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2007 Jazz Journalists Association Winners

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
June 29, 2007

JAZZ JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION Promoting the interests of journalists covering jazz NEW YORK - June 29 2007: Two icons of avant-garde jazz -- saxophonist-composer Ornette Coleman and pianist-composer Andrew Hill - were celebrated with highest honors at the 2007 Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards, during a luncheon at the Jazz Standard on June 28, attended by some 100 movers and shakers of the national jazz scene. Voting members of the JJA, a non-profit professional organization, cited Coleman, who received ...

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Jazz Awards Party Tickets Still Available to JJA Members

Source: All About Jazz
June 27, 2007

Dear JJA members:

You've got first warning that there are only 20 seats left for the Jazz Awards party/Jazz Standard BBQ luncheon, on Thursday (June 28), 2 to 4 pm.

What you can expect: Music by Frank Kimbrough (in tribute to Andrew Hill) A champagne toast (thanks to BMI) A nice opportunity to mingle with nominated musicians, jazz community and industry folks All in support the Jazz Journalists Association.

Attendance costs only $35 (tax deductible). Tomorrow promotional spots start on ...

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Jazz Matters: The Hip-Hop-Black Rock-Jazz Mashup Wednesday, April 18, 2007 New School Jazz 5th Floor Performance Space 6 to 8 P.M.

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
April 14, 2007

Wednesday, April 18, 2007 New School Jazz 5th floor performance space 55 W. 13th St. NYC - 6 to 8 pm - free -- Pianist Robert Glasper , Revive Da Live producer Meghan Stabile (motto: “dedicated to exposing Jazz through Hip Hop!!!!"), and author- journalist-bandleader-guitarist Greg Tate will discuss “The Hip-Hop- Black Rock-Jazz Mashup" in a seminar-style discussion at the third public “Jazz Matters" event of spring 2007, on Wednesday, April 18 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the New ...

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"Jazz Matters" Presentation, Wednesday, March 15th 6 to 8 P.M. "All Stars' Best Clips" Featuring Great and Classic Performance Videos

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
March 10, 2007

"All Stars' Best Clips" features jazz, blues, soul rock greats in a New School-JJA “Jazz Matters" presentation, Wednesday, March 15, 2007 6 to 8 p.m. New School 55 W. 13th St. fifth floor performance space free, no reservations necessary (bring photo id for admittance to building). The Jazz Journalists Association and New School Jazz present “All Stars' Best Clips" a Jazz Matters event featuring great and classic performance videos of Louis Armstrong, James Brown, Nat “King" Cole, Charlie Parker with ...

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"Jazz Matters" Panel Discussion "Jazz -- From Afar" Tuesday, Feb 27th at the New School 6 to 8 P.M. Admission is Free of Charge

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
February 27, 2007

Authorities on music now in China, France and Russia discuss “Jazz From Afar" for the first of four spring “Jazz Matters" public panels produced by the Jazz Journalists Association at the New School Jazz fifth floor performance space, 55 W. 13th St., New York City, on Tuesday, February 27 from 6 to 8 p.m. Admission is free of charge. JazzRu web publisher, editor-writer and broadcaster Cyril Moshkow, a native of Moscow, Russia on his way home from his annual visit ...

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Jazz Journalists Association Top Ten Lists

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
January 28, 2007

Lists of the Top Ten jazz albums of the year 2006, as selected by 34 notable U.S. and Canadian jazz journalists, will remain on special view through February at the website of the Jazz Journalists Association (JJA). The JJA, an international non- profit organization of writers, broadcasters, photographers and new media professionals, focuses attention on the Best of 2006 with this annual feature of Jazzhouse, reflecting a variety of tastes and genre-preferences, with one point in common: all celebrate musical ...

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Jazz Journalists Association's 10 Best Listening Session and Holiday Party Dec. 20, 6 to 8 p.m. at the New School

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
December 20, 2006

You are invited to the Jazz Journalists Association's 10 Best Listening Session and Holiday Party Dec. 20, 6 to 8 p.m. In a variation inspired by Down Beat's Blindfold Test, the JJA presents Sheila Anderson (program show host, WBGO-FM), Francis Davis (Village Voice) and Dan Ouellette (Billboard, Down Beat) springing selections of their favorite cds of the year upon each other unannounced for immediate analysis and responses -- plus seminar- style interaction with the audience (all invited, free of charge, ...

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JJA Jazz Matters, NYC, 11/20 -- Publicists, Clients, Journalists: Relationships (6- 8 p.m. Wednesday November 20, New School Jazz fifth floor performance )

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
November 10, 2006

"Publicists, Clients, Journalists: Relationships" will be discussed by leading jazz p.r.. professionals and the people they seek to address on Wednesday, November 20, 6 to 8 p.m., at the New School Jazz fifth floor performance space, 55 W. 13th St., NYC, in the third monthly “Jazz Matters" panel/forum of fall '06, co-produced by New School Jazz and the Jazz Journalist Association.

With active contacts throughout the national press and international music industries, including performing artists, record labels, educational and membership ...

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