Contact our staff members for writing assignments, programming / website developement assignments, speaking engagements or radio call-ins.
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Bruce Lindsay
UK based music writer and photographer Contact Me
I wrote my first album review [a Johnny Rivers live set] in 1974. Since then I have written about jazz and numerous other genres and sub-genres of music on an irregular basis. As a photographer, I specialise in live performance. I joined AAJ in 2008 and have written around 300 reviews and other articles including the JazzLife UK series. -
C. Michael Bailey
Senior Contributor Contact Me
I specialize in covering jazz vocals, mainstream jazz, music of the classic rock era (1965-1975) and classical music. I write record reviews, concert reviews, DVD reviews, book reviews, feature articles and musician biographies. I have written for All About Jazz since 1997. -
Carl L. Hager
Writer and Editor Contact Me
Senior Editor and contributor at All About Jazz since 2009. Freelance writer/editor for the music industry, doing biography/profiles, analysis, liner notes (Grammy winner Lenny White's Anomaly, Grammy-nominated Lorraine Feather's Tales of the Unusual), and press releases, as well as a regular CD/book review contributor for Jackson State University's NPR affiliate WJSU-FM 88.5, the largest jazz and blues station in Mississippi. As a freelancer he writes (and ghostwrites) and/or edits article/book-length manuscripts, PR/ad copy, tech documentation, academic dissertations. Hager was introduced to investigative journalism by Bob Brown, Ned Day and A.D. Hopkins at the Valley Times and Las Vegas Review-Journal in the late 1970s; in 1986-1987 produced a human rights-abuse investigative series for local cable, national radio and print in the Seattle Medium (U.S.'s largest African American-owned newspaper), with additional coverage in Seattle Times and Seattle Post-Intelligencer. -
Chris M. Slawecki
Soul, Jazz, R&B, Miles, Monk, Stax & Funk Contact Me
Chris has served for more than a decade as AAJ Senior Editor, and as the Jazz Voice for the Concord Music Group since 2007. Chris has written liner notes for "Children on the Corner," a group of musicians who played with Miles Davis throughout the trumpeter's most experimental 1970s periods. Chris previously served as Jazz-Blues editor for CustomDisc.com and as one of two featured contributors to the Stax Records 50th anniversary website. He also contributed biographies of Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, and other jazz and blues legends, to Sharpe's Music in the 20th Century Reference Guide. -
Chris May
Writer & editor specialising in jazz and African music Contact Me
Senior Editor Chris May is a world-renowned writer regarded for his vast knowledge of jazz and African music. Previously editor of Black Music & Jazz Review magazine, and publicist for Bill Laswell’s Celluloid label, he is the author of several books, including the standard reference source African All-Stars: The Pop Music of a Continent (Quartet), and the editor of Vibes from the Scribes (Pluto), an anthology of verse by the Last Poets. Recent label assignments include extensive work for Knitting Factory (US) and Wrasse (UK), World Circuit (UK) and Cuneiform (US). Chris writes for the British style/history/culture magazine, Jocks & Nerds. -
Dan Bilawsky
Jazz writer Contact Me
Dan is a Senior Contributor with AAJ and he was a Contributing Writer with Jazz Improv Magazine from 2005 through 2009. He holds degrees in music from Indiana University and the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College. Dan's three-pronged approach to writing, which connects his insights as a skilled percussionist, his knowledge as a professional music educator and his enthusiasm as a long time fan, listener and student of this music, informs his work. He is available for freelance writing assignments. -
Glenn Astarita
Modern/Free-Jazz and Progressive-Rock Contact Me
A music journalist since 1996, Glenn also released a solo CD in 1998, and is the co-founder of jazzartcollection.com. He's contributed to Downbeat, All Music Guide, and New Orleans Gambit and has composed press releases and liner notes for Leo Records, Summit Records and several other labels. Originally from New York City, Glenn moved to New Orleans in 1992, then relocated to Hermitage, TN after Hurricane Katrina. -
Jack Huntley
Jazz guitarists, guitar building & history Contact Me
A reliable and widely-published music journalist writing freelance music and book reviews, biographical articles, and artist interviews for over twenty years. A musician himself, Jack's interest in music is endless and ever- expanding. -
Jeff Fitzgerald, Genius
Jazz Humorist Contact Me
Veteran stand-up comedian and humorist specializing in a unique brand of humor for more intelligent audiences. At 5'10", he is easily portable and perfect for almost any application. Built to run on alternative fuels such as relatively inexpensive beer and chicken wings, you'll find that he is perfect for almost any budget as well. -
Mark F. Turner
Modern Jazz, Electronica, Urban, World, Ethnomusicology Contact Me
Basically I'm a sponge, soaking up an appreciation of many forms... As an accomplished writer, researcher, and music journalist, I've created an impressive body of work (reviews, articles, liner notes, biographies, press releases) for artists, labels, print and online media (Jazziz, Jazz Improv, The Lamp, etc...) as well as my ongoing duties as senior contributor/editor at All About Jazz.
