We’re in the thick of Jazz Festival season, climaxing around Labor Day, so there’s a lot to hear and report on.
But isn’t there always? It’s jazz journalists’ job to bring that to light, snaring folks with our publications, posts, blogs, videos and broadcasts who might otherwise not know about the great sounds that abound. On page 2, check out what some of the JJA’s members have been doing . . .
We have new members: Felipe Freitas, writer/photographer/musician in NYC, website JazzTrails.com and sometimes writing for the Portuguese platform Jazz.pt; John Murph, freelance writer in D.C.; jazz and blues photojournalist Jack Siegel, based in Chicago, and Joseph Wirt of Elk Grove, California. Welcome folks — please participate! — and now for those updates on page 2 ———->>>>>