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Detroit journalist Mark Stryker’s Jazz from Detroit was the 2020 Jazz Journalists Association’s Book of the Year, and now a documentary based upon his work, The Best of the Best: Jazz from Detroit, is streaming on Amazon Prime, YouTube TV, Google Play and Tubi. In a recent phone interview Stryker reflected on the documentary’s path to development, the under appreciated con...

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March — Madness, Hare, Sousa, the Little Women, Fredric, Ides of . . . whatever you associate March with, JJA members march on to the swinging beat of their own drums, as per the moves they report making to start spring 2026! The year’s new slate of JJA Jazz Heroes will be announced soon — you’ve seen the nominees for Book Awards  (in time to read th...

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The Jazz Journalists Association is currently planning a free Media Meetup for April 29, 2026, especially especially welcoming writers, broadcasters and photographers visiting Chicago to cover the International Jazz Day Concert hosted here on April 30. The current plan is for a wine-and-beer from 4 to 6 pm at Potter’s Bar in the Palmer House, 124 S. Wabash Ave., ending jus...

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The Jazz Journalists Association launches its 2026 Jazz Awards season with the announcement of seven Nominees and seven Honorable Mentions in two categories of Book of the Year (2025) Awards.  As in prior years, nominees have been selected in advance by the seven-member JJA book committee, which meets monthly to evaluate books bearing copyrights of the year in question. We ...

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On Monday, April 20, 2026 at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, the Seattle jazz community tips its hat to 2014 JJA Jazz Hero Jim Wilke. A co-presentation with radio station KNKX, the Jim Wilke Great Big Birthday Party showcases two bands, one led by Origin Records founder and drummer John Bishop, the other by veteran Seattle guitarist and drummer Milo Peterson. Speakers from all corners o...

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