From david at adlermusic.com Sat Jan 2 16:33:51 2010 From: david at adlermusic.com (David R. Adler) Date: Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:33:51 -0500 Subject: [jja-announce] Jazz Notes deadline Feb 1 Message-ID: Dear colleagues, Happy New Year! Hope this communication finds you well. Our Winter 2010 issue of Jazz Notes should be online shortly. Meanwhile, please make a note of the next Jazz Notes copy deadline, which is February 1. All News of Members items and assigned pieces to this email address, thank you. *Reminder: A News of Members item is a brief paragraph beginning with your name. Please follow the format seen in previous issues of Jazz Notes. In addition: I am seeking a reviewer for Robin Kelley's new Monk biography. *Please note: I need someone who a) already has a copy of the book; b) has already read it, or can realistically complete it and file a review by the designated deadline. Give a shout to this email address if interested. Thank you and all best for 2010! Regards, David R. Adler Editor, Jazz Notes -- http://www.adlermusic.com http://lerterland.blogspot.com Read my Q&A profile at Normblog: http://bit.ly/CSeL4 From jazzmandel at earthlink.net Mon Jan 4 18:24:27 2010 From: jazzmandel at earthlink.net (howard Mandel) Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 18:24:27 -0500 Subject: [jja-announce] workshops at our jazz conference Message-ID: <0CD3BDD5-E0ED-491C-A7FD-754C67886257@earthlink.net> Hi members -- The two hands-on JJA eMedia workshops organized for the jazz journalism conference we're having over Jan 8 through 12 accept a few more participants. On Saturday morning, the professional production services company Mediakite has generously offered JJA members and colleagues a free 90- minute session on basics of video production for the web. The kind of video jazz journalism that Bret Primack has pioneered, that Greg Thomas is doing with his online video mag "Jazz It Up!" that JazzCorner.com is featuring on JazzVision, and that a few others among us have begun to think of as a way into the future is the topic. Questions like "what's a short video story?" "what to shoot?" "how to deal with low lighting and noisy conditions?", "how to edit" and "how to post on the web" will be addressed. You don't need to have previous experience with video, but if you have equipment -- like a Flip pocket camera and its equivalent, or a more elaborate camcorder, bring it. Pre-registration is necessary, as only 18 people can be accommodated. Video for the Web, Mediakite Training Center, 247 W. 30th St. between 6th and 7th Ave's at 11 am, Jan 9. Pre-register by filling out this form. On Monday afternoon, JA Kawell of Ozmotic Media conducts a clinic on blog basics and intermedia steps. Ms. Kawell, a former news reporter and editor at both NPR and Pacifica Radio and contract advisor to the National Writers Union -- who has been working with non-profits on online matters since the late '80s and has consulted the JJA on many of its new media initiatives -- has broken the session into two parts: basics including how to set up a blog and use social media to disseminate it from 2 to 3 p.m., intermediate considerations such as improving blog content, measuring and expanding audiences, and maybe making $ from your blog (!!) from 3 to 4. You can attend all or part of this workshop. Blogging Basics and More, New School Jazz Performance Space, 55 W. 13th St., NYC, Jan 11, 2 to 4 pm Jan. 11. Pre-register by filling out this form. If you do not see live links above, please email me at President at jazzjournalists.org . And please spread word of these workshops, plus the rest of our conference, to non-affiliated journalist colleagues. Howard From jazzmandel at earthlink.net Mon Jan 4 20:17:08 2010 From: jazzmandel at earthlink.net (howard Mandel) Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 20:17:08 -0500 Subject: [jja-announce] improved links to register for JJA eMedia workshops Message-ID: <5A375507-3C31-43A9-A75B-43BBD516A44E@earthlink.net> Colleagues -- the way I sent the links to "fill out forms" to pre- register for the JJA's eMedia workshops was flawed. Try these links -- you can cut and paste them into your brower's url line -- Video for the Web, Mediakite Training Center, 247 W. 30th St. between 6th and 7th Ave's at 11 am, Jan 9. Pre-register by filling out this form. http://tinyurl.com/y8q2fqc Blogging Basics and More, New School Jazz Performance Space, 55 W. 13th St., NYC, Jan 11, 2 to 4 pm Jan. 11. Pre-register by filling out this form. http://tinyurl.com/y8d7fvf 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 president at jazzjournalists.org Tue Jan 5 22:24:45 2010 From: president at jazzjournalists.org (JJA, President) Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 22:24:45 -0500 Subject: [jja-announce] further details about the jazz journalism conference Message-ID: <8446a2bf1001051924r45f02f63gcc5e75b707b7865a@mail.gmail.com> Hi JJA members -- I'm sending this note because some people evidently didn't get earlier correspondence about the Jazz Journalism Conference the JJA is holding in NYC this weekend, January 8 through Tuesday Jan. 12. Please see the website here: https://sites.google.com/a/jazzjournalists.org/jja-events/ny-jan-2010-conference and you can also link to it from Jazzhouse.org. Tell friends. Our sessions are free, though pre-registration is necessary for the two JJA eMedia workshops and there are only a few spaces left for both the intro to video online and blogging basics and intermediate skills. To reserve space for APAP sessions or follow the link to APAP on the front page of the site. New info: David Hajdu, is moderating our Sunday session, 2 - 4 pm, on Getting the Word Out, How Jazz News Is Disseminated Now (How That's Changed and How It's Changing Jazz News). Dan Ouellette sadly will NOT be able to be at the Saturday town hall meeting on The Job of Jazz Journalism, Professional Practices. And the NEA has put together a splendid luncheon for us on Tuesday -- look for yet *another* email with details of that, I hope tomorrow (Wednesday). ** Questions -- email me at President at JazzJournalists.org -- best, Howard From president at jazzjournalists.org Wed Jan 6 14:28:33 2010 From: president at jazzjournalists.org (JJA, President) Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 14:28:33 -0500 Subject: [jja-announce] NEA luncheon -- space limited, rsvp@arts.gov NOW! Message-ID: <8446a2bf1001061128n34ae3797mfaec49b281849228@mail.gmail.com> The National Endowment for the Arts and the NEA Arts Journalism Institutes invite you to *Jazz Journalism Lunch and Conversation* Featured speakers?Bob Blumenthal, Eric Gibson, and Dr. Farah Jasmine Griffin Moderated by Andr?s Sz?nt?, director of the NEA Arts Journalism Institute in Classical Music and Opera *Tuesday, January 12, 2010* 12:00 ? 1:30 p.m. Hilton Hotel, New York Suite 1335 Avenue of the Americas A complimentary lunch will be served followed by a panel discussion and conversation. Reservations are required and are welcomed first-come, first served to rsvp at arts.gov . ?What is the future of arts criticism?? is an oft cited theme for journalism conferences and panels in recent years. Norman Lear once noted that journalists can be an ally to art and artists, an expert and ?conduit to reach the larger, indifferent, and scattered culture.? Please join our panelists for a discussion of how jazz journalism fits into this conversation and what the future holds for jazz criticism. Former *Boston Globe* columnist *Bob Blumenthal* has been writing jazz criticism since 1969 and has contributed to numerous publications. He has received Grammy Awards for Best Album Notes. His next book, *Saxophone Colossus: A Portrait of Sonny Rollins* (Harry Abrams), in collaboration with photographer John Abbott, will be published in September. *Eric Gibson* is the Leisure & Arts Editor of the Wall Street Journal, a position he has held since 2002, as well as one of the paper?s art critics. Prior to joining the Journal in 1998, Mr. Gibson was executive editor of ARTnews magazine, and before that the art critic for the Washington Times. *Dr. Farah Jasmine Griffin* is professor of English and Comparative Literature and African-American Studies at Columbia University and director of the University?s Institute for Research in African-American Studies. She is the author of *If You Can?t Be Free, Be a Mystery: In Search of Billie Holiday.* She is also co-editor with Brent Edwards and Robert O'Meally of *Uptown Conversations: The New Jazz Studies*. *Andr?s Sz?nt?* is a writer, researcher, and consultant whose work spans the worlds of art, media, and cultural affairs. He is Director of the NEA Arts Journalism Institute in Classical Music and Opera at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and a Senior Lecturer in Art Business at the Sotheby?s Institute of Art, New York. From westernjazz at rcn.com Wed Jan 6 21:08:12 2010 From: westernjazz at rcn.com (Western Jazz Presenters Network) Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 21:08:12 -0500 Subject: [jja-announce] Please RSVP if you're coming to the JJA Party on Sunday Message-ID: <016c01ca8f3e$444fdf70$ccef9e50$@com> Sunday, Jan. 10, 5 pm - 7 pm JJA Cocktail Party Faces and Names Lounge and Bar, 161 W. 54th St. Jazz journalists and APAP conference attendees welcome; appetizers and first round on the JJA, cash bar thereafter. Please RSVP here. From president at jazzjournalists.org Thu Jan 7 06:55:39 2010 From: president at jazzjournalists.org (JJA, President) Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 06:55:39 -0500 Subject: [jja-announce] JJA NYC journalism conference at a glance Message-ID: <8446a2bf1001070355t67207b8cobca35c84c8c57eb3@mail.gmail.com> Members -- this is the quick rundown of activities JJA members may attend in NYC Jan 8 - 12. Reservations are required for APAP sessions (see below) and NEA events (contact (hutterv at arts.gov), and JJA eMedia workshops and cocktail party (for these, see details at https://sites.google.com/a/jazzjournalists.org/jja-events/ny-jan-2010-conference ). Friday, Jan 8 -- - 9 am - 12 noon, APAP Classical, Jazz, Contemporary & New Music Forum (open to the public, New York Hilton, 53rd & 6th Ave; room tba) - 3 pm - 5 pm, JJA session, "Meet the Jazz Journalists," open to the public, Sheraton Hotel & Towers, 811 7th Ave at 52nd St., Room E, Executive Conference Suite - 6 pm - 4 am, Winter Jazzfest (contact KSmithpr at earthlink.net for credentials) Saturday, Jan 9 -- - 11 am, JJA eMedia workshop, Video for the Web tutorial, pre-registration necessary, Mediakite Training Center, 247 W. 30th St. - 2 pm - 4 pm, JJA session, "The Jazz Journalists' Job Now," open to the public, Sheraton Hotel & Towers, 811 7th Ave at 52nd St., Room E, Executive Conference Suite - 6 pm - 4 am, Winter Jazzfest (contact KSmithpr at earthlink.net for credentials) Sunday, Jan 10 -- - 2 pm - 4 pm, JJA session, "Getting the Word Out," open to the public, Sheraton Hotel & Towers, 811 7th Ave at 52nd St., Room E, Executive Conference Suite - 5 pm - 7 pm, cocktail party, Names and Faces bar and lounge, 161 W. 54th St. - 9 pm - 3 am, globalFEST, Webster Hall, 125 E. 11th, contact music at rockpaperscissors.com for credentials) Monday, Jan 11 -- - 11 am - noon, APAP, Meet the Jazz Masters reservations required, http://www.apapconference.org/meet-the-jazz-masters.html - 2 - 4 pm, JJA eMedia workshop, Blogs for Journalists, pre-registration necessary, New School Jazz performance space, 5th floor, 55 W. 13th St. Tuesday, Jan 12 -- - noon - 1:30,NEA Luncheon conversation for Jazz Journalists, rsvp at arts.gov, New York Hilton, 6th Ave and 53rd St. - 3 - 5 pm APAP Jazz Forum: Tomorrow's Jazz Audiences: Where Are They?, reservation http://www.apapconference.org/tomorrow-jazz-audiences.html, NY Hilton - 6:30 pm NEA group photos of the Jazz Masters, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Columbus Circle - 7:30 pm NEA Jazz Masters Award Ceremony and Concert, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Columbus Circle, tickets required Hope to see you there. Some sessions will be documented; conference will be reported on at Jazzhouse and/or in Jazz Notes. Howard From david at adlermusic.com Fri Jan 15 10:00:36 2010 From: david at adlermusic.com (David R. Adler) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:00:36 -0500 Subject: [jja-announce] Jazz Notes Winter 2010 - now online Message-ID: Dear members, Please visit www.jazzhouse.org and click on the link that takes you to the new issue of Jazz Notes, Winter 2010. As always, username is "jazz" and password is "notes." Thank you for reading! Regards, David R. Adler Editor, Jazz Notes -- http://www.adlermusic.com http://lerterland.blogspot.com Read my Q&A profile at Normblog: http://bit.ly/CSeL4 From david at adlermusic.com Fri Jan 15 13:10:54 2010 From: david at adlermusic.com (David R. Adler) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:10:54 -0500 Subject: [jja-announce] Jazz Notes - direct link Message-ID: Dear members, Please excuse the additional email, but here is the direct link to the new Winter 2010 issue of Jazz Notes: http://www.jazzhouse.org/jn/jazznotes-20-4.pdf If you're prompted, username still "jazz," password "notes." Thank you, David R. Adler Editor, Jazz Notes -- http://www.adlermusic.com http://lerterland.blogspot.com Read my Q&A profile at Normblog: http://bit.ly/CSeL4 From nmprinc at aol.com Wed Jan 20 20:39:39 2010 From: nmprinc at aol.com (nmprinc at aol.com) Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:39:39 EST Subject: [jja-announce] RFP Message-ID: <19032.7e6e6d7b.38890a5b@aol.com> Dear fellow JJAers: I have posted an RFP at _http://www.jazzhouse.org/bulletin/viewtopic.php?p=1643#1643_ (http://www.jazzhouse.org/bulletin/viewtopic.php?p=1643#1643) . The RFP is in connection with the Milt Hinton Jazz Perspectives series at Baruch College of which I am the senior co-chair. This is an opportunity (with some funds attached) for a couple of jazz journalists to participate in the series starting with our 19th season in October 2010. I look forward to your response. Thanks. Eugene Marlow, Ph.D. JJA Treasurer From jazzjournalist at yahoo.com Thu Jan 21 17:06:51 2010 From: jazzjournalist at yahoo.com (Ken Dryden) Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:06:51 -0800 (PST) Subject: [jja-announce] Volunteers needed for Jazz Awards Ballot Committee Message-ID: <757622.9088.qm@web54205.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Dear Members: I have been asked by Howard Mandel to once again chair the ballot committee for the Jazz Awards. We would like 3-4 volunteers to discuss any possible expansion or contraction of categories, with the goal of wrapping up the final form of the nominations ballot within a week or two. A new WAY OF VOTING ON PRE-CONFIGURED FORMS should make tabulating the nominations much easier, though we may need to add guidelines to avoid duplicate or incomplete entries. Please respond to me at jazzjournalist at yahoo.com by January 27th. Hope to see you at the Awards show, SOMETIME MID-JUNE. I plan to make it this year! Ken Dryden From jazzmandel at earthlink.net Sun Jan 31 07:56:10 2010 From: jazzmandel at earthlink.net (howard Mandel) Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 07:56:10 -0500 Subject: [jja-announce] time to renew Message-ID: Dear JJA members -- Yes, this message is for members of the Jazz Journalists Association, sent through the organization's group email. It's a request: if you haven't renewed your dues during the past 12 months or longer, please go to http://jazzhouse.org/renew to charge your secure payment now. Annual membership in the JJA is $75 for full professional members, $300 for support members (non-voting) and $25 for student members (non- voting). Dues to our 501 (c) (3) professional organization haven't changed for a decade, and are fully tax deductible. All is forgiven if you didn't renew in 2009 -- or perhaps since 2008, or if you've been delinquent even longer. If you want to rejoin, do it now, please, clicking here: http://jazzhouse.org/renew. Members who don't renew face suspension of voting privileges in the 14th JJA Jazz Awards, for which ballots will be due on April 15, 2010 and loss of discounts for tickets to the Jazz Awards in June. If you have indeed paid dues during the past year, disregard this notice -- we have your records. Indeed, new membership secretary, Jo Ann Collins membership at jazzjournalists.org and treasurer Eugene Marlow treasurer at jazzjournalists.org have recently collaborated to improve JJA membership-tracking. I'm trying to save Jo Ann and Gene and you some work time by saying -- you know if you've paid over the past year or not -- and in truth, a lot of you haven't. So hit this link -- http://jazzhouse.org/renew -- and re-subscribe to your active, on-it professional organization. All comments and ideas are welcome -- Howard Mandel president at jazzjournalists.org