The Buzz: The JJA Podcast

The Jazz Journalists Association is a membership organization founded in 1986. We promote the creation and dissemination of accurate, ethical, informed journalism on all jazz’s genres, and encourage innovative use of media to spur the growth, development and education of audiences for jazz. Public programs include Seeing Jazz Photography Master Classes, The Buzz podcast, celebrations of Jazz Heroes and Jazz Awards, and the website JJANews.org. Theme "Big Vic" composed by John Michaels Featuring Makaya McCraven Geoff Vidaland Mark Dunlap recorded by Doug Hewitt. Podcast edited by Wiz Petta.

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The Buzz: The JJA Podcast

A Look at Jazz Criticism

May 15, 2022 • The Jazz Journalists Association • Season 1 • Episode 4

A Look at Jazz Criticism with host Rick Mitchell. Guests: John Gennari, author of Blowin’ Hot and Cool: Jazz and Its Critics (University of Chicago Press, 2006) and a Professor of English and Critical Race and Ethic Studies at the University of Vermont and Giovanni Russonello, Jazz Critic for the NY Times.

Eight nominees for our 2025 Book of the Year Awards, and 15 Honorable Mentions, are posted at JJANews.org, along with other articles from our international membership. Please also take a look at The Jazz Omnibus: 21st Century Photos and Writings by Members of the Jazz Journalists Association, available online and wherever books are sold.

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