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AAJ Announces New Column: "Old, New, Borrowed and Blue" by Dan Bilawsky

Source: All About Jazz
February 18, 2010

All About Jazz announces a new regular column, Old, New, Borrowed and Blue.

AAJ Contributor Dan Bilawsky examines jazz from four angles, just as brides-to-be look for something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue.

For his first installment, Dan looks at the music of iconic pianist/composer Thelonious Monk. Whether it's Monk's own recordings, fresh interpretations by guitarists, other artists incorporating signature elements of Monk's compositional style, or songs like “Blue Monk," there's no question that Monk's reach continues ...

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Attn Advertisers: Showcase Service Improvements at AAJ

Source: Michael Ricci
February 15, 2010

All About Jazz has upgraded its Showcase promotional service for musicians and record labels.

Whether it's an independent release or a major label release, AAJ Showcase will greatly raise the awareness of a new album and drive traffic.

The revamped Showcase landing page looks like this...

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Showcase now includes links to a musician's Facebook, MySpace and Twitter page, and to photos at the AAJ Photo ...

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Blogger? Syndicate Your Stories at All About Jazz

Source: Michael Ricci
February 3, 2010

If you publish a jazz blog, are listed in our blog directory, and would like us to syndicate your stories at All About Jazz, please update your blog profile with your RSS feed location, then contact Michael Ricci.

In exchange for raising the awareness of your blog, including direct links in each story, embedding your retail links and driving traffic, AAJ asks that you deploy one of our widgets at your blog along with a link to AllAboutJazz.com.

Once we ...

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AAJ Tops 5 Million MP3 Downloads

Source: Michael Ricci
January 29, 2010

All About Jazz recently topped 5,000,000 free MP3 downloads.

AAJ has offered a free daily download since November 2005 from artists spanning all genres of jazz including Gary Burton, Brian Blade, Matthew Shipp, Jon Hassell, Kenny Garrett, Dave Holland, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Aaron Parks, Terence Blanchard, Craig Taborn, Mike Moreno, Rob Reddy, Ted Nash, Mingus Big Band, Exploding Star Orchestra, David Weiss, Bob Mintzer, Microscopic Septet, Ron Horton, Ben Allison, Greg Tardy, Ingrid Jensen, John McNeil, Wycliffe Gordon, Mario Pavone, Scott ...

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150 New Additions to AAJ Upcoming Jazz CD/DVD Release Center

Source: Michael Ricci
January 29, 2010

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Develop Your 2010 AllAboutJazz.com Advertising Strategy

Source: All About Jazz
January 27, 2010

January 2010 marks the first in AllAboutJazz.com's series of quarterly advertising newsletter announcements. Our goal is to help you develop the most cost-effective ad campaign and keep you in the loop on new website features to ensure you get the absolute best bang for your buck. As the leading traffic destination for jazz online, AAJ should be your first stop for advertising; and we'll make sure your message reaches the greatest number of readers either around the world or in ...

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AAJ's New Photo Gallery Tops 30,000 Images in Three Months

Source: Michael Ricci
January 20, 2010

All About Jazz photo gallery quickly becomes the central source for jazz photography, paintings and illustrations on the web. Launched on October 11, 2009, All About Jazz has developed a new photo gallery that allows professionals to safely promote their work and for enthusiasts and musicians to share their photos with AAJ's growing community of jazz fans. “We've already made several enhancements to the gallery to improve functionality and image protection and we recently released a 'jazz photo of the ...

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All About Jazz Help Wanted: Photo Gallery Editor

Source: Michael Ricci
January 4, 2010

All About Jazz is a crowd-sourcing website produced by a volunteer staff of jazz enthusiasts. We're currently looking for an individual to help us manage the new photo gallery. Please read on to learn more about the position. POSITION AVAILABLE Photo Editor Volunteer Requirements: 15 minutes per day—five days a week. Some connection with the jazz photography community would be helpful. The editor would use the Photo Gallery admin system to: Designate and schedule images for the “photo ...

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