Musicians and journalists will talk about “Chicago’s greatest hits” in a series produced of listening sessions starting January 24 and being held…
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W. Royal Stokes, JJA Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Journalism honoree and past editor of Jazz Notes (among many other credits) has compiled…
MoreRon Sweetman (1932-2018) bought his first Duke Ellington records in his native England when he was 14, using money earned by digging neighbors’…
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Marcia Hillman, a veteran jazz journalist and lyricist died in April. Following a period of declining health, she had been in assisted…
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The 40 sponsors of the Jazz Journalists Association’s 2018 Jazz Awards and Jazz Heroes initiatives signed up from across the breadth of the…
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Winners of the Jazz Journalists Association’s 2018 Jazz Awards, the 22rd annual honors for excellence in music and music journalism conferred by…
MoreApril 24, New York City — Nominees for the 2018 Jazz Awards, the 23rdannual honors produced by the Jazz Journalists Association, were…
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Twenty-two jazz-devoted Americans in 20 U.S. cities have been named 2018 Jazz Heroes by the Jazz Journalists Association, the non-profit professional organization…
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The 2018 JJA Jazz Awards, presented annually since 1996, will be discontinued if new leadership is not found to spearhead the complex, time-consuming…
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The first ever (?!?) panel discussion of gender issues by four women who are professional jazz journalists (documented to vlogger Ms Michal Shapiro) kicked…
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W. Royal Stokes, author most recently of three novels as well as four previous books on jazz, a founding member of the…
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