Jazz April 2015

Here are some answers to the questions we're asked most about JazzApril.  It's time to celebrate-- and participate.

What IS JazzApril?

It's a shorthand way to say "April is Jazz Month" and to tie together the Smithsonian's annual celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month in April and International Jazz Day on April 30. The Jazz Journalists Association began its JazzApril project in 2012 to celebrate and promote both JAM and IJD. As part of that project, the JJA works with members of LOCAL jazz communities to:

• raise the profile of jazz in the media, especially local media
• reach out to people who aren't already part of the jazz audience and share the music and its history
• strengthen local, national and international jazz NETWORKS
• give some props to the people who keep jazz alive locally via the JJA's Jazz Hero awards.

read more: http://www.jazzapril.com