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All About Jazz By Design

By Michael Ricci
February 20, 2012
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With website traffic on the rise, the question "What is All About Jazz?" is finding its way to my inbox with greater frequency. For long-time readers, the answer is self-evident. For all others, here's the primer...

The Big Picture

Technically innovative and with a global perspective, All About Jazz is a social enterprise (see mission) that combines elements of a magazine, a blog and an encyclopedia—all integrated with a massive database for the sole purpose of raising the awareness of jazz music online.

Sounds good... tell me more!

All About Jazz is an active community comprised of musicians, writers, fans, presenters, students and other industry professionals. It's where folks exchange ideas, get gigs, spread the word... It's also a technical platform that supports the jazz industry; musicians and presenters in particular.

From the past to the present

With a background in technology and interface design, I decided to combine my love of jazz music with my interest in the internet and launched All About Jazz back in 1995. It is now presented by an international staff of volunteers and reaches over 800,000 unique visitors worldwide.

How to use All About Jazz:

Reader/fan? All About Jazz presents daily content such as articles, album reviews, news, photos, MP3 downloads, events, videos, musician profiles, radio, audio and more. All free for your reading, viewing and listening pleasure. If you haven't already, sign up and enjoy AAJ to its fullest.

Musician? Musicians should bookmark the All About Jazz Musician Dashboard page and take advantage of our growing suite of promotional services.

Presenter? You can post single or recurring events to All About Jazz by using our submission form or you can upload events in batches by using a CSV file.

Record Label? We'll review your new releases and we'll link to every album we review from your profile page.

Publicist? Everything you need to know about promoting your clients is right here.

Something to sell? Advertise.

Advertise locally, nationally or internationally at All About Jazz... it's great bang for your buck.

Nothing to sell? You can still help.

If you're a long-time reader and have charted our progress, please make a modest donation to All About Jazz today. There's much work to be done and with your help, you can ensure that our future projects are completed and that the website sustains itself for years to come.

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Support All About Jazz

All About Jazz has been a pillar of jazz since 1995, championing it as an art form and, more importantly, supporting the musicians who make it. Our enduring commitment has made "AAJ" one of the most culturally important websites of its kind, read by hundreds of thousands of fans, musicians and industry figures every month.

Go Ad Free!

To maintain our platform while developing new means to foster jazz discovery and connectivity, we need your help. You can become a sustaining member for as little as $20 and in return, we'll immediately hide those pesky ads plus provide access to future articles for a full year. This winning combination vastly improves your AAJ experience and allow us to vigorously build on the pioneering work we first started in 1995. So enjoy an ad-free AAJ experience and help us remain a positive beacon for jazz by making a donation today.