{"id":7442,"date":"2016-04-02T14:57:07","date_gmt":"2016-04-02T21:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=7442"},"modified":"2016-04-02T14:57:07","modified_gmt":"2016-04-02T21:57:07","slug":"this-years-jazz-heroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2016\/04\/this-years-jazz-heroes\/","title":{"rendered":"This Year&#8217;s Jazz Heroes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Jazz Journalists Association has announced its 2016 roster of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Jazz Heroes.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d JJA president Howard Mandel describes them as, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153activists of positive influence\u00e2\u20ac\u201din collaborations with grassroots groups and supporters in 23 U.S. communities.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>The numbers in the photograph correspond to those in the roster below it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2016-Jazz-Heroes.jpg\" alt=\"2016 Jazz Heroes\" width=\"500\" height=\"697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2016-Jazz-Heroes.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2016-Jazz-Heroes-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><br \/>\n1. Albuquerque NM: <strong>Tom Guralnick<\/strong><br \/>\n2. Atlanta: <strong>Joe Gransden<\/strong><br \/>\n3. Baltimore MD: <strong>Todd Marcus<\/strong><br \/>\n4. Bay Area (SF-CA): <strong>Elena Serrano<\/strong><br \/>\n5. Boston: <strong>Yedidyah Syd Smart<\/strong> (l) &amp; <strong>Leonard L. Brown<\/strong> (r)<br \/>\n6. Capital Region (NY): <strong>Leslie Callen Hyland<\/strong><br \/>\n7. Detroit: <strong>Marion T. Hayden<\/strong><br \/>\n8. Chicago: <strong>Bradley Parker-Sparrow &amp; Joanie Pallatto<\/strong><br \/>\n9. Fayetteville AK: <strong>Robert Ginsburg<\/strong><br \/>\n10. Los Angeles: <strong>Edythe L. Bronston<\/strong><br \/>\n11. Fort Bragg CA: <strong>Douglas Moody<\/strong><br \/>\n12. Miami: <strong>Maggie Pelley\u00c3\u00a1<\/strong><br \/>\n13. New Orleans: <strong>Germaine P. Bazzle<\/strong><br \/>\n14. New York City: <strong>Rio Sakairi<\/strong><br \/>\n15. Philadelphia: <strong>Don Gardner<\/strong><br \/>\n16. Pittsburgh: <strong>Geri Allen<\/strong><br \/>\n17. Phoenix: H<strong>erb &amp; Lorene Ely<\/strong><br \/>\n18. Portland OR: <strong>Bobby Torres<\/strong><br \/>\n19. Seattle: L<strong>aurie de Koch<\/strong><br \/>\n20. St. Louis: <strong>Dennis Owsley<\/strong><br \/>\n21. Syracuse NY: <strong>Frank Malfitano<\/strong><br \/>\n22. Tallahassee FL: <strong>Clarence L. Seay<\/strong><br \/>\n23. Washington DC: <strong>Brian Hamilton<\/strong> (l) &amp; <strong>Dick Smith<\/strong> (r)<\/p>\n<p>For detailed descriptions of the Jazz Heroes\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 contributions to their communities, go the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jjajazzawards.org\/p\/2016-jazz-heroes.html\" target=\"_blank\">JJA website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to the 2016 Jazz Heroes.<\/p>\n<p>Results of the JJA\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 2016 musician awards will be on the website in May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Jazz Journalists Association has announced its 2016 roster of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Jazz Heroes.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d JJA president Howard Mandel describes them as, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153activists of positive influence\u00e2\u20ac\u201din collaborations with grassroots groups and supporters in 23 U.S. communities.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d The numbers in the photograph correspond to those in the roster below it. 1. Albuquerque NM: Tom Guralnick 2. 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