Biographies of trumpeters Louis Armstrong, Kenny Wheeler and Cootie Williams, saxophonist Don Byas, Beat poet Ted Joans and drummer Gene Krupa; two…
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The Jazz Journalists Association has launched its annual Jazz Awards season with the announcement ofeight nominees and 15 Honorable Mentions in two categories…
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Years back I wrote an article headlined “Tap as Turf” for the JJA’s print newsletter, discussing how most jazz writers didn’t consider…
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Sunday March 26 was a day to be glued to a screen where the Final Four would take center stage. The spectacle…
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Do you have a book idea to pitch, are you curious about submission processes, do you want to hear how others have…
MoreComing to the close of a busy year, the JJA has posted the 12th of The Buzz, a podcast with Willard Jenkins…
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The passing of Eric Jackson on September 17, after years of health issues, marked the end of his more than half-century as…
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The first nominees of the 2022 JJA Jazz Awards have been announced: Contenders for Jazz Book of the Year in separate categories…
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The Jazz Journalists Association will hold its first Members Only Town Hall, a Zoom call offering audio-video interactivity, on Saturday, December 4,…
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In the JJA’s recent survey of members regarding JJANews content, keen interest was for updates of recent publications about jazz. Thanks to…
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With six authors of nominees for the 2021 JJA Jazz Award for Book of the Year About Jazz convening on a Zoom…
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The JJA’s Zoom Jazz Book Party from Sunday, Jan 17, featuring member-authors Karl Ackermann, Debbie Burke, Tish Oney, Ted Panken and Mark…
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