As 11 of the 23 Jazz Heroes the JJA identified for celebration are professional musicians, we created a Spotify playlist from their…
MoreI’ve previously posed several questions regarding the relevance and presence, or lack thereof, of the feminist voice and women’s lens in jazz…
MoreThroughout 2020, people that arts journalists and local jazz fans alike recognize as “activists, advocates, altruists, aiders and abettors of jazz” —…
MoreIf a woman writes about jazz, is she imposing a feminist act? Feminism is a school of thought that vehemently fights for…
MoreWith six authors of nominees for the 2021 JJA Jazz Award for Book of the Year About Jazz convening on a Zoom…
More1) What is the Jazz Journalists Association (JJA)? The Jazz Journalists Association is a non-profit professional organization of freelance and staff writers,…
MoreJazz Journalists Association members — most writers or broadcasters, living in or near U.S. major or smaller cities — want more connections…
MoreThe story is like a fairytale, one that is almost impossible to believe or for a child to understand. It is the…
MoreOne unintended consequence of the 2020 JJA Jazz Awards: Photographer Steven Sussman has gone public with his images of jazz musicians in…
MoreCarla Bley, composer-arranger-bandleader and pianist, has won the 2020 JJA Jazz Award for Lifetime Achievement in Jazz in the 25th annual honors…
MoreFinalists for the 25th annual Jazz Awards presented by the Jazz Journalists Association have been announced at www.JJAJazzAwards.org, demonstrating both generational continuity and diversity of…
MoreA JJA acquaintance with experience on this issue warns: Writers who use photographs on their blog posts, Instagram accounts, Facebook page or…
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