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Meet John Chacona

by John Chacona
June 14, 2026

I currently live in: Lakewood, Ohio, an inner-ring suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, USA that some have described as having “a San Francisco vibe." Don't laugh. That's pretty accurate. I joined All About Jazz in: I dunno, maybe 2020 or 2021. Maybe 1999. I don't remember. Why did you decide to contribute to ...

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Meet Kyle Simpler

by Kyle Simpler
September 15, 2025

I currently live in: Fort Worth, Texas I joined All About Jazz in: 2002 Why did you decide to contribute to All About Jazz? That's an interesting story. I discovered All About Jazz mostly by accident. During the early 2000s, I worked for a company that published newsletters, and one of my ...

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Meet World of Jazz Host Bob Osborne

by Bob Osborne
September 12, 2025

I currently live in: Eccles, Salford, Greater Manchester UK. I joined All About Jazz in: 2018 Why did you decide to contribute to All About Jazz? Having done a weekly radio show on various stations since 2010 I welcomed the invitation and opportunity to share, with a wider audience, the music I ...

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Meet Lawrence Peryer

by Lawrence Peryer
August 14, 2025

I currently live in: Normandy Park, WA I joined All About Jazz in: 2011 Why did you decide to contribute to All About Jazz? I've been a lifelong music fan, and through my work in the music industry I developed a deep appreciation for the art of music criticism and journalism. I ...

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Meet Neil Duggan

by Neil Duggan
August 1, 2025

I currently live in: A small village in the Lincolnshire Wolds, north of Lincoln, UK I joined All About Jazz in: 2023 Why did you decide to contribute to All About Jazz? I have always used album reviews as a guide to where to spend my hard-earned cash. As All About Jazz ...

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Meet Katchie Cartwright

by Katchie Cartwright
July 25, 2025

I currently live in: San Antonio, Texas. I joined All About Jazz in: 2023. Why did you decide to contribute to All About Jazz? As a recently-retired professor of music, I was looking to supplement my work as a performer with more writing and responded to a call from AAJ.

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Meet Frank Housh

by Frank Housh
July 24, 2025

I currently live in: Buffalo, New York I joined All About Jazz in: February 2025 Why did you decide to contribute to All About Jazz? Because it's the best damn jazz publication on the internet. How do you contribute to All About Jazz? I do interviews, review concerts and albums, ...

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Meet Jack Bowers

by AAJ Staff
May 11, 2025

This article was first published on All About Jazz on September 5, 2020. I currently live in: Albuquerque, New Mexico I joined All About Jazz in: 1997 Why did you decide to contribute to All About Jazz? I had been writing about jazz, primarily big bands, for a number of ...

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Meet Jerome Wilson

by AAJ Staff
March 4, 2021

I currently live in: Fairfax, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, DC with my five cats, Chloe, Panther, Donovan, Felicia, and Gabriel. I joined All About Jazz in: 2016 Why did you decide to contribute to All About Jazz? I was a reader and fan of All About Jazz and I admired the ...

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Meet Mary Foster Conklin

by AAJ Staff
October 27, 2020

About Mary Foster Conklin Mary Foster Conklin is a jazz vocalist based in New York City. She hosts A Broad Spectrum, a weekly broadcast celebrating women composers and lyricists on Sunday afternoons on the HD2 channel at WFDU FM based at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, New Jersey. The campus closed down in March due to ...