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Looking for an album review?
By Michael Ricci
September 11, 2025
5,599 views
An All About Jazz album review is highly sought after--and for good reason. For our readers, our reviews are insightful, timely, and designed to spark music discovery. For those requesting coverage, a review offers outstanding exposure on a prominent platform. All About Jazz has long been at the forefront of digital innovation, and our latest initiative--the Coverage Request System--is yet another step forward. This streamlined solution replaces the outdated, inefficient process of emailing me ...
read moreAAJ @ 30, Continued
By Michael Ricci
August 28, 2025
9,403 views
Our AAJ @ 30 newsletter section (also below) was created to celebrate our history and highlight key initiatives for the future. One of the most exciting developments is the Coverage Request & Tracking system, which is now in the final stages of development. We expect to make an official launch announcement within the next couple of weeks. We're also working on a major project aimed at improving All About Jazz's visibility in AI-related search results. In addition, our Jazz Forward ...
read moreAll About Jazz Turns the Big 3-0!
By Michael Ricci
August 15, 2025
2,869 views
Thirty years ago, I launched All About Jazz--a passion project born in the wild, uncharted days of the early internet. Back then, the web was a playground of possibilities, where hobbyists like me could dream big and build something from scratch. At the time, Google didn't exist, Amazon was just a bookstore, and Usenet newsgroups were our social media. The web was commercial-free, accessed from a modem, and slow. Still, for a young tech entrepreneur like myself, it was a ...
read moreOn the verge of 30—Party Plans
By Michael Ricci
August 9, 2025
693 views
This coming Friday, All About Jazz turns 30. Our 25th anniversary came and went with little fanfare, thanks to the party-pooper that was COVID-19. But this time, we're celebrating three decades online in grand style--starting with a livestreamed concert from SMOKE Jazz Club featuring the Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring Quintet with Mike LeDonne, John Webber, and Lewis Nash. The 9 PM ET set will be broadcast exclusively and complimentary on All About Jazz. So if you're around next Friday night, ...
read moreThis & That (and Chuck), Part 6
By Michael Ricci
August 1, 2025
818 views
Like many, I was saddened to hear of Chuck Mangione's passing. I grew up listening to his Milestone, Mercury, and A&M Records releases--and I still have those albums today. Fast forward to 1999: I had the chance to meet Chuck at the 7th Annual Capital Jazz Festival in Columbia, MD. All About Jazz was approaching its fourth year and still relatively unknown at the time, but I managed to secure press access and spoke with him briefly. I asked if ...
read moreYour AAJ Musician Page
By Michael Ricci
July 17, 2025
1,096 views
All About Jazz recently surpassed 150,000 musician profile pages and is quickly approaching the 151,000 mark--adding 5,068 new pages in 2025 so far. If you're a musician and the administrator of your profile page, make sure it's up to date and complete. If you haven't yet claimed or created your musician profile, we encourage you to do so. We explain both the why and the how--right here. Each page claim is verified for legitimacy, and artists often share why they're ...
read moreThis & That, Part 5
By Michael Ricci
June 16, 2025
1,222 views
We've published jazz fiction over the years, but we've never published anything remotely like Alan Bryson's Django's Cosmic Echo, a wild, alternate-universe, time-travel thrill ride where the legendary guitarist finds himself inexplicably transported 40 years into the future--straight into the heart of Amsterdam. No spoilers here, but it will run for 18 days, spanning four weeks starting today! App Are you still accessing All About Jazz from a browser on your phone? If so, try our app--it provides ...
read moreThis & That, Part 4
By Michael Ricci
June 5, 2025
1,101 views
If you've followed All About Jazz over the years, you know we're continuously refining and enhancing our website. We're currently in the second month of the Jazz Near You optimization project, aimed at improving its structure for better visibility in Google searches. Increased visibility for us means greater exposure for your events. While this project will take a few more months to complete, we're making steady progress. Additionally, we're preparing to develop a Coverage Request and Tracking System, a transformative ...
read moreViva la technology and Album Reviewers Wanted
By Michael Ricci
May 15, 2025
1,473 views
Over the past year, we've made major improvements to our newsletter, making the entire platform more efficient and easier to manage. Modernizing our newsletter was necessary as using paid platforms like Kit, MailChimp and Constant Contact for a 91,000+ mailing list was prohibitive. Recently, we split our newsletter into two editions: All About Jazz arrives every Thursday, and Jazz Near You follows on Friday, allowing us to focus on each newsletter individually. Previously, assembling the All About Jazz newsletter took ...
read moreGroove Orbit and You've Got a Friend
By Michael Ricci
April 26, 2025
1,678 views
At All About Jazz, we thrive on momentum, dynamism, and growth. While we often highlight platform enhancements and new features, we're equally energized by fresh column ideas and innovative content concepts. Karl Ackermann's Backstories, launched in January, exemplifies a new column that brings a fresh perspective on jazz history. Now, AAJ's resident RSD expert, Kyle Simpler, has introduced Groove Orbit. In Kyle's words, “Groove Orbit drifts through the stranger frequencies of jazz and vinyl culture--deep cuts, defunct labels, dusty grooves, and the ...
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