Terry Teachout, jazz. literature, dance and drama critic, podcaster, blogger, playwright, album annotator, opera librettist and biographer of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington,…
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Throughout 2020, people that arts journalists and local jazz fans alike recognize as “activists, advocates, altruists, aiders and abettors of jazz” —…
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In late March, with the novel coronavirus roaring through jazz as well as all other performing artists and in-person activities as an…
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Due to the present crises in the U.S., it must be said that jazz journalists universally endorse harmony — even when there’s…
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Dee Alexander, Chicago’s soulful singer of all styles, from AACM improv to her own originals and American songbook standards, had her Sunday…
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To support musicians and audiences whose performances have been cancelled — in reaction to the broad, advisable and we hope temporary suspension…
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For the second year running, JJA members and industry colleagues gathered for an informal January meet-up during the Winter JazzFest in New…
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Henry Threadgill is recipient of the Jazz Journalists Association’s 2016 Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Award — composer-orchestra leader Maria Schneider wins Musician of…
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Best reason to renew JJA memberships if your annual dues are nearly due: The JJA board of directors has approved a dues…
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Happy New Year, Jazz Journalists Association members and friends — please help us celebrate 2013 as the 25th anniversary of the founding of…
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On Amazon, reviewers so far are unanimous in their five-star appraisal of Peter Pullman’s Wail: The Life of Bud Powell, and all…
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Approximately 150 Philadelphia jazz devotees gathered at the Clef Club on Tuesday, July 31, for an energized and mostly upbeat Town Hall…
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