{"id":738,"date":"2013-04-02T20:30:06","date_gmt":"2013-04-03T01:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jazzhouse.org\/diary\/?p=738"},"modified":"2019-09-09T14:26:42","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T19:26:42","slug":"2013-jazz-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jazzhouse.org\/diary\/2013\/04\/2013-jazz-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"2013 Jazz Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

To: Listings\/Critics\/Features
\nFrom: Jazz Promo Services
\nPress Contact: Jim Eigo, jim@jazzpromoservices.com<\/a>
\nwww.jazzpromoservices.com<\/a><\/p>\n

The Jazz Journalists Association has announced nominees in 37 categories for
\nthe 2013 JJA Jazz Awards, the non-profit professional organization’s 17th
\nannual celebration of excellence in musicianship and journalism. The nominees
\nand other information about the 2013 JJA Jazz Awards may be viewed at
\nwww.JJAJazzAwards.com<\/a>.
\n
\nBesides the Jazz Awards nominees, the JJA announced the names of 26 “Jazz
\nHeroes” \u2013 who it describes as “advocates, altruists, activists, aiders and
\nabettors of jazz” \u2013 nominated by JJA members and unaffiliated colleagues in 24
\nU.S. cities and Ottawa, Canada. Photos and bios of the Jazz Heroes are on view
\nhere: http:\/\/www.jjajazzawards.org\/p\/jazz-heroes-2013.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Nominees for Lifetime Achievement in Jazz are pianist\/composers Muhal Richard
\nAbrams, McCoy Tyner and Randy Weston as well as saxophonist\/composer Wayne
\nShorter (also nominated for Best Small Ensemble and Soprano Saxophonist of the
\nYear. Musicians nominated in several categories include arranger and orchestra
\nleader Ryan Truesdell, trumpeter\/composer Wadada Leo Smith, and clarinetist
\nAnat Cohen.<\/p>\n

The JJA Jazz Awards are the only honors presented by professional jazz media-
\nmakers for both musicianship and journalistic activities (including Best
\nPublication, Best Website, Best Book of the Year, and Photo of the Year).
\nNominees for Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Journalism are multi-taskers Willard
\nJenkins, W. Royal Stokes and Ted Panken.<\/p>\n

The JJA, with more than 300 members (writers, photographers, broadcasters and
\nnew media professionals as well as supporters, jazz industry and community
\nsponsors, mostly in North America but also in South America, Europe, Asia and
\nNew Zealand) promotes all media activities about all styles or genres of jazz.
\nIts initiatives currently include JazzApril, http:\/\/www.JazzApril.com<\/a>, a
\nbroadly based campaign in support of local jazz activities during the
\nSmithsonian Institution-driven Jazz Appreciation Month, culminating in UNESCO’s
\ndeclared International Jazz Day, April 30.<\/p>\n

Winners in the 28 categories of 2013 Jazz Awards pertaining to musicianship
\nwill be announced on May 1. Winners of the Jazz Awards for media will be
\nannounced at a JJA Jazz Awards party in New York City at the Blue Note Jazz
\nClub, a ticketed event, on June 19. Details about tickets will follow.
\nFor further information on the JJA Jazz Awards, contact Howard Mandel,
\npresident@jazzjournalists.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To: Listings\/Critics\/Features From: Jazz Promo Services Press Contact: Jim Eigo, jim@jazzpromoservices.com www.jazzpromoservices.com The Jazz Journalists Association has announced nominees in 37 categories for the 2013 JJA Jazz Awards, the non-profit professional organization’s 17th annual celebration of excellence in musicianship and journalism. The nominees and other information about the 2013 JJA Jazz Awards may be viewed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[124],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jazzhouse.org\/diary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jazzhouse.org\/diary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jazzhouse.org\/diary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jazzhouse.org\/diary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jazzhouse.org\/diary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=738"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.jazzhouse.org\/diary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":744,"href":"http:\/\/www.jazzhouse.org\/diary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738\/revisions\/744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jazzhouse.org\/diary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jazzhouse.org\/diary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jazzhouse.org\/diary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}