Bassist, cellist, composer, bandleader Ron Carter accepted his JJA Jazz Award for Lifetime Achievement in Jazz on August 4 2021, while performing…
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MoreJazz journalism has been bustin’ out in June, following the re-start of live, in-person performances. Our new members are Luis Cubells of…
MoreAggregating articles weekly on developments and opportunities for jazz journalists (writers, broadcasters, webcasters, photographers, videographers, et al). Click for full stories, no…
MoreAuthor, critic, composer and pianist Ted Gioia — the JJA’s Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Journalism honoree so named in 2017 — has…
MoreJazz journalists kept us the jazz buzz throughout May, as JJA members’ updates of their recent activities amply attest. And the new…
MoreMaster musician and educator Ron Carter, often credited as jazz’s most recorded bassist, and author Kevin Whitehead, long-running jazz critic on NPR-distributedFresh…
MoreAuthor, editor, radio-show host, classicist, educator, fervent proponent of women in jazz, founding member of the Jazz Journalists Association and its historian,…
MoreJazz journalists made the most of April, as our members’ updates of most recent activities heartily demonstrate! The JJA engaged its members,…
MoreWilliam A. “Bill” Brower, a writer, producer, stage-manager, fest organizer and programmer, retail buyer, interviewer for the Smithsonian Jazz Oral History Program…
MoreThe Jazz Journalists Association was proud to present the National Endowment for the Arts’ class of 2021 Jazz Masters Tribute Concert, from…
MoreHighlighting the creative energy of the greater jazz community over a year of turmoil, the 2021 JJA Jazz Awards’ Finalists Ballot, released…
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