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Help Wanted: Join All About Jazz's Writing Staff

Source: Michael Ricci
August 8, 2011

All About Jazz, the internet's leading jazz music destination, is produced by a team of writers, technologists and enthusiasts. Thanks to our knowledgeable and passionate staff of volunteers, we continually expand our coverage with a focus on live and recorded music. If you have an interest in writing about jazz and joining our staff, please contact us about getting started. Opportunity Awaits! We're looking for the following: Album reviewers Concert / festival coverage Columnists. Have a column concept or essayt? ...

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All About Jazz Upgrades Musician Profiles and Expands Free Service to Jazz Musicians

Source: Michael Ricci
August 4, 2011

All About Jazz upgraded its musician profiles—the page where musicians establish their central presence at the website.

In addition to significantly improving the appearance and speed of the page, new musician profile features include: Photo Slideshow (musician editors can select the six images)

Direct-to-fan communication through AAJ's internal message service

Improved calendar interface

Facebook “Like" and Twitter “Tweet" buttons

Embedded Twitter widget

Improved profile editing capabilities

Optimized for search engines If you are a musician and have a profile, ...

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Google +1 Added to All About Jazz

Source: Michael Ricci
July 18, 2011

We've added the Google +1 button to the bottom of our article, news, and MP3 pages, so if you like what you read or hear, please click +1 and share the page with your friends.

Thanks!

About Google +1

The +1 button is shorthand for “this is pretty cool" or “you should check this out."

Click +1 to publicly give something your stamp of approval. Your +1's can help friends, contacts, and others on the web find the ...

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All About Jazz Top 5 MP3 Downloads of the Month: June 2011

Source: Michael Ricci
July 16, 2011

Here are my personal favorites and our reader's favorites for the month of June.

Enjoy! Dave Sumner Editor, Download of the Day

Editor's Picks As the Crow Flies Joller From: Loose Cannon Horizon EYOT From: Horizon Tribute to Andy Goldsworthy Wilson Huggett Project From: ...

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All About Jazz Tops 10,000 Twitter Followers!

Source: Michael Ricci
July 14, 2011

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All About Jazz Tip: New Logged In Dropdown Box

Source: Michael Ricci
July 13, 2011

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All About Jazz Relaunches "On the Road With..." Series - Musicians Road Stories Wanted!

Source: Michael Ricci
July 1, 2011

Longtime readers may remember bassist Jimmy Haslip, pianist Dave Frank, guitarist Rodney Jones and saxophonist Ellery Eskelin all sharing their anecdotal stories from their various globetrotting tours. Well, AAJ is bringing back this engaging column and relaunching it with On the Road with Lenny White. Lenny will keep us briefed on the current RTF IV tour and invites readers to post comments and say hello.

If you're a musician on the road, have a gift for writing, and would like ...

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All About Jazz Re-Launches Download of the Day Section

Source: Michael Ricci
June 27, 2011

As part of the website relauching initiative, All About Jazz has upgraded its MP3 download of the day page. The new page (see example) also allows members to post comments about the track, read the editor's track comments and share the track with their Facebook friends and Twitter followers.

We'd also like to announce that Dave Sumner is now AAJ's new Download of the Day Editor and will handle track scheduling and musician outreach moving forward.

Enjoy!

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