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Raising the Bar in Year 28
by Michael Ricci
The above Mingus quote really struck a chord as All About Jazz is a work of passion and creativity in a continuous search to present the rich universe of jazz in the most accessible way possible. Musician profiles, jazz clubs, show dates, festivals, album reviews, photos, polls, contests, news, free music, etc., over 100 years of jazz history--past, ...
Artificial Intelligence and All About Jazz? DIG 9000 jams with ChatGPT
by Kurt Ellenberger
As the internet's oldest jazz resource, All About Jazz (AAJ) has always been on the cutting edge of using new technologies in the promotion of jazz and jazz musicians. This commitment continues to this day with the new technology that has emerged in recent months, namely, the so- called “Artificial Intelligence" (AI) known as “ChatGPT" that ...
Giving Thanks & Sharing the Jazz Love
by Michael Ricci
As always, we're celebrating Thanksgiving by recognizing two special groups of people: our fund drive supporters who helped make much of the 2022 website improvements possible and our staff who submitted and prepared articles. Both contributions are immeasurable and we thank you all for your generosity, passion and friendship. The good people who support this website ...
Silver Linings: AAJ @ 25
by Michael Ricci
All About Jazz recently celebrated its 25th year online. Crazy as it sounds, “AAJ," as it has come to be known, was originally a sandbox to help me learn the ins-and-outs of the infant World Wide Web. Fast forward five years and the double whammy of Y2K and 9/11 sunk my software business (another story). But ...
Scheduling a livestream event? Upload it to Jazz Near You and we'll help you promote it.
by Michael Ricci
COVID-19 and its impact represents an extraordinary and unprecedented time for us all. It has affected every person and every organization in jazz, disrupted our livelihoods, and we're all greatly concerned about the health and well-being of our community. Personally, I'm accustomed to working from home and have been doing so since 1995--but our network and ...
All About Jazz Improves Press Release Distribution Service
All About Jazz has improved its press release / news announcement distribution service to further raise the awareness of each published announcement as well as raise the awareness of source. Recent improvements include: Support of large / header photo (example); Improved handling of pull quote author; News source is identified in the MORE NEWS section; An ...
June News: Tags, Professional Toolkit, Teacher Finder, Content Wanted, And New Event Types For Jazz Near You
Dear AAJ Member, We've made several improvements to both All About Jazz and Jazz Near You over the last two months. Some notables include: Tags It's been a long time coming, so we're thrilled to announce the addition of tags. You can find them on our article and news pages. Learn more about tags here. Toolkit ...
All About Jazz Website Tips: 2017
by Michael Ricci
I think it's safe to say that All About Jazz (which includes Jazz Near You) far exceeds any reader's expectations when they first visit the website. We regularly introduce new sections, new features, and we keep our design fresh with the goal of constantly raising the bar we set 22 years ago. As a result, we ...
All About Jazz: The Innovation Game
by Michael Ricci
2015 marked All About Jazz's 20th year online. From the humble beginnings as a simple link site to the largest database in jazz media, AAJ has continually improved over the years and through some inspired stretches, has made significant advancements for jazz online. For me personally, operating All About Jazz since its inception has been a ...
All About Jazz: Upgrades Continue... Move pending
by Michael Ricci
If you visited All About Jazz between mid-December and the first week of February, then there was a good chance that our website was either slow or (worse) timed out. We apologize for the inconvenience but we were dealing with two very serious technical issues that have since been resolved. Now that we're back ...
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