Jazz Journalists Association
A Live Hangout, Discussion & Party on Line
BOOKS OF THE YEAR AWARDS!
Sun | Mar 26
1:00 PM ET
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JAMES REDDEN, MONIKA HERZIG & MICHAEL KAHR, editors
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by KENNY WERNER
Sweet Lo Press
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PRESS RELEASE
Media Contacts:
Howard Mandel, President,
Jazz Journalists Association
Sue Auclair, President
Sue Auclair Promotions
For Immediate Release:
March 6, 2023
Jazz Journalists Association Presents:
BOOK BASH!
A Live Hangout & Party On Line
Sunday | March 26 | 1 PM
The Jazz Journalists Association launches its 28th annual Jazz Awards season with announcement of eight Nominees and ten Honorable Mentions in two categories of Books of the Year (2022), and an invitation to the public to join the nominated authors in an interactive, online group gathering, its Book of the Year (2022) Bash.
The Bash at the JJA’s unique SyncSpace.live platform on Sunday, March 26, 1 – 2:30 pm ET will feature presentations and open discussion with several nominated authors, in an easy-to-navigate virtual party venue, with a main ballroom, bar, classroom for panels, art gallery, screening room (with 20+ all-star performance videos) and convene-your-own-group capacities. Full schedule to come. Registration is free to JJA members and jazz book authors, $10 to others, here.
“This was a particularly rich year for jazz and jazz-related books,” says Bob Blumenthal, JJA Board member and Chair of the five-member committee that met monthly to discuss and review current titles for advancement as Awards finalists -- to be voted on by JJA professional members, with results disclosed in early May, along with winners of some 40 other JJA Awards. “It was especially encouraging to see the mix in titles from commercial and university publishers, independent presses and self-published authors.”
BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY
HISTORY, CRITICISM AND CULTURE
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Jazz Bash will feature talks with authors Koloda, Levy, Jenkins, Herzig, Kahr, Redden, Werner and Watson. Others to be announced.
Bob Blumenthal and other JJA committee members
will conduct discussions.
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BOB BLUMENTHAL,
JJA Journalist
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HONORABLE MENTIONS:
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Gretchen L. Carlson, Improvising The Score: Rethinking Modern Film Music Through Jazz (University Press of Mississippi)
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Terri Lyne Carrington, New Standards: 101 Lead Sheets By Women Composers (Berklee Press)
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Dave Chisholm, Into The Blue (Z2 Comics)
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Mark Christman, Celeste DiNucci and Anthony Elmes, editors, Milford Graves: A Mind-Body Deal (Inventory Press/Ars Nova Workshop)
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T.J. English, Dangerous Rhythms: Jazz And The Underworld (William Morrow)
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Dave Liebman and Richie Beirach, Ruminations & Reflections: The Musical Journey Of Dave Liebman & Richie Beirach (Cymbal Press)
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Rick Lopez, The Sam Rivers Sessionography (self published)
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The Extraordinary Journey Of Jason Miles: A Musical Biography (Book Writing Cube)
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James A. Vedda, You've Got To Hear This (Xlibris)
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Scott Yanow, Life Through The Eyes Of A Jazz Journalist: My Jazz Memoirs (Amazon Pro-Hub)
The Jazz Journalists Association, the 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization for writers, broadcasters, photographers, videographers and new media professionals covering jazz and related culture, follows its Book Bash with announcement April 3 of Jazz Heroes – activists, advocates, altruists, aiders and abettors of jazz – from across the United States. Reveal of nominees for 2023 JJA Jazz Awards in categories of achievement in jazz music and jazz journalism follows in mid-April. Jazz Awards winners announced in May. Celebration of all JJA Jazz Awards winners will occur at an early summer event, to be announced.
The Buzz: The JJA Podcast has released 15 episodes since starting in April 2022, downloaded over a thousand times by international listeners (recent programs are interviews with Sonny Rollins biographer Aidan Levy and Willard Jenkins, author of Ain’t But a Few of Us: Black Music Writers Tell Their Story). The JJA’s unprecedented JazzBash! of September 2022 has resulted in more meetings in its unique webspace. The JJA maintains social media presence on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn. In 2023, the JJA will hail Jazz Heroes and hold the 29th annual JJA Jazz Awards.
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