Tesser read from The Jazz Omnibus and spoke of Chicago’s jazz-blues culture.
Ellen Johnson created a heartfelt appreciation of Sheila Jordan for JJANews — featuring photos by aforementioned Lauren Deutsch.
Howard Mandel reviewed Ethiopian Mulatu Astatke’s Mulatu Plays Mulatu for DownBeat, was runner-up with the story “Trucks and Tanks” in the 69th JerryJazzMusician.com short fiction contest (it’s to be published there), posted at Substack playlists of Sheila Jordan and Eddie Palmieri, hosted an episode of The Buzz podcast about jazz activism and organizing with Orbert Davis, Terri Lyne Carrington and Marc Ribot, and launched a GoFundMe with Oliver Lake to cover editorial costs of producing Passing Thru: The Oliver Lake Reader for SUNY Press.
Bill Milkowski updates and looks back on guitarist Al Di Meola, touring again after a 2023 heart attack on stage, at Musing on Music by the Milkman.
Ted Panken posted a rare interview with vocalist Nancy King from 2006—she died August 5, at age 85—at his blog Today is the Question.
Danica Pantovic photographed and reviewed the Donostia San Sebastián Jazzaldia for JJANews.org
Michael Pronko is publishing Tokyo Juku, the seventh and latest of his award-winning Detective Hiroshi novel series, on October 27. Pre-order is available through Amazon.
Michael J. West reviewed Alfred Yun’s Voice and Phenomenon for Washington City Paper, for which he also previewed the 2025 edition of the D.C. Jazz Festival. He wrote an appreciation of the late Chuck Mangione for the Washington Post.
