Date:	20-Jan-2000 00:15:31
From:	Carl Hines (CHines1309@aol.com)
	i enjoyed the conference a lot, especially Nicholas Payton, joshua Redmond, and the Marian McPartland performace after receiving the Jazz masters award was simnply unforgettable. I would like to see Jackie McLean receive the Jazz Masters award in the future. I do plan to attend the conference in NYC next year. One thiong I would like to see is a Master class for each instrument presented by some on the top Musicians on that instrument. I also enjoyed the Black Caucus dance featuring the Jimmy Coe band. I look forward to that every year. See you next year.

 

Date:	23-Jan-2000 23:37:25
From:	Dr. Jazz (drjazz@drjazz.com)
	For those of you who attended (and more so for those who did not), please visit my web site for 7 pages of photo's from IAJE2000. Click on the "digital photo library" then the link for IAJE200 and you're there. http://www.drjazz.com

 

Date:	24-Jan-2000 09:51:15
From:	Ken Dryden (kenjazz@vei.net)
	IAJE was overall a great experience in New Orleans. There were plenty of friends old and new, great food and great music. The acoustics were surprisingly good in the performance halls set up in the Super Dome. Improvements for future conferences should include better spacing of performances; it was a pain to have to leave one national artist's showcase early to get a decent seat at the next one, or having to arrive late for the 8:00 main program after a long walk from the Dome back to the hotel complex. Also, it would be nice if they wouldn't schedule so much high caliber music in the middle of dinner time! The Jazz Journalist's Association meeting were at times enlightening but too often bogged down by a handful of people belaboring one issue. Perhaps circulating a pre-planned agenda the next time around prior to meetings might help make them more productive. I might have accomplished even more if I hadn't come down with a #%$&*@! cold on Friday, which caused me to depart the scene entirely on several occasions. Will I be at the next IAJE? YOU BET!!!

 

Date:	24-Jan-2000 12:42:01
From:	Tom The Jazzman (jazzman@broadcast.net)
	I really enjoyed and found much good materials from IAJE. New Orleans was great, but there seemed so little time to hear and visit outside of the structured conference....choices. The NPR Workshops on Wednesday were very much in the pocket for Radio People and it was good to see so many friends and meet new ones that I had known previously only by name. I agree with previous comments regarding scheduling. I never got to Jazz Journalist Association sessions because of higher priority sessions scheduled at the same time. Seems the flow or contunity of sessions from one to another should be looked at, so to minimize competiting sessions and back to back sessions without a break in the schedule unless they are in the same room. Benny Green, Russell Malone and Christian McBride were great as were so many other artists. I felt many of the rooms could have been better if they had been set up with a wide range of chairs rather than deep rooms that were narrow. Just move the stages to the long wall and then you have more up front and better hearing for the sessions. I plan to be in NYC and know the hotel probably will not have the space provided by the Hyatt. Thanks

 

Date:	24-Jan-2000 17:31:47
From:	Ben (benvega@earthlink.net)
	Could use some examples of what to use this for. Are there auto links to some or all of the suppliers?

 

Date:	26-Jan-2000 11:48:07
From:	Steve Schwartz (Steve_Schwartz@wgbh.org)
	The IAJE was a great event particularly for those of us in radio. The NPR sponsored day of workshops was symbolic of radio finally being acknowledged as a jazz "educator". Some very useful discussions took place both in the workshop rooms and in the corridors. The music presented was superb, from Nicholas Payton's quintet to the Willowbrook HS band from Houston TX. It was encouraging to be around so many young (I mean young!)people who were really in to the music. I won't go into the food I ate except to say that there is no place else on earth like New Orleans cuisine(s). Steve Schwartz Host: Jazz from Studio 4 WGBH, 89.7FM Boston wgbh.org

 

Date:	30-Jan-2000 11:30:15
From:	Susan Rosmarin (jazzwife@mindspring.com)
	Having gone to many of the IAJE conferences in the past, the 2000 conference in N.O. was probably one of the best I've attended. Each conference has a flavor and feel of its own, and having the convention in N.O. made it richer. Attendance was very high. This was the first year I participated by presenting a panel on the Jazz Photography of New Orleans, with Bruce Raeburn as moderator, Herman Leonard, Henry Butler, Syndey Byrd and Michael Smith. For a first time panel, attendance was excellent. The interest is definitely there and I will propose another panel for NYC in 2001, the N.O. NYC photo connection. See you next year!