JJA 2023 Awards honor authors, critics, photographers and broadcasters

Jazz journalists, not unlike the musicians that they cover, frequently go under appreciated for the great work they do in … More

Hey, New Yorker: When it comes to jazz, do you do more than sneer?

At first glance, the chief crime of The New Yorker‘s latest “humor” column is that it’s not funny, and that it … More

NPR Music’s Best Jazz of 2014: Steve Lehman, Wadada Leo Smith, Ambrose Akinmusire, more

New releases by saxophonist Steve Lehman, trumpeters Wadada Leo Smith and Ambrose Akinmusire, and saxophonist Sonny Rollins topped the 2014 NPR Music … More

The Washington Post Says Jazz is Dead — Again? Really? Seriously?

If jazz is dead, then why are the would-be hipsters trying so hard to kill it? Last week, the New … More

Newk in Real Time: Sonny Talks!

It was nothing short of fascinating: Saxophonist Sonny Rollins, the legendary jazz giant, streaming live, in an interview/conversation prompted by a … More

Jesting About Sonny in The New Yorker: Funny, or a Wasted Opportunity?

“The saxophone sounds horrible. Like a scared pig,” Sonny Rollins says, in a short feature in The New Yorker, headlined … More

Give the Bass Player Some: Ron Carter & Esperanza Spalding Top 77th Annual DownBeat Readers Poll

Veteran bassist Ron Carter and young bassist-singer Esperanza Spalding, a Grammy-winning star, grabbed the top spots in this year’s DownBeat … More

Straight Ahead: 16th Annual JJA Awards; UF jazz prof/trumpeter Gary Langford honored; Herb Snitzer a photography nominee

Jazz musicians and the music’s movers and shakers will be honored in 40 categories at the 16th annual Jazz Journalists … More

Clearwater Jazz Holiday: Free no more & acts announced: Bonnie Raitt, Avett Brothers, Mindi Abair

News on the Clearwater Jazz Holiday front: It’s no longer free, according to a Tampa Bay Times story published today. … More

JJA Jazz Awards Noms: Vijay Iyer, Darcy James Argue, Wayne Shorter, photographer Herb Snitzer, More

Vijay Iyer, Wayne Shorter, Darcy James Argue, Henry Threadgill and Steve Lehman are among the musicians and journalists receiving the … More