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.
The Buzz: The JJA Podcast
Host Bob Blumenthal with Richard Koloda, Monika Herzig & James Reddan, Michael Wolff
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The Jazz Journalists Association
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Season 1
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Episode 22
From the JJA's March 26 2023 online Book Bash, Bob Blumenthal, a dean of the field, board member and chair of the JJA's Book Committee, moderates a panel of authors of books nominated for 2023 JJA Jazz Awards:
- Richard Koloda, author of Holy Ghost: The Life and Death of Free Jazz Pioneer Albert Ayler; https://www.freejazzblog.org/2023/04/richard-koloda-holy-ghost-life-death-of.html
- Monika Herzig and James Reddan, editors of the Routledge Companion to Jazz and Gender, https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Companion-to-Jazz-and-Gender/Reddan-Herzig-Kahr/p/book/9780367534141
- Michael Wolff, On That Note: A Memoir of Jazz, Tics and Survival https://www.amazon.com/That-Note-Memoir-Jazz-Survival/dp/195647031X
Introduced by Howard Mandel, president of the Jazz Journalists Association
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