IAJE Cancels Seattle Conference, Declares Bankruptcy

The International Association of Jazz Education, a 40-year-old organization whose annual meetings have drawn thousands of artists, teachers, and industry people from around the world, has called off its 2009 Seattle conference and is going into Chapter 7 bankruptcy, according to Paul de Barros' article in the Seattle Times. Rumors and reports of the IAJE's troubles had been circulating for the past few...