Eugene Uman and Elsa Borrero have worked tirelessly to build the Vermont Jazz Center’s community straddling the Vermont/New Hampshire border.

John came to Charlottesville in 1981 from New York City where his band Cosmology had cut an eponymously titled record ...

Writer, broadcaster and performer Lynn Darroch has been at the center of the Portland jazz community for more than 40 ...

Ann Tappan has served as a faculty member of the Montana Jazz Piano Workshop and as artist-in-residence at Yellowstone National ...

The Jazz Journalists Association is pleased to announce its slate of 2024 Jazz Heroes who have impacted their local communities. 

Historian and educator David Leander Williams has done more than anyone to amplify the proud heritage of Indianapolis' Indiana Avenue.

Chris Anderson is the founder of Open Tone Music, an Akron-based nonprofit that has provided access to free music education ...

Thomas Marriott founded and implemented the Seattle Jazz Fellowship, a 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to the local jazz community.

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.