Happy New Year, Jazz Journalists Association members and friends — please help us celebrate 2026 as the 41st anniversary of the founding…
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I was pleased to moderate an international panel of journalists on “From the Page to the Stage: Covering Jazz Across Borders” at…
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Photos by Jarko Vesic One of Europe’s most impressive jazz festivals – Beogradski Jazz Festival – has created and maintained, for over…
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Trumpet legend and multi-instrumentalist Wadada Leo Smith and Swiss pianist Sylvie Courvoisier—both award-winning composers with long-standing artistic partnership — presented their new album Angel Falls (Intakt, 2024)…
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The Jazz Journalists Association seeks applicants for new leadership of the organization, as longtime president-executive director Howard Mandel retires from a post…
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Self-publishing books attracts more writers every year for three main reasons: control, higher earnings, and speed. Traditional publishers decide titles, covers, and…
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It happened last weekend: two 2025 JJA Jazz Heroes — Debbie McClain, of Brooklyn and Sheila Anderson, representing Harlem – together with…
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JJA 2025 Jazz Hero Ruth Griggs, president of the Northampton Jazz Festival, received her Award plaque from member Bonnie Johnson (of WICN,…
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Now in its 12th edition, the Bran Jazz Festival is consolidating its prestige year after year. Although the seats available for spectators…
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A new, beyond-genre festival for Chicago — Sound and Gravity, produced by composer-drummer-bandleader-entrepreneur and JJA Jazz Hero (2011) Mike Reed in multiple…
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The 60th edition of Jazzaldia San Sebastian Donostia in the autonomous Basque region of northeast Spain was a week-long celebration, starting July 19, peaking July…
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When we speak of living a life of jazz, many names may rise to the surface. But for those of us who…
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