• Home
  • About
    • Doug Ramsey
    • Rifftides
    • Contact
  • Purchase Doug’s Books
    • Poodie James
    • Take Five: The Public and Private Lives of Paul Desmond
    • Jazz Matters
    • Other Works
  • AJBlogs
  • ArtsJournal
  • rss

Rifftides

Doug Ramsey on Jazz and other matters...

2020 Jazz Heroes: The Complete List

Each year, the Jazz Journalists Association recognizes musicians, writers, broadcasters and others who have made important contributions to the health and success of jazz in their parts of the United States. Here are the new honorees.

For the list of 2020 heroes and their biographical sketches, scroll down and click on the names of the heroes who interest you. You’re likely to find at least one whom you know, or know about.

  • Ann Arbor, MI: Deanna Relyea
  • Atlanta, GA: Gwen Redding
  • Baltimore, MD: Sean Jones
  • Bay Area, CA: Richard Hadlock
  • Birmingham, AL: Leah Tucker
  • Boston, MA: Ran Blake
  • Brooklyn, NY: Matthew Garrison & Fortuna Sung
  • Capital Region, NY: Susan Cohen Brink
  • Charlotte, NC: Lonnie & Ocie Davis
  • Chicago, IL: Harriet Choice
  • Cleveland, OH: Terri Pontremoli
  • Denver, CO: Norman Provizer
  • Fort Lauderdale, FL: Dr. Ronald B. Weber
  • Hartford, CT: Ed Krech
  • Indianapolis, IN: Albert Coleman
  • Los Angeles, CA: Billy Mitchell
  • Minneapolis, MN: Patty Peterson
  • New York, NY: Roberta Alloway
  • Philadelphia, PA: Anthony Tidd
  • Portland, OR: Ron Steen
  • Seattle, WA: Jay Thomas
  • St. Louis, MO: Gene Dobbs Bradford
  • Tallahassee, FL: Jan & Mark Pudlow
  • Washington, DC: Sunny Sumter

Congratulations to all of the new jazz heroes and the past winners listed at the bottom of this post.

Related

Doug Ramsey

Doug is a recipient of the lifetime achievement award of the Jazz Journalists Association. He lives in the Pacific Northwest, where he settled following a career in print and broadcast journalism in cities including New York, New Orleans, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, San Antonio, … [MORE]

Subscribe to RiffTides by Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Archives

Recent Comments

  • Rob D on We’re Back: Pianist Denny Zeitlin’s New Trio Album for Sunnyside
  • W. Royal Stokes on We’re Back: Pianist Denny Zeitlin’s New Trio Album for Sunnyside
  • Larry on We’re Back: Pianist Denny Zeitlin’s New Trio Album for Sunnyside
  • Lucille Dolab on We’re Back: Pianist Denny Zeitlin’s New Trio Album for Sunnyside
  • Donna Birchard on We’re Back: Pianist Denny Zeitlin’s New Trio Album for Sunnyside