2024 Jazz Heroes

As Executive Director of the Twin Cities Jazz Festival, Steve Heckler has been jazz hero for the past 25 years.

Jazz journalist Charles Latimer has been a dedicated advocate for Detroit’s musicians for more than 20 years.

The jazz community in the New York Capital Region is honored to acknowledge drummer, historian, educator, and mentor Harold “Hal”...

Andre Hayward's impressive career as a musician is what has enabled him to become such an excellent educator in major...

Efrain Ribeiro's rich photographic documentation of the Baltimore jazz scene has made him a major player of the city’s music...

Bonnie Johnson makes a point about acknowledging people who donate their time and knowledge via unpaid slots on public and...

Blues & jazz vocalist, Antoinette Montague is an activist who found where the music meets civil and human rights.

Ahmed Abdullah is a native New Yorker who has traveled the spaceways in Sun Ra’s Arkestra and remains an active...

Almarie Wagner, Charlie Thomas, and Judith Stein are the foundering board members of the The Hyde Park Jazz Society.

In leading the Ottawa Jazz Festival, Catherine O’Grady forged a reputation as a passionate music champion with a deep well...