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An archival website of the Jazz Journalists Association: Promoting
the interests of journalists covering jazz
W. Royal Stokes' 85 Best Books
JJA News
Musicians win Journalism Awards at JJA NYC party - Honors to Iverson, Burton, Bridgewater, Stokes, Chinen, Cano, Moultrie
JJA Member Updates: June 2014
JJA Q&A: Jennifer Odell - Tips from from a Veteran Jazz Journalist
JJA Member Updates: May 2014
Jazz Fest Season — Resources for Journos - Have you planned your media attack?
JJA Member Updates: April 2014
2014 JJA Jazz Awards winners announced! - 32 categories honoring musical achievements
2014 Jazz Heroes Announced — launching JazzApril - 24 jazz activists, advocates, altruists, aiders and abettors
Coming May 1: JJA members dues increase
Crouch’s bio of Bird brings early jazz fan to hard swing - Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker, reviewed by Peter Gerler
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.
