What does a writer need to know in order to write both well, and also dispassionately, about music? Many musicians feel that…
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Wired has the story (via Arts Journal): “Borrowing a page from patent trolls, the CEO of fledgling Las Vegas-based Righthaven has begun…
MoreThanks to Media Bistro (and Youtube) for bringing this ode of joy to JJA attentions, and to Bill Dyszel for its creation (see…
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For decades Mike Zwerin was the significant American in Paris for a floating readership of world travelers and settled expats, ready with…
More[See Brian Nation’s writeup here.] The 2010 Vancouver International Jazz Festival’s opening night gala ceremonies (on Thursday, June 24 from 7 to…
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I just wanted to personally thank you for creating and organizing this great event. It was a testament to the music and…
MoreThe JJA Jazz Awards were held on the same day and time as ASCAP’s 2010 Jazz Wall of Fame event. Whose announcement…
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Scottsdale is home to the JJA’s youngest member, Mikayla Gilbreath, who gathered on June 14th with some of the local scene’s leading…
MorePhotograher Enid Farber, recovering from dislocated shoulders, shot her imagery at the Jazz Awards with help from an assistant — but as…
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from left: Art Lange (first president of the Jazz Journalists Association); JJA Jazz Heroes Joe Segal and Geraldine de Haas; Neil Tesser, MC of…
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Here is the rundown from yesterday. And be sure to read JJA President Howard Mandel on the “why” of the Awards (from…
MoreThe Jazz Educators Network (JEN) Conference, held May 20-22 in St. Louis, has come and gone but the two-week “postgame” window now…
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