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	<title type="text">Jazz Journalists Association News</title>
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	<updated>2026-04-21T15:10:46Z</updated>

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			<name>Michael J. West</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[April Members Bring&#8230;]]></title>
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		<id>https://news.jazzjournalists.org/?p=13612</id>
		<updated>2026-04-19T19:34:07Z</updated>
		<published>2026-04-19T13:11:32Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Member Updates" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="C. Andrew Hovan" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Cadence Magazine" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Danford Josephson" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Doug Hall Geoffrey Himes" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Ellen Johnson" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Francisco Rocky Garcia" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Hilary Seabrook" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="International Jazz Day" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Jane Ira Bloom" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Jazz Appreciation Month" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Jazz Journalists Association" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Jersey Jazz Magazine" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="JJA Jazz Awards" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="JJA Jazz Heroes" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Lauren Deutsch" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Matty Bannond" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Michael J. West" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Natalia Rikker" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Neil Mattson" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="New York City Jazz Record" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Patrick Hinely" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Robert Levin" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Steve Foster" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Tangible Sound" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="UK JAZZ NEWS" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Photo credit: William P. Gottlieb]]></summary>

		
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			<name>JJA Editor</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Hail, 2026 JJA Jazz Heroes!]]></title>
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		<id>https://news.jazzjournalists.org/?p=13592</id>
		<updated>2026-04-08T02:03:25Z</updated>
		<published>2026-04-08T01:15:45Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Headlines" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="2026 JJA Jazz Heroes" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Bill Martinez" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Brenda Hopkins Miranda" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Derrick Lucas" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Fiona Ross" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Henry &quot;The Skipper&quot; Franklin" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="House of Miles" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Jazz Power Initiative" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="JJA Jazz Awards" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Lauren Paris" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Maggie Brown" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Seeing Jazz" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="The Buzz podcast" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="The Jazz Omnibus" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Tierney Malone" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[As jazz &#8212; the music, business and culture of it &#8212; depends on an intricate and widespread network of activists, altruists and advocates to thrive, today the Jazz Journalists Association (JJA) celebrates 35 grassroots culture workers of 33 locales &#8212; including, for the first time, London &#8212; as 2026 Jazz Heroes.  The Jazz Heroes announcement launches the JJA’s 31st annual Jazz Awards season during Jazz Appreciation Month, climaxing on International Jazz Day (April 30) &#8212; being hosted in Chicago this year &#8212; with local follow-up presentations nationwide. See Jazz Heroes portraits and bios at JJAJazzAwards.org/2026-jazz-heroes. Among them are: The complete]]></summary>

		
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			<name>JJA Editor</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[25% off The Jazz Omnibus, this site only! Paperback or hardcover, follow links!]]></title>
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		<id>https://news.jazzjournalists.org/?p=12131</id>
		<updated>2026-04-03T19:27:59Z</updated>
		<published>2026-03-31T16:10:00Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Features" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Amy Winehouse" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Andrea Canter" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Ashley Khan" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Berklee School of Music" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Blue Note Records" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Carla Bleuy" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Cymbal Press" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Dan Morgenstern" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="David Adler" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Deanna Witkowski" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Dorothy Longo" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Doug Hall" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Enid Farber" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="George Wein" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Howard Mandel" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Impulse!" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Institute for Jazz and Gender Justice" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Jack B. Siegel" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Jazz Foundation of America" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Jazz Journalists Association" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="JJA" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Keith Jarrett" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Mary Lou Williams" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Michael Jackson" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Mike Longo" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Mirian Arbalejo" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Nate Chinen" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Patricia Barber" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Patrick Hinely" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Peter Keepnews" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Sonny Rollins" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Sun Ra" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Suzanne Lorge" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Ted Gioia" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Ted Panken" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Terri Hinte" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="The New Jazz Emigrés" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Verve Records" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Willard Jenkins" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Wynton Marsalis" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[The JJA is continuing to offer The Jazz Omnibus: 21st-Century Photos and Writings by Members of the Jazz Journalists Association, the unique anthology published in ebook and print-on-demand paperback and hardcover editions by Cymbal Press, at a 25% discount, exclusively through JJA links until May 1, 2026. The Deluxe Hardbound with Slipcover (now $44.95) or 600 pp. Paperback (now $29.95). And to go with the book, the JJA has merch!&#160; Vivid Jazz Omnibus t-shirts (Tangible Sound cover photo of Roscoe Mitchell by Lauren Deutsch) are as low as $16. Phone cases, tote bags, stickers, mugs, hats, etc… are also available]]></summary>

		
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		<author>
			<name>Leslie L. Fuller</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Meet a Member: Writer Mark Stryker makes a Detroit music movie]]></title>
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		<id>https://news.jazzjournalists.org/?p=13544</id>
		<updated>2026-03-27T15:04:37Z</updated>
		<published>2026-03-25T18:00:03Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Headlines" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Barry Harris" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Charles McPherson" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Chrtian McBrideis" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Daniel Loewenthal" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Detroit Jazz Festival" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Don Was" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="James Jamerson" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Jazz From Detroit" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Kareem Riggins" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Karriem Riggins" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Mark Stryker" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Motown" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Roberta Friedman" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Detroit journalist Mark Stryker’s Jazz from Detroit was the 2020 Jazz Journalists Association&#8217;s Book of the Year, and now a documentary based upon his work, The Best of the Best: Jazz from Detroit, is streaming on Amazon Prime, YouTube TV, Google Play and Tubi. In a recent phone interview Stryker reflected on the documentary’s path to development, the under appreciated contribution of Detroit’s jazz to Motown, and the city’s robust mentoring culture which has produced so many jazz luminaries. Leslie Lynnton-Fuller: How long has this film been in development? Mark Stryker: The film grew out of my book in March]]></summary>

		
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		<author>
			<name>JJA Editor</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[JJA media meetup for In&#8217;tl Jazz Day]]></title>
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		<id>https://news.jazzjournalists.org/?p=13415</id>
		<updated>2026-04-21T15:10:46Z</updated>
		<published>2026-03-25T17:27:00Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Features" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[The Jazz Journalists Association will host a Media Meetup on April 29, 2026, especially welcoming writers, broadcasters and photographers visiting Chicago to cover the International Jazz Day Concert being broadcast from the city&#8217;s Lyric Opera House on April 30. The JJA&#8217;s wine-and-beer party will run from 4 to 6 pm at the speakeasy-themed Potter&#8217;s Bar in the historic Palmer House Hotel (where brownies were invented), 124 S. Wabash Ave., ending just prior to the official IJD cocktail party being held at the Chicago Cultural Center. Make reservations to attend here: https://members.jazzjournalists.org/events.]]></summary>

		
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		<author>
			<name>JJA Editor</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[March On! Members&#8217; Updates]]></title>
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		<id>https://news.jazzjournalists.org/?p=13458</id>
		<updated>2026-03-15T16:56:00Z</updated>
		<published>2026-03-15T16:49:56Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Member Updates" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="ALICE HILL" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Bill Milkowski" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Cadence" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="David Haney" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Doug Hall" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Howard Mandel" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Jazz Institute of Chicago" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Jersey Jazz Magazine" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Karla Harris" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="LYRICAL BRIDGE" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="MANDEL&#039;S MEDIA DIET" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Matty Bannond" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Neil Tesser" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Sanford Josephson" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="THE JAZZ JOURNEY" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="The New York City Jazz Record" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="UK JAZZ NEWS" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[March &#8212; Madness, Hare, Sousa, the Little Women, Fredric, Ides of . . . whatever you associate March with, JJA members march on to the swinging beat of their own drums, as per the moves they report making to start spring 2026! The year&#8217;s new slate of JJA Jazz Heroes will be announced soon &#8212; you&#8217;ve seen the nominees for Book Awards &#160;(in time to read them before voting)? &#8212; and we&#8217;re gearing up for Jazz Appreciation Month/International Jazz Day activities (especially in Chicago, this year&#8217;s concert host).&#160; We welcome new members &#8212; Jason Miles, helping to grow jazz and]]></summary>

		
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		<author>
			<name>JJA Editor</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Announcing! JJA 2026 Book Award Nominees and Honorable Mentions]]></title>
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		<id>https://news.jazzjournalists.org/?p=13381</id>
		<updated>2026-04-08T01:18:11Z</updated>
		<published>2026-03-15T13:15:21Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Features" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="A Guide to Jazz in Japan" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Bangkok After Dark" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Ben Ratliff" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Benjamin Tausig" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Billy Hart" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Black Mystery School Pianists" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Black Surrealist" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Bob Blumenthal" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Brian Shaw" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Con Chapman" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Concerto for Cootie" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Don Byas" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Elizabeth J. Rosenthal" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Ethan Ivereson" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Eugene Holley Jr." /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Fiona Ross" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Gene Krupa" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Hank O&#039;Neal" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="JJA Book of the Year Awards" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="John Gennari" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Katherine Cartwright" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Kenny Wheeler" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Leslie Lynnton Fuller" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Let&#039;s Go" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Making Jazz in Contemporary Japan" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Mario Buscatto" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Matthew Shipp" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Michael Pronko" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="More than the Music" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Nick Smart" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Oceans of Time" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Ricky Riccardi" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Run the Song" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Sascha Feinstein" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Steven Belletto" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Steven C. Bowie" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Stomp Off" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Ted Joans" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="The Jazz Barn" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="The Master of Drums" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Todd S. Jenkins" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Writing Jazz" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Biographies of trumpeters Louis Armstrong, Kenny Wheeler and Cootie Williams, saxophonist Don Byas, Beat poet Ted Joans and drummer Gene Krupa; two volumes on jazz in Japan; drummer-composer Billy Hart's autobiography; Ben Ratliff's musings on music and running; Matthew Shipp's writings about pianism et al; Hank O'Neal's memoir; conversations with critics, and an examination of the Berkshires' Jazz Barn stand for honors.]]></summary>

		
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		<author>
			<name>Vid Jeraj</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Copenhagen hangout for Vinterjazz]]></title>
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		<id>https://news.jazzjournalists.org/?p=13477</id>
		<updated>2026-03-25T18:11:21Z</updated>
		<published>2026-03-14T21:55:32Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Features" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[With the decision to spend the winter in Copenhagen in the middle of a geopolitical crisis between the US and the EU, I agreed to face the other side of the Danish capital: the cold and the expensive. Around noon an unpleasant northern wind blows &#8211; although locals still consider it part of the pleasant atmosphere &#8211; and a five-day public transport ticket costs 40 euros. Hospitality was provided by Zagreb artist Katja Crevar, who provoked me by claiming that štrukle are better in Denmark, and I set my route toward the Vinterjazz festival. Denmark is an archipelago with more]]></summary>

		
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		<author>
			<name>Paul de Barros</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Meet a member: Jim Wilke&#8217;s Great Big Birthday Party]]></title>
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		<id>https://news.jazzjournalists.org/?p=13363</id>
		<updated>2026-03-15T21:56:23Z</updated>
		<published>2026-03-05T16:18:25Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Features" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[On Monday, April 20, 2026 at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, the Seattle jazz community tips its hat to 2014 JJA Jazz Hero Jim Wilke. A co-presentation with radio station KNKX, the Jim Wilke Great Big Birthday Party showcases two bands, one led by Origin Records founder and drummer John Bishop, the other by veteran Seattle guitarist and drummer Milo Peterson. Speakers from all corners of Seattle’s robust jazz scene will toast and roast Wilke and his illustrious, six-decade career. It’s difficult to think of anyone who has contributed more to Seattle jazz than Wilke, who turns 89 on April 26. A]]></summary>

		
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		<author>
			<name>Brad Stone</name>
							<uri>http://SoulandJazz.com</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Women in Jazz Media turns 5]]></title>
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		<id>https://news.jazzjournalists.org/?p=13344</id>
		<updated>2026-03-09T13:18:33Z</updated>
		<published>2026-02-27T16:22:26Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Features" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Brad Stone" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Fiona Ross" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Women in Jazz Media" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[It is widely accepted that jazz has historically been a male-dominated genre and continues to be so today. But one particular medium that has contributed to breaking down gender barriers in jazz has been the online magazine Women in Jazz Media out of the UK, which in November 2025 celebrated its five- year anniversary.&#160; View online or download its 14th edition, published last December, here. Women in Jazz Media is the brainchild of founder Fiona Ross, a vocalist, pianist and composer as well as a journalist and JJA member on the Book Awards committee, who serves as its publisher. I]]></summary>

		
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		<author>
			<name>Rebecca Klobucher</name>
							<uri>https://www.rebeccaklobucher.com</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[February members&#8217; updates]]></title>
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		<id>https://news.jazzjournalists.org/?p=13174</id>
		<updated>2026-02-17T19:35:44Z</updated>
		<published>2026-02-15T18:49:41Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Member Updates" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="American Made Music Series" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Andy Emler" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="David Adler" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="David Haney" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Dee Dee McNeil" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Donald Meade Legacy Jazz Griot Award" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Geoffrey Himes" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Howard Mandel" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Hudson Valley Writers Center" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Jennifer Roberts" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Jersey Jazz" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Karla Harris" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Larry Blumenfeld" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Mark Ruffin" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Middle C Jazz Club" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Mike Shanley" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Natalia Rikker" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Neil Tesser" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Noal Cohen" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Paris Move" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Paul Reynolds" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Scott E Brown" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Stephanie Stein Crease" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="The Nation" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Thierry De Clemensat" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Did Valentine’s Day leave you longing for love? We’ve got some to share! Our hearts and inboxes are overflowing with good news from members, and more jazz journalists joining the JJA network! Newest members include Londoner Alice Hill, who writes for Jazzwise magazine and broadcasts on Jazz Funk Soul Radio; New York’s Robert Levin, a veteran journalist and author of two books; and Emily Springer, who works out of the stealthily swinging town of Montclair, New Jersey. Please welcome our new members, and extend congratulations with the JJA community to these notable veterans: Lou Jones was featured on the FRONT]]></summary>

		
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		<author>
			<name>SudSax</name>
							<uri>http://sudhalter.com/</uri>
						</author>

		<title type="html"><![CDATA[On the road: Alternative venues in Italy]]></title>
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		<id>https://news.jazzjournalists.org/?p=13254</id>
		<updated>2026-03-05T16:25:22Z</updated>
		<published>2026-02-03T16:01:24Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Features" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Alessandro “Magicomare” Maruccia" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="alternative venues in Italy" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Atelier del Teatro e Delle Arti" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Carol Sudhalter" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Carta da Zuccero" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Francesco Lomagistro" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Frantoio Rosso Ipogeo" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Giovanni Monteforte" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Libreria Roma" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Maria Torelli" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Mimmo Tripodi" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Stazione 37" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Swing Pub" /><category scheme="https://news.jazzjournalists.org" term="Vito Di Modugno" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[CAROL SUDHALTER, text and photos I often travel to Italy to perform, most often in Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna, Rome and Puglia, and always with local musician friends. Having lived there in the late 1960s, I&#160;am fluent in Italian. Audiences love hearing my explanations in Italian of lyrics to tunes such as &#8220;Everything Happens to Me&#8221; or “Old Folks,” straining to catch every word as I sing in English.&#160; Everywhere, I find warm-hearted folks who are a delight to play for. My latest tour was especially nice because we announced my 83rd birthday, and I witnessed a trend toward alternative venues for]]></summary>

		
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