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Willard Jenkins

Member profile details

Membership level

Jazz Journalist (professional- voting member)

First name

Willard

Last name

Jenkins

photo/avatar

City

Rockville

Country

I am a jazz

writer
web producer
audio producer
other
radio/tv program host/producer

"Other" means. . .

Radio broadcaster - WPFW (Washington, DC)

website/blog URL 1

www.openskyjazz.com/blog

website/blog URL 2

The Independent Ear

'Friend' me on Facebook at:

Willard Jenkins

Follow me on Twitter at:

@indyear

I am the author/producer of

African Rhythms; Ain't But a Few of Us (editor)

I am also the author/ producer of:

Ain't But a Few of Us (editor)

Other key Publications/Productions

The Independent Ear
JazzTimes
DownBeat

My interests in jazz are:

Enthusiast
Journalism
Broadcasting
Festival/Concert production/artistic direction
Project development & scripting

More about what I do:

Artistic Director:
DC Jazz Festival
Tribeca Performing Arts Center

I support the JJA because

I'm a founding JJA member and a jazz journalist for over 40 years. I believe in the power of organization to effect positive change - even in the case of classically independent entities such as jazz journalists.