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Jazz Matters, JJA / New School NYC: "Jazz Education: For Students Only?"

Source: All About Jazz
September 16, 2006

Leading New York-area jazz educators address the value of jazz education beyond school classrooms in the first “Jazz Matters" panel discussion of the New School Jazz program's fall semester, “"Jazz Ed. - For Students Only?" The free admission panel, co-produced by the Jazz Journalists Association and New School Jazz, is scheduled for 6 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, September 20, at the New School Jazz fifth floor performance space, 55 W. 13th St., NYC NY.

Confirmed participants in the lively, provocative ...

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Jazz Matters Panel Feb 22: Associations and Collectives for Musicians and Journalists at the New School 5th floor performance space Free (6 - 8 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 22)

Source: All About Jazz
February 14, 2006

Associations and Collectives for Musicians and Journalists Jazz Matters panel of the Jazz Journalists Association 6 - 8 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 22 5th floor performance space 55 W. 13th St. NYC Free

Premise: Collective activity, for artists or journalists alike, aids empowerment and expression. How is it done, what are the upsides and challenges?

Panelists: Muhal Richard Abrams, founding member of Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians ...

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Precocious Teen Pianist Has Feel for Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
February 8, 2006

Lenny's girl already has a name that befits the way her hands manipulate piano keys.

Kne-O'Chaw (knee-O-sha) Hampton of Willingboro is a musical prodigy who plays as if she were raised in a smoky Harlem jazz club.

She can sight read and play by ear. Compose a song before breakfast. Transpose for horns and write for strings. Lay musical tracks with her computer.

She's jazzed up everything from “Chopsticks" to “Fur Elise," and produced two albums, From Deep in My ...

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JJA Panels at Major U.S. Jazz Festivals

Source: All About Jazz
August 8, 2005

Jazz Journalists Stage Public Panels at Major U.S. Festivals After 9th Annual Jazz Awards, “Jazz Matters" in Newport, Tanglewood, Chicago New York -- The Jazz Journalists Association, the 450-plus member international not-for-profit promoting the documentation and dissemination of news on jazz, follows up its ninth annual Jazz Awards gala held in June with public panel discussions at the Newport, Tanglewood and Chicago Jazz festivals in August.

Eric Jackson, longtime host of “Eric in the Evening" on WGBH-FM (Boston), will moderate ...

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JJA Panels at Major U.S. Jazz Festivals

Source: All About Jazz
August 5, 2005

Jazz Journalists Stage Public Panels at Major U.S. Festivals After 9th Annual Jazz Awards, “Jazz Matters" in Newport, Tanglewood, Chicago New York -- The Jazz Journalists Association, the 450-plus member international not-for-profit promoting the documentation and dissemination of news on jazz, follows up its ninth annual Jazz Awards gala held in June with public panel discussions at the Newport, Tanglewood and Chicago Jazz festivals in August. Eric Jackson, longtime host of “Eric in the Evening" on WGBH-FM (Boston), will moderate ...

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Jazz Journalists Association’s Ninth Annual Jazz Awards Celebrating Excellence in Musicianship and Journalism

Source: All About Jazz
May 19, 2005

Honorees Set to Receive the 2005 “A Team” Award for Jazz Altruists, Advocates, Activists, Aiders and Abbetors Include Kenny Burrell, Charlie Haden, The Heath Brothers, Wadada Leo Smith and Gerald Wilson

New York --The Jazz Journalists Association (JJA) Jazz Awards 2005, the ninth annual presentation of honors to jazz musicians and their supporters by the organization representing more than 400 writers, broadcasters, photographers and new media professionals worldwide, will be held on Tuesday, June 14, at B.B. King’s Blues Club ...

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Jazz Matters: Artist Copyright vs. Corporate Copyright

Source: All About Jazz
January 24, 2005

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JAN 30, 2005 CONTACT: Dawn Singh 857-544-0739 [email protected] Jazz Journalists Association Presents Jazz Matters: “Artists Copyright vs. Corporate Copyright" The Jazz Journalists Association, a non-profit organization, will present a panel of experts who specialize in copyright issues on Wednesday, February 16, from 6-8 pm at the New School Jazz Performance Space, 55 W. 13th St. in New York. The event is free and open to the public and is the first in a series of four presentations ...

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"Music and Politics = Oil and Water?" JJA Jazz Matters panel discussion at the New School, 10/13/04, 6PM

Source: All About Jazz
October 7, 2004

The Jazz Journalists Association's Jazz Matters panel discussions for fall '04 begin Wednesday, October 13, asking: Can/does music reflect politics? Affect political decisions? Change anyone's mind? Is ALL music political -- and if so, left or right? How have the big musical/political tours been launched, and what has been the audience's reaction? Do they suggest the shape of things to come? If politics and music mix, how best to report about that for music magazines, general interest publications, radio? You ...

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