Results for "Opinion"

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News: Opinion

Jazz Awards Party Tickets Still Available to JJA Members

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 ...

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Tim Eyermann: Thanks for the Memories

by Erik R. Quick
June 24, 2007

There are countless musicians, in any major city, that regularly display an unusual degree of artistry and musicianship. They perform, compose or teach throughout a region and, regardless of their categorized arena, are known to only a few assiduous hobbyists and music fanatics. The musician may, or may not, fantasize about national fame and considerable fortune. ...

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An Open Letter to Oprah Winfrey: A Jazz Alternative

by Greg Thomas
April 29, 2007

After watching your two-part town hall meeting: “After Imus: Now What?“ I'm compelled to reach out to you.I'm a native New Yorker with southern black American roots and an abiding devotion to the greatest music produced in the U.S.A--jazz. As a teen in the late '70s, when hearing the scratching of LPs in the ...

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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.

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 ...

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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

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 ...

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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

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 ...

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Some Notes on Jazz Writing and Scholarship

by Victor L. Schermer
January 29, 2007

The dawning of the New Year is a good time to reflect on what it is that we do. One of the things that I do, and that I am very proud of, is write articles and do reviews and interviews for All About Jazz. At the same time, I am humbled by the collective knowledge ...

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Jazz Journalists Association Top Ten Lists

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 ...

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Jazz: America's Original Diversity Success Story

by Jeff Perry
January 23, 2007

Long before the Civil Rights Act, long before Brown vs. The Board of Education, and long before President Truman's integration of the armed forces, black and white jazz musicians where breaking social taboos in order to share and learn from each other. In the 1920s white musicians in Chicago would head down to the south side ...

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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

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 ...