{"id":5659,"date":"2014-04-13T10:22:09","date_gmt":"2014-04-13T17:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=5659"},"modified":"2014-04-13T10:28:23","modified_gmt":"2014-04-13T17:28:23","slug":"jazz-heroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2014\/04\/jazz-heroes\/","title":{"rendered":"Jazz Heroes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"Moody,<\/a>The Jazz Journalists Association has named 24 Jazz Heroes, recognizing them as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153activists, advocates, altruists, aiders and abettors of jazz.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Among them is Jim Wilke (pictured on James Moody\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s left), whose Sunday Jazz Northwest program we at Rifftides sometimes tell you about. It airs today at 2:00 pm PDT on KPLU-FM, 88.5 in Seattle and streams here<\/a> on the internet. Jim features artists who will be playing at this week\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Ballard Jazz Festival, among them Sonny Fortune, Mimi Fox and Jay Thomas. For details about the festival, go here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Below is the complete list of the JJA\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Jazz Heroes. Maybe you’ll find someone from your neighborhood.<\/p>\n

\"Harold<\/a>Harold Battiste<\/strong>, New Orleans-based saxophonist, composer-arranger and producer \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8
\nJohn Bilotti<\/strong>, co-producer of the Wall Street Jazz Festival, Kingston NY \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8
\nCephas Bowles<\/strong>, president and CEO of WBGO, Newark NJ \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8
\nRaymond Brown<\/strong>, trumpeter and head of jazz studies at Cabrillo College near Santa Cruz, CA
\nFaye Carol<\/strong>, vocalist and educator in the SF Bay Area
\nBill Foster<\/strong>, founder of Detroit’s Jazz Network Foundation \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8
\nBobby Hill<\/strong>, writer and broadcaster at WPFW, Washington DC
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8Joseph Jennings<\/strong>, saxophonist and retired educator in Atlanta
\nJennifer Johnson Washington<\/strong>, director of programming for Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8Dr. John Lamkin II<\/strong>, cross-genres trumpeter and educator in Maryland \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8
\nEmilio Lyons<\/strong>, the Sax Doctor of Boston\"Emilio<\/a> \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8
\n\"Tara<\/a>Thara Memory<\/strong>, composer, trumpeter and educator in Portland OR \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8
\nVita West Muir<\/strong>, founder and producer of the Litchfield Jazz Festival and Jazz Camp \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8
\nThomas Pierce<\/strong>, activist for the Schenectady-based Swingtime Jazz Society and A Place for Jazz \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8
\nJon Poses<\/strong>, founder and executive director of the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We Always Swing\u00e2\u20ac\u009d”\u00ae Jazz Series in Columbia MO \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8
\nGeraldine “Gerry” Seay<\/strong>, owner\/operator of B Sharps Jazz Caf\u00c3\u00a9, Tallahassee \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8
\nMeghan Stabile<\/strong>, founder of Revive Music Group \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8
\nPeggy Stern<\/strong>, pianist and co-founder\/producer of the Wall Street Jazz Festival, Kingston\"Peggy<\/a> NY \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8
\nJanis Stockhouse<\/strong>, trumpeter and director of bands at Bloomington High School North, Bloomington IN
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8Bill Strickland<\/strong>, founder of Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8
\nPatrick Taylor<\/strong>, founder and producer of the Toronto Jazz Festival \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8
\nLarry Reni Thomas<\/strong>, journalist and radio broadcaster working with Art of the Cool, Durham NC \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8
\nWayne Thompson<\/strong>, writer and Portland Jazz Festival board member, Portland OR
\nJim Wilke<\/strong>, Jazz After Hours radio show producer, Seattle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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