2025 Jazz Heroes

2025 JJA Jazz Hero Bobby Branford preaches the humanity informed by spiritual humility and emotional imagination through jazz and the...

2025 JJA Jazz Hero Kenny Horst has been at the forefront of the Twin Cities jazz scene for more than...

2025 JJA Jazz Hero Pamela Hart's efforts to share her knowledge and expertise of jazz with our broader local public...

2025 JJA Jazz Hero Debbie McClain has run BrownStone Jazz in Sankofa Aban Bed & Breakfast in Brooklyn for 16...

2025 JJA Jazz Hero David Rivera is one of the musicians with the most experience and music knowledge in Puerto...

2025 JJA Jazz Hero Alan Jones, is a drummer and bandleader who has been a force on the Portland jazz...

2025 JJA Jazz Hero Jerry Gordon is a true activist, advocate, altruist, aider, and abettor of jazz in the Capital...

2025 JJA Jazz Heroes Amber Rogers and Daniel Bruce started the Hingetown Jazz Festival, a hyper-local festival in Cleveland.

Throughout Jazz Hero Robert Radford's life, jazz has been the soundtrack, sometimes in surprising ways.

A native of Northampton, 2025 JJA Jazz Hero Ruth Griggs is the Executive Director of the Northampton Jazz Festival.