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An archival website of the Jazz Journalists Association: Promoting
the interests of journalists covering jazz
W. Royal Stokes' 90 Best Books
JJA News
JJA members’ “Best of Jazz 2019” posts begin
October 2019 – JJA members’ updates - New members from Texas and China
Jazz journalism in China - Startup media for an enormous potential market
Dan Morgenstern, jazz journalist, turns 90 - A JJA Lifetime Achievement Award winner, an NEA Jazz Master, a model scholar, friend, supporter, and more
JJA presents free, day-long Creative Music Media Summit - August 27, prior to Chicago Jazz Festival in Millennium Park
JJA payments switch - Welcome to Affinipay software
Changes in JJA board: Welcome Susan Brink - Former development director re-joins organization's leadership
July 2019 – JJA Members updates - Books, articles, appearances, productions, powerful blog posts, Jazz Awards presentations . . .
2019 JJA Jazz Awards presentations commence - A rare demonstration of jazz journalism's reach
JJA Member Updates: June 2019
Rhode Island-based flute player and saxophonist Greg Abate at the Birmingham International Jazz FestivalJazz on English Summer Days © John Watson
Jazz Diaries
W. Royal Stokes' Roundup of 90 or So Jazz, Blues, Beyond, and Other Books Published in the Past Year or So
W. Royal Stokes' Roundup of 85 or So Jazz, Blues, Beyond, and Other Books Published in the Past Year or So
2013 Jazz Awards
W. Royal Stokes' Roundup of 135 Jazz, Blues, and Beyond Books Published in the Past Year or So
Brought to You, Personally, from My Blog
One of Google's favorite photos
JJA Jazz Awards: 2010 Winners
Lloyd Peterson: Perspectives on Music and Race
W. Royal Stokes Interviews Guitarist Sheryl Bailey
Marcela Breton: Top 10 List
W. Royal
Stokes: Recent Jazz, Blues & Pop Photography & Art Books
The Last Post
Paul Blair , 1942-2011, writer, broadcaster, editor, guide
Deaths in 2010
Joe Goldberg , 1932-2009Julie Coryell , 1948-2009Roger Burn , 1962-2009Louis Belson , 1924-2009Leslie Carole Johnson , 1942-2009James Gourley , 1926-2008William Claxton , 1927-2008Norman Hedman , 1945-2008Richard Sudhalter , 1938-2008Jack Hutton , 1928-2008
JJA Jazz Awards
VIDEO
2010
Coverage
The 14th annual JJA 2010 Jazz Awards were celebrated at City Winery , New York City, on Monday,
June 14. Doors opened at 3:30 for the Awards presentation, honoring nominees
and winners in more than 40 categories of excellence in jazz, jazz
presenting and jazz documentation. Beer from Brother
Thelonious Belgian Ale , wine from City Winery's own reserve, buffet
reception and musical performances by Bobby Sanabria Big Band (thanks to Jazzheads Records ), Tia Fuller Quartet
(thanks to Mack Avenue Records ),
pianist Marc Cary 's Focus Trio (sponsored by Motema Music ), guitarist Rale Micic 's trio (CTA Records ), and Ayako Shirasaki (thanks
to Jan Matthies Music
Management ).
2009
Jazz in the Global Imagination: Music, Journalism and Culture Read about the Jazz Journalists Association's participation in the first
international gathering of jazz journalists, co-presented by the Center for
Jazz Studies at Columbia University.
