There are country award shows and hip-hop award ones, Latin Grammys and beyond — so why hasn't there been a televised jazz music award show to look forward to every year? The show was previously recorded at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta in 2022. In Georgia, the first-ever televised Jazz Music Awards will be viewable on WGTV-TV (Atlanta/Athens), WNGH-TV (Chatsworth), WMUM-TV (Macon), WJSP-TV (Columbus), WACS-TV (Dawson), WABW-TV (Albany), WVAN-TV (Savannah), WXGA-TV (Waycross) and WCES-TV (Augusta).
The inaugural Jazz Music Awards may have set an awards show record for the longest gap between taping and finally being televised. The show was held on Oct.…