Authors of works nominated for the 2021 JJA Jazz Awards Book of the Year will discuss their writings with moderator Bob Blumenthal, chair of the Book Awards committee. JJA members may pre-register to participate in the Zoom call; the public is invited to watch online, via the JJA's Facebook page and other websites tba.
The authors are: Philip Clark, Dave Brubeck: A Life in Time (Da Capo); Will Friedwald, Straighten Up and Fly Right: The Life and Music of Nat King Cole (Oxford University Press); Maria Golia, Ornette Coleman: The Territory and the Adventure (Reaktion Books); Mark Ruffin, Bebop Fairy Tales: An Historical Trilogy on Jazz, Intolerance, and Baseball (Independently published), and Kevin Whitehead, Play The Way You Feel: The Essential Guide to Jazz Stories on Film (Oxford University Press).
