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Find Jam Sessions at Jazz Near You
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All About Jazz
Venues that host jam sessions can make this designation on their Jazz Near You listing page and any venue that hosts a jam session will see their listing appear under the “Host Jam Sessions" tab on the venue directory page. Like this... Venue owners or employees can claim administrative access to their Jazz Near You listing at any time. To update your venue listing as a jam session host, select “Yes" next to “Hosts Jam Sessions" under the “Details" tab. ...
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Jazz Near You Weekly Email Newsletter Improved - Set your current location
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All About Jazz
We reengineered how we email the weekly Jazz Near You events calendar to our members. Delivery takes less time and requires significantly less resources. We also changed how we identify member location, so if you are a member, please sign in and check your Jazz Near You location settings as the city associated with your member account may not match your current location. To update your location, drag your mouse over “Hi, [Your Name]", then select “Update Member Account" from ...
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Jazz Musician Database Retooled and Relaunched at All About Jazz
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All About Jazz
All About Jazz's musician section, home to nearly 58,000 profiles, was redesigned for improved navigation and to shine a more intense spotlight on features including musician tracking, musician discovery, crowdfunding support, teaching credentials, and a musician's SoundCloud player and Bandcamp player. “A musician's profile is center to their activities at All About Jazz and is fully integrated with the website and with Jazz Near You," stated Michael Ricci, All About Jazz's founder. “We continue to add value to the profile ...
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"Favorites" Calendar Added To Jazz Near You
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All About Jazz
Jazz Near You members can now create a custom calendar based on the musicians they track at All About Jazz. Each time a user tracks a musician, the musician's events, regardless of their location, will appear in the user's favorites calendar. So, if you're a Wayne Shorter fan and decide to track him, then Wayne Shorter's tour dates will appear in your favorites calendar. To access your favorites calendar, go to Jazz Near You calendar page, and click the green ...
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Jazz Near You receives grant from Philadelphia Fund For Jazz Legacy and Innovation
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All About Jazz
The Painted Bride Art Center in collaboration with the Philadelphia Fund For Jazz Legacy & Innovation have designated Jazz Near You a grant recipient to fund a Jazz New Year promotional campaign in the Philadelphia metropolitan region. “I'd like to thank the Painted Bride Art Center, the Philadelphia Jazz Project and the Philadelphia Foundation for their ongoing support of Jazz Near You. It's a tremendous honor and the grant will go a long way in helping us raise the awareness ...
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The All About Jazz Musician Profile Now Supports An Embedded Bandcamp Album
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All About Jazz
Musicians can now place their Bandcamp album on their All About Jazz musician profile page by embedding the album code in the Bandcamp box under the “Audio" tab on their musician profile edit form. Example: To place your Bandcamp album on your musician profile page, go your Bandcamp page, click the “Share / Embed" link, click the first object to the right of “Embed this album," select the small widget (100% x 42px), then paste the code into this box. ...
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Map of Today's Jazz Events Added to Jazz Near You home page
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All About Jazz
Jazz Near You now represents today's events on a map with pin drops highlighting their locations. “Though there's still plenty of development work ahead, we're starting to move beyond foundational programming for the website, which is freeing us up to experiment with new features like mapping your way to jazz events," enthuses Michael Ricci, Jazz Near You's founder. Users can click on a pin drop to get title and venue information, and then click the pop up window for event ...
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All About Jazz Improves Article Navigation
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All About Jazz
The cats and kittens down in All About Jazz R&D have been hard at work improving how we navigate between articles. The latest round of upgrades includes quicker access to previous and next articles along with a slide out teaser box on every article page. View this example The previous and next buttons cycle through articles published before or after the one you're viewing. You can invoke the slide out teaser box by scrolling to the bottom of the page. ...
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