New York, January 13, 2011 — On Saturday, January 8, members of the JJA as well as interested musicians and industry representatives…
MoreThe Best Music Writing series editor has called for submissions for its 2011 edition, to be guest edited by New Yorker music…
MoreNew York, January 10, 2011 — JJA President Howard Mandel grabbed the blue-padded chairs in Conference Room C at Manhattan’s midtown Sheraton…
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The JJA’s “New Media for New Jazz” conference got off to a quick and productive start on Friday and Saturday with a…
MoreHello fellow jazz writers, I am writing to share some good news! WBGO, 88.3 FM in Newark, New Jersey, has recently created a…
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As arts correspondent for Charles Kuralt’s CBS Sunday Morning, musical director of the David Frost Show, and broadcaster on WNEW and WLIB…
MoreEd Bland’s “The Cry of Jazz,” a low-budget semi-documentary made in Chicago in 1958 with original music by Sun Ra performed by…
MoreDecember 17 — Leading jazz critic Nate Chinen (The New York Times, JazzTimes) has convened four fellow critics for a lively and…
MoreGreg Tate — author, cultural activist and guitarist/musical director of the celebratory free-funk band Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber — has been…
MoreConcert and festival producer Absolutely Live Entertainment shocked some JJA members in an e-mail promoting its upcoming Wayne Shorter concert at Town…
MoreeyeJAZZ, the video project of the Jazz Journalists Association, has just issued its first eyeJAZZ Challenge, urging both novice and experienced video…
More[Update: Shout out to author and colleague Ashley Kahn for his Liner Notes nomination! JazzTimes has the full jazz slate, including nominations…
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