The 250th anniversary celebration of the U.S. birth this July will resound with jazz, and not only in the USA. Fests in…
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As jazz — the music, business and culture of it — depends on an intricate and widespread network of activists, altruists and…
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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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It is widely accepted that jazz has historically been a male-dominated genre and continues to be so today. But one particular medium…
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Interviews with authors of the 12 nominees in two JJA Books of the Year (2023) categories are now being posted at episodes…
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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…
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Getting right to it: Jazz journalists have covered the music as it’s happening, where it’s happening, throughout the month, throughout the world.…
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Was April 2022 a long month? For the JJA it comprised the announcement and online celebrations of Jazz Heroes, winners and nominees…
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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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Jazz journalists’ end-of-summer activities include attending jazz fests and negotiating what comes next (i.e., seeking assignments!). New JJA members include jazz orchestra…
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I should have written this earlier but a pandemic and busy times made it nigh on impossible, so here goes. The Jazz…
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