From jazzmandel at earthlink.net Mon May 4 15:49:16 2009 From: jazzmandel at earthlink.net (howard Mandel) Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 15:49:16 -0400 Subject: [jja-announce] Jazz Awards nominees announced at new JJA site Message-ID: Hi Members -- the JJA has a new Jazz Awards website, where we've posted the nominations ballot for the 2009 Jazz Awards (as well as program and ticket info for the Jazz Awards gala at the Jazz Standard). Go to the site -- www.JazzJournalists.org -- to see the nominees, to see the 30! splendid nominees for Photo of the Year, the read about the "A Team" award winners -- and to make your reservations for athe Jazz Awards cocktail barbeque, now! We have limited seating at the Jazz Standard -- so tickets will go fast. We don't have the voting for finalists in place yet -- so consider your choices, and await my next email telling you when the voting booth in which you'll select 2009 Jazz Awards winners is open. We're still looking for sponsors for the jazz Awards, so if you know anyone interested, please direct them my way. And let me know of any concerns about the Jazz Awards, which promises to be a great event (the 13th annual is our bar mitzvah, you know). best, Howard Howard Mandel jazzmandel at earthlink.net phone 212 533 9495 mobile 212 533 4952 see my blog: www.HowardMandel.com www.ArtsJournal.com/jazzbeyondjazz From jazzmandel at earthlink.net Wed May 6 17:59:48 2009 From: jazzmandel at earthlink.net (howard Mandel) Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 17:59:48 -0400 Subject: [jja-announce] voting, first round, on Photo Nominees Message-ID: <549946EE-678C-4503-A5A5-757E623A8BE7@earthlink.net> Hi All -- By now I hope you've checked out the new www.JazzJournalists.org website, devoted to the 2009 Jazz Awards (winners to be announce on Tues., June 16 at the Jazz Standard in NYC, 3 to 6 p.m.) We've just instituted first round voting on the Jazz Photos of the Year submissions there, to whittle the field of 30 down to five. Yes, you get to vote for 5 of the photos. Five, just five, please. So go see them! You can get to JazzJournalists.org from a live link at Jazzhouse.org, or type that URL www.JazzJournalists.org into your browser to take you there (don't expect to find it if you search "Jazz Awards" on Google, because it's too young to have any ranking and get "found" by the search engines yet). Once you're there, you'll have to register to vote. It's a simple process. Go to http://www.jazzjournalists.org/user/register to register your new account. It will require you to make up a username and a password. There are a couple basic questions (like yr email address). Then you'll have an account, and can vote.will see new links appear with a link to the photo gallery and a link to a preliminary form for just narrowing down the photo nominees. Vote the for the five submissions you think best -- the five photos getting the most votes in this round will become finalists, to be voted on again. Voting for the other Jazz Awards nominations will take place at Jazzhouse.org, but we don't have that set up yet. This week I hope - and I'll e-mail again as soon as it happens. At www.JazzJournalists.org you can see the nominations ballot, you can see who's performing at the event, you can buy tickets (at the special JJA members price, $60; we're asking $100 from non-affiliated individuals). If you plan to attend, please reserve early; there is limited space and very unlikely to be room if you just show up on June 16 at the Jazz Standard, hoping to slip in. We are seeking ads for the Jazz Awards program book right now, and sponsors for the Awards -- if you know individuals and/or companies that would like to participate in supporting the Jazz Awards, please send them to me, jazzmandel at earthlink.net , for further info and negotiation. It's going to be a great 13th (bar-mitvah) Awards year, with music by Charles Tolliver's Big Band, Jane Bunnett's Spirits of Havana, pianist Marian Petrescu and guitarist Andreas ?berg, and some surprise guests. More info as it develops -- for now, go to www.JazzJournalists.org. best, Howard Howard Mandel jazzmandel at earthlink.net phone 212 533 9495 mobile 212 533 4952 see my blog: www.HowardMandel.com www.ArtsJournal.com/jazzbeyondjazz From jazzmandel at earthlink.net Mon May 11 09:46:43 2009 From: jazzmandel at earthlink.net (howard Mandel) Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 09:46:43 -0400 Subject: [jja-announce] Jazz Awards voting! Message-ID: <719BC3CF-8F0C-4377-8FA6-E407F305CCD3@earthlink.net> Dear JJA members -- the time to vote for the JJA Award winners is now. We will choose Awards recipients in 42 categories through the phase of voting on the Awards for musical and journalistic achievement, and we will select the five finalist nominees from among the 30 semi-finalists submitted for Photos of the Year. To vote on the Photo of the Year submissions, to to www.JazzJournalists.org , see the photos and select up to five choices for finalists. Votes must be in by Sunday, May 17 at 8 p.m. EDT. To vote for the musical and journalistic achievement nominees, go to Jazzhouse.org and follow the instructions to the ballot. Only full professional members of the JJA may vote (not student or support members. Voting will end on Sunday, May 24 at 8 pm. EDT. At JazzJournalists.org, you may also reserve (if you're a finalist nominee, at no charge) a ticket to the Jazz Awards gala at the Jazz Standard on Tuesday, June 16, 3 to 6 p.m. Nominees may purchase a second ticket at the JJA members' price of $60 for the barbeque buffet with Brother Thelonious ale, music by the Charles Tolliver Big Band, Jane Bunnett and Spirits of Havana, Resonance Records artists Marian Petrescu and Andreas ?berg and surprise guests. JJA members may purchase two tickets at the $60 price. People who aren't members of the JJA wishing to attend the Jazz Awards may purchase tickets for $100 each, or contact me for details on sponsorship benefit packages. Please vote in the 13th annual JJA Jazz Awards. This is our bar mitzvah year -- the Awards attain maturity, and to do so we want to see the largest voter turnout in Jazz Awards history. Vote once, and decisively, for Lifetime Achievement and for musical achievement in the year April 15 2008 - April 15 2009. Vote, in this round, for the 5 jazz photos submitted by members and colleagues of the JJA that you think are "best." Voting for those five will take place within the following week. But get started now, please! -- best, Howard Howard Mandel jazzmandel at earthlink.net phone 212 533 9495 mobile 212 533 4952 see my blog: www.HowardMandel.com www.ArtsJournal.com/jazzbeyondjazz From john at johnabbottphoto.com Wed May 13 22:14:34 2009 From: john at johnabbottphoto.com (John Abbott) Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 22:14:34 -0400 Subject: [jja-announce] Jazz Photo of Year - First Round Voting Ends Sunday, May 17 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear JJA Photography Friends: >>> >>> FIRST ROUND voting for the JAZZ PHOTO OF THE YEAR segment will end Sunday, >>> May 17, 2009. >>> So if you have not voted for JAZZ PHOTO of the YEAR - please do so by >>> SUNDAY, MAY 17. >>> >>> Go to www.jazzjournalists.org >>> Requires registration to see the voting option. >>> >>> The ?FINAL FIVE? PHOTOS from the first round of voting will be posted soon >>> after May 17 and >>> a second vote by JJA members will determine the winner. >>> (Second vote ends approx. June 1, 2009) >>> >>> Winner of the Jazz Photo of the Year Award will be announced at the JJA's >>> Jazz Awards event to be held at the Jazz Standard in Manhattan on June 16, >>> 2009. >>> >>> We believe the two-stage process will result in a strongly representative >>> "Jazz Photo of the Year." >>> >>> Thank you very much, >>> >>> John Abbott >>> >>> monkdizbird at yahoo.com >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > From jazzmandel at earthlink.net Sun May 17 13:52:18 2009 From: jazzmandel at earthlink.net (howard Mandel) Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 13:52:18 -0400 Subject: [jja-announce] first-round voting, Photo of the Year, ends tonight Message-ID: <94654BDC-77D0-4423-BECE-DD935CF46EC4@earthlink.net> To vote on the Photo of the Year submissions, go to www.JazzJournalists.org , see the photos and select up to five choices for finalists. If you've already done it, you can't do it again -- but votes must be in by Sunday, May 17 at 8 p.m. EDT. If you haven't done it yet, be aware that you have to register for a new account at JazzJournalists.org -- your name and password from Jazzhouse don't automatically transfer to JazzJournalists.org. Finalists in the Photo of the Year category will be announced almost immediately! (Tomorrow. . . .) Voting on those five finalists will commence Tuesday. Don't forget -- if you haven't already voted for winners in the 42 other categories of the Jazz Awards, please do that by going to Jazzhouse.org. ALL VOTING CONCLUDES SUNDAY MAY 24 at 8 p.m. EDT. thanks, Howard Howard Mandel jazzmandel at earthlink.net phone 212 533 9495 mobile 212 533 4952 see my blog: www.HowardMandel.com www.ArtsJournal.com/jazzbeyondjazz From jazzmandel at earthlink.net Sun May 17 16:11:53 2009 From: jazzmandel at earthlink.net (howard Mandel) Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 16:11:53 -0400 Subject: [jja-announce] clarification on photo voting Message-ID: Dear members, So sorry for the confusion re voting. I didn't give you the right link for voting for First Round Photo nominees. Here are the correct steps: Go to www.JazzJournalists.org/user/register. Create an account, filling in the form. Hit "Create an account" bottom of page after you've done so. You'll be taken to a page with links to "View the Photo Nominees," "First Round Voting" and "Log Out." There are three pages of 12 thumbnails of photo nominees, each thumbnail expands to larger size for viewing. Each page has a link to First Round Voting, but you might want to jot down your choices as you view the nominees. To vote, check boxes in First Round Voting for no more than five of the photo nominees. Log out I am extending the deadline to vote on this to Monday night, midnight EDT. Again, my apologies -- if you try and still have problems, please contact me. thanks, Howard Howard Mandel jazzmandel at earthlink.net phone 212 533 9495 mobile 212 533 4952 see my blog: www.HowardMandel.com www.ArtsJournal.com/jazzbeyondjazz From jazzmandel at earthlink.net Sat May 23 06:18:15 2009 From: jazzmandel at earthlink.net (howard Mandel) Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 06:18:15 -0400 Subject: [jja-announce] vote today and tomorrow Message-ID: <6B2D79E8-368A-4875-BE02-7C77068ED4B2@earthlink.net> Hey all full-professional JJA members -- please vote in the Jazz Awards this weekend, if you haven't already. The ballot for 42 categories of achievement in music and journalism is up at Jazzhouse.org, and the ballot for the five finalists for Photo of the Year is up at http://www.jazzjournalists.org/2009-jja-jazz-awards-finalists-ballot -- and both voting booths will close at a new date and time -- Monday, May 25, at noon. That ought to give everyone a chance to vote. You can also reserve tickets for the Jazz Awards announcement party on Tues., June 16 at JazzJournalists.org -- 2 tickets are available to JJA members for the event, which runs from 3 to 6 p.m., at the price of $60 apiece, which includes a lavish Jazz Standard barbeque buffet, beverages including Brother Thelonious Belgian Ale, performances by the Charles Tolliver Big Band, Jane Bunnett's spirits of Havana, pianist Marian Petrescu (whose new big band album celebrating the legacy of Oscar Peterson has just been released) and guitarist Andres Oberg, plus some special surprise guests. Seating is limited so please make reservations soon. I hope to see a lot of JJA members at the Awards -- Doug Ramsey, last year's winner of Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Journalism Award is coming all the way from Yakima, Washington, to present this year's Lifetime Achievement honor to -- who? Vote! Howard Howard Mandel jazzmandel at earthlink.net phone 212 533 9495 mobile 212 533 4952 see my blog: www.HowardMandel.com www.ArtsJournal.com/jazzbeyondjazz From whit at transpect.com Sat May 23 09:33:59 2009 From: whit at transpect.com (Whit Blauvelt) Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 09:33:59 -0400 Subject: [jja-announce] vote today and tomorrow - correction! In-Reply-To: <6B2D79E8-368A-4875-BE02-7C77068ED4B2@earthlink.net> References: <6B2D79E8-368A-4875-BE02-7C77068ED4B2@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <20090523133359.GA13187@transpect.com> On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 06:18:15AM -0400, howard Mandel wrote: > The ballot for 42 categories of achievement in music and journalism is > up at Jazzhouse.org, and the ballot for the five finalists for Photo of > the Year is up at > http://www.jazzjournalists.org/2009-jja-jazz-awards-finalists-ballot -- > and both voting booths will close at a new date and time -- Monday, May > 25, at noon. That ought to give everyone a chance to vote. The correct addresses: Main ballot: http://www.jazzhouse.org/vote/ Photo of Year finalists (6): http://www.jazzjournalists.org/finalphotonominees Somehow a duplicate main ballot has been posted at http://www.jazzjournalists.org/2009-jja-jazz-awards-finalists-ballot, but that is NOT the ballot being counted. It's just a trial attempt to test the voting software there. Best, Whit Jazzhouse.org From whit at transpect.com Sat May 23 09:41:03 2009 From: whit at transpect.com (Whit Blauvelt) Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 09:41:03 -0400 Subject: [jja-announce] vote today and tomorrow - correction 2! In-Reply-To: <20090523133359.GA13187@transpect.com> References: <6B2D79E8-368A-4875-BE02-7C77068ED4B2@earthlink.net> <20090523133359.GA13187@transpect.com> Message-ID: <20090523134103.GA13730@transpect.com> It turns out there's no present way to vote for the Photo of the Year nominess except to go to http://www.jazzjournalists.org/2009-jja-jazz-awards-finalists-ballot and fill out choices for all the other categories in order to page through to get to the Photo of the Year choice. Unlike the real main ballot, this version does not accept "none of the above" either, so you'll have to check something for every choice. But don't worry, just fill them all out randomly. They will be discarded and only your Photo of the Year vote kept from this. Sorry for the confusion. I wasn't consulted on this. Thus the snafu. Best, Whit On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 09:33:59AM -0400, Whit Blauvelt wrote: > On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 06:18:15AM -0400, howard Mandel wrote: > > > The ballot for 42 categories of achievement in music and journalism is > > up at Jazzhouse.org, and the ballot for the five finalists for Photo of > > the Year is up at > > http://www.jazzjournalists.org/2009-jja-jazz-awards-finalists-ballot -- > > and both voting booths will close at a new date and time -- Monday, May > > 25, at noon. That ought to give everyone a chance to vote. > > The correct addresses: > > Main ballot: http://www.jazzhouse.org/vote/ > > Photo of Year finalists (6): > > http://www.jazzjournalists.org/finalphotonominees > > Somehow a duplicate main ballot has been posted at > http://www.jazzjournalists.org/2009-jja-jazz-awards-finalists-ballot, but > that is NOT the ballot being counted. It's just a trial attempt to test the > voting software there. > > Best, > Whit > Jazzhouse.org > _______________________________________________ > jja-announce mailing list > jja-announce at jazzhouse.org > http://www.jazzhouse.org/mailman/listinfo/jja-announce From jazzmandel at earthlink.net Sat May 23 13:22:35 2009 From: jazzmandel at earthlink.net (howard Mandel) Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 13:22:35 -0400 Subject: [jja-announce] Jazz Awards voting clarification Message-ID: Dear members, Jazz Awards voting has been snagged, but here's the clarification. (And if you've already managed to vote, you're good. And thanks to Whit for his clarifications) To vote for all Jazz Awards EXCEPT "Photo of the Year" -- go to http://www.jazzhouse.org/vote/ To vote for Photo of the Year go to -- http://www.jazzjournalists.org/finalphotonominees That link will lead you to the first of six photos chosen by you voters out of the 36 submitted semi-finalists. We are voting on these six for "Photo of the Year." Look at (enjoy) them all, please, and then at the bottom of the page you'll see "JJA Photo of the Year finalists ballot" -- click on that and vote for ONE. Voting ends Monday as previously announced. Sorry for the inconvenience, we're continue to learn about communications re new technology -- Howard Howard Mandel jazzmandel at earthlink.net phone 212 533 9495 mobile 212 533 4952 see my blog: www.HowardMandel.com www.ArtsJournal.com/jazzbeyondjazz Howard Mandel jazzmandel at earthlink.net phone 212 533 9495 mobile 212 533 4952 see my blog: www.HowardMandel.com www.ArtsJournal.com/jazzbeyondjazz From jazzmandel at earthlink.net Sat May 23 13:38:32 2009 From: jazzmandel at earthlink.net (howard Mandel) Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 13:38:32 -0400 Subject: [jja-announce] Jazz Awards photo link - correct THIS time Message-ID: <70BD9A6F-0712-4B2A-8AF2-9F0EDEDB9993@earthlink.net> Use this link to vote for the photos, please -- sorry sorry sorry -- better soon! http://www.jazzjournalists.org/2009-jja-jazz-awards-photo-year Howard Mandel jazzmandel at earthlink.net phone 212 533 9495 mobile 212 533 4952 see my blog: www.HowardMandel.com www.ArtsJournal.com/jazzbeyondjazz From jazzmandel at earthlink.net Sat May 23 13:48:00 2009 From: jazzmandel at earthlink.net (howard Mandel) Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 13:48:00 -0400 Subject: [jja-announce] yes, further clarification Message-ID: <2C0D7A11-7B6A-4468-94FA-C25A009AA09A@earthlink.net> Dear members, you must be logged in to vote on the photos -- SO -- 1) go to jazzjournalists.org/user -- this is the login page. 2) log in (you give your email and your name) 3) it will take you to a page that offers you a choice -- see photos or see ballot. that really really ought to receive your vote. thanks for your patience -- HM Howard Mandel jazzmandel at earthlink.net phone 212 533 9495 mobile 212 533 4952 see my blog: www.HowardMandel.com www.ArtsJournal.com/jazzbeyondjazz From jazzmandel at earthlink.net Sun May 24 14:59:51 2009 From: jazzmandel at earthlink.net (howard Mandel) Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 14:59:51 -0400 Subject: [jja-announce] reMemorialDayber to vote Message-ID: Vote for the Jazz Photo of the Year (correct info follows, as I sent it yesterday; if you've already voted, your voted counted and you can't vote again) -- 1) go to www.jazzjournalists.org/user 2) create account with your user name, email and password (please create a username the JJA can recognize as validly YOU) 3) when you've done that you will be offered choice to see the 6 finalists (http://www.jazzjournalists.org/finalphotonominees) or to see the ballot (http://www.jazzjournalists.org/2009-jja-jazz-awards-photo-year ) -- do as you wish, but please, VOTE. And vote, if you haven't already, for the 42 other categories of Jazz Awards -- at www.Jazzhouse.org. There are some very tight races, I believe, and the more voters we have the better to avoid potential ties. thanks -- and have a hearty, healthy holiday -- Howard Howard Mandel jazzmandel at earthlink.net phone 212 533 9495 mobile 212 533 4952 see my blog: www.HowardMandel.com www.ArtsJournal.com/jazzbeyondjazz