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Fund Drive Dollars at Work: Instant TV Comes to All About Jazz!
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Michael Ricci
Instant TV is a contextual video application that enables site readers to discover and watch videos that relate to each article. The sights and sounds of video help to enhance the contextual understanding of the people, groups, and other concepts mentioned in text. Two engagement methods are enabled on All About Jazz—keywords are highlighted and a prompt appears in the lower-right side of the page after a scroll. By clicking on these triggers or hovering for three seconds, you will ...
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Why Advertise at AllAboutJazz.com? Watch Video.
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Michael Ricci
Steve Provizer demystifies online advertising and explains exactly what All About Jazz can do for you.
1. All About Jazz is the biggest jazz website reaching over 900,000 unique visits a month.
2. We serve a valued demographic.
3. We can geo-target your ads or offer them run of site (globally)
4. The process is simple and accountable.
5. AAJ has a 15 year track record of serving the jazz community. ...
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From The Download Den: Martha Tilton "And The Angels Sing"
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FROM THE DOWNLOAD DEN AT ALL ABOUT JAZZ Two weeks after Johnny Mercer wrote words to Ziggy Elman's “Fralich in Spring," the new song—the hit “And The Angels Sing"—was premiered by the Benny Goodman Orchestra with singer Martha Tilton in a live broadcast on the Camel Caravan radio series. This week, on January 9, the Download Den features that recording. The famous song is introduced by Goodman, Mercer and Tilton. After the floating vocals there is a frenetic solo by ...
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From The Download Den: Vocal "Covers" After Christmas
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FROM THE DOWNLOAD DEN AT ALL ABOUT JAZZ The week after Christmas kicks off with three interesting covers of vocal tracks, ranging from Duke Ellington to Radiohead. On Monday December 27, soul-to-jazz singer Kellylee Evans spins a stylistic fusion on “Mood Indigo," then on Tuesday December 28, avant-garde melodic vocalist Lola Danza re-writes Radiohead's “Motion Picture Soundtrack," from the band's Kid A album. Her wordless vocals outdo the original version—they are set over the ticking of a movie projector and ...
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Top All About Jazz Contributors: 2010
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Michael Ricci
Articles Submitted | All Interviews, Artist Profiles, Columns, etc. 1. John Kelman 47 2. Ernest Barteldes 33 3. Ian Patterson 31 4. Gordon Marshall 30 5. Jack Bowers 24 6. Victor L. Schermer 23 7. R.J. DeLuke 22 8. Doug Collette 22 9. John Sharpe 22 10. C. Michael Bailey 21 11. Chris May 20 12. Bruce Lindsay 19 13. Dan Bilawsky 17 14. Martin Longley 15 15. Robert Bush 15 16. Mr. P.C. ...
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