The Buzz: The JJA Podcast episode 4 features John Gennari, author of Blowin’ Hot and Cool: Jazz and Its Critics (2006)
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and Giovanni Russonello, jazz critic (though he’s ambivalent about using either word) of the New York Times and Capital Bop, discussing the activity at the basis of the Jazz Journalists Association: Writing about sound, in our world, today.
Host Rick Mitchell leads the dip into what it is critics think they’re doing, why they do it and how it’s been received. Author of Jazz in the New Millennium: Live and Well and producer of a nationally nationally syndicated radio show of the same name, Mitchell is a JJA board member, and chairs the podcast committee responsible for The Buzz.
In The Buzz episode 3, Mitchell guides JJA board member Neil Tesser (author, radio producer) and Mark Ruffin (Sirius XM “Real Jazz” host and 2021 Book of the Year nominated author) in their evaluation of the 2022 JJA Jazz Awards winners (see them with all 2022 nominees at JJAJazzAwards.org). Note: Views expressed in this program are not necessarily representative of the JJA members as a whole.
The Buzz is produced by a JJA committee, with new episodes dropping every two weeks. Episode 2 has JJA board member and writer Bob Blumenthal with others of the Book Awards committee he chairs, and JJA board member Susan Brink discussing the 2022 Jazz Heroes, with a visit by 2018 Portland Hero Marcia Hocker.
