Nat Hentoff penned a great column about J4JA in the Village Voice this week. Read the whole thing here–please leave comments on his column!

There have been jazz musicians with gigs—Broadway shows or nearly disappeared television network orchestras—who have been able to benefit from the American Federation of Musicians and Employers’ Pension Fund. But excluded are the players in nightclubs, where most jazz musicians work…

When I was a kid, a favorite song of mine was the union-organizing rallying cry: “Which side are you on?” New Yorkers going to jazz clubs in this city and its boroughs will increasingly be asked to answer that question.