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An archival website of the Jazz Journalists Association: Promoting
the interests of journalists covering jazz
Jazz Diaries
W. Royal Stokes' Roundup of 90 or So Jazz, Blues, Beyond, and Other Books Published in the Past Year or So (2014)
W. Royal Stokes' Roundup of 85 or So Jazz, Blues, Beyond, and Other Books Published in the Past Year or So (2013)
2013 Jazz Awards
W. Royal Stokes' Roundup of 135 Jazz, Blues, and Beyond Books Published in the Past Year or So (2012)
Brought to You, Personally, from My Blog
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JJA Jazz Awards: 2010 Winners
Lloyd Peterson: Perspectives on Music and Race
W. Royal Stokes Interviews Guitarist Sheryl Bailey
Marcela Breton: Top 10 List
W. Royal
Stokes: Recent Jazz, Blues & Pop Photography & Art Books
The Last Post
Paul Blair , 1942-2011, writer, broadcaster, editor, guide
Deaths in 2010
Joe Goldberg , 1932-2009 , Remembering a fine jazz author and a marvelous wit
Julie Coryell , 1948-2009Roger Burn , 1962-2009 , Vibist, keyboardist, leader of Shapes
Louis Belson , 1924-2009 , Some Personal Memories of a Drum Master
Leslie Carole Johnson , 1942-2009 , Mississippi Rag Falls Silent with Death of Publisher
James Gourley , 1926-2008 , U.S. Expatriate Bebopper
William Claxton , 1927-2008 , Iconic photographer
Norman Hedman , 1945-2008 , Crosses Three Decades of Music Genres & Generations
Richard Sudhalter , 1938-2008 , Veteran author and trumpeter
Jack Hutton , 1928-2008 , Famed British editor
JJA Jazz Awards
VIDEO
2010
Coverage
The 14th annual JJA 2010 Jazz Awards were celebrated at City Winery , New York City, on Monday,
June 14. Doors opened at 3:30 for the Awards presentation, honoring nominees
and winners in more than 40 categories of excellence in jazz, jazz
presenting and jazz documentation. Beer from Brother
Thelonious Belgian Ale , wine from City Winery's own reserve, buffet
reception and musical performances by Bobby Sanabria Big Band (thanks to Jazzheads Records ), Tia Fuller Quartet
(thanks to Mack Avenue Records ),
pianist Marc Cary 's Focus Trio (sponsored by Motema Music ), guitarist Rale Micic 's trio (CTA Records ), and Ayako Shirasaki (thanks
to Jan Matthies Music
Management ).
2009
Jazz in the Global Imagination: Music, Journalism and Culture Read about the Jazz Journalists Association's participation in the first
international gathering of jazz journalists, co-presented by the Center for
Jazz Studies at Columbia University.