JJA News

JJA Member Updates: May 2013

2013-05-14T17:21:02Z

Looking for proof that jazz is alive and well? You’ll find the most recent publications and other work reported by the extremely active members of the Jazz Journalists Association after the jump. We never sleep! If you are a JJA member and would like your recent activities included in the next installment of Member Updates, send a brief paragraph beginning … [read more]

Creole Trombone: Kid Ory and the Early Years of Jazz, by John McCusker — A Review

2013-05-13T10:29:15Z

New-Orleans bred John McCusker, for 30 years a photojournalist with the Times-Picayune and a local jazz historian, has written a tightly strung, contemplative biography of that life—revealing not only Ory’s personal story but the music in which it moved.

JJA Member Updates: April 2013

2013-05-14T16:11:39Z

JazzApril: Jazz Heroes and JJA Jazz Awards 2013 nominees announced - 17th annual musicianship and journalism honors; 26 notables celebrated in 25 N. American locals

2013-04-07T18:43:49Z

On April 1, the Jazz Journalists Association launched JazzApril – a month long celebration of all things jazz — and the 2013 JJA Jazz Awards season by announcing this years Awards’ finalist nomineesalong with the names of this year’s JJA Jazz Heroes, cited for their exemplary work in keeping jazz alive and well in their communities.

The final-round nominees in 37 categories of jazz musicianship, recording, … [read more]

JJA Member Updates: March 2013

2013-05-14T16:12:06Z

JazzApril launched: JJA media campaign for broad jazz coverage - Taking Jazz Appreciation Month, Int'l Jazz Day both viral and local

2013-03-07T03:48:45Z

The Jazz Journalists Association has launched JazzApril, a pro bono multi-platform media campaign to foment media attention to jazz, the Smithsonian Institution’s Jazz Appreciation Month initiative and its culmination, International Jazz Day (April 30, with major events being produced globally by UNESCO through good services of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz).

In hopes of facilitating local coverage by local media … [read more]

Are digital downloads good/better/useless for reviewing? - JJA public webinar, March 12 8 pm EST

2013-03-13T15:18:42Z

The JJA’s March 12 online panel discussion took on a current, thorny recording industry issue:

Are digital downloads acceptable for review? Writers, editors, radio show hosts and program directors, record label publicists and self-producing musicians are all facing the questions of advantages and disadvantages regarding physical, financial, file formats and delivery of promo copies to the people who really want/need them, with adequate … [read more]

JJA Member Updates: February 2013

2013-02-15T19:10:11Z

Got a tough subject? JJA interviewers’ tips on breaking the ice - New season of JJA webinars begins

2013-02-20T16:57:26Z

The JJA’s second season of online webinars begins Tuesday, February 19, at 8 pm EST, with writer Geoffrey Himes, a winner of the Deems Taylor/ASCAP Award for music journalism, and Los Angeles-based radio-show host Eddie Becton among the panelists discussing “How to Interview Tough

Subjects.” The webinar is free, and open to the public, ~~but attendees must register in advance (to do so, go to http://bit.ly/TAOWbr).~~ [The webinar recording … [read more]

JJA Member Updates: January 2013

2013-01-12T22:41:56Z