We’ve got a lot of great pictures from last week’s May Day protest below! All photos by Walter Karling:
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Video of Justice for Jazz May 1 Protest by a Supporter
Special thanks to the fan who made this video!
May Day
Join us tonight to fight for justice!
Musicians Under Siege – Musicians Fight Back
Friends, This year May 1 will echo throughout the canyons of Lower Manhattan as musicians take to the streets – fighting against rampant inequality. May Day 2012 will make history, as people come together nationwide in this movement for economic justice. With your presence, the Associated Musicians of Greater NY, Local 802 will play a …
J4JA on WBAI
Attention New Yorkers: Master Jazz Bassist Bob Cranshaw (currently with Sonny Rollins) will be interviewed live today, April 18, 2012 at 2PM by Michael G. Haskins on radio station 99.5 FM WBAI. Bob will be joined by Local 802 AFM, Jazz Rep Todd Bryant Weeks. They will discuss the Justice for Jazz Artists campaign and their efforts …
What a Difference a Day Made!
Many thanks to all for an incredibly successful Day and Night of Action! The new J4JA website is getting great traffic, our hard-hitting ads are running, and jazz fans are “Liking” Justice for Jazz Artists on Facebook, Tweeting on Twitter and Google +-ing away! Last night, Justice for Jazz Artists supporters and jazz luminaries like …
J4JA Expands Protest to 6 Top NYC Jazz Clubs, Launches Major Ad Campaign
Tonight, March 1, Justice for Jazz Artists (J4JA) expands its growing campaign to make sure that older musicians are not forced into poverty. Join us in asking the owners of New York City’s six top Jazz Clubs— Birdland, the Blue Note, Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, the Iridium, the Jazz Standard and the Village Vanguard—to contribute a …
WBAI Broadcast Underlies Need for Pension Benefits for Jazz Artists: J4JA! Takes to the Airwaves
On Monday, December 26th, jazz vocalist Keisha St. Joan and Local 802 Recording Vice President John O’Connor appeared on the NYC radio program Building Bridges Radio: Your Community & Labor Report, produced and Hosted by Mimi Rosenberg & Ken Nash over WBAI,99.5FM. In the segment, St. Joan, as always, is particulalry eloquent regarding the injustices …
J4JA! Gets Times Coverage
Season’s Greetings! For any and all of you that are interested in the issue of fairness, and would like to see a more level playing field in the NYC jazz club scene, the following article in last week’s NY Times may be of interest to you. The leafleting phase of our long term campaign …
J4JA! WHO WE ARE
Justice for Jazz Artists! (J4JA!) is a coalition of over 3,000 musicians, advocates, and fans who seek equity in the form of fair treatment of jazz (and other musicians) in the NYC nightclubs. Since 2005, J4JA! has been seeking to engage with NYC nightclub owners (including the management of clubs such as Birdland, the Blue …
