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Sounds from AAJ
By Michael Ricci
March 12, 2025
711 views
Over the past few months, we've experimented with AI analyzing and providing commentary on certain All About Jazz pages, essentially using it to summarize our pages in a podcast-style format. Readers have found them useful and complementary to the text on our various how-to, information and policy pages, so we created five more. It's incredible how quickly this technology has evolved in the last six months though they may need to dial back the colloquialisms. Page summaries...
read moreMore on the Apps and What's Next
By Michael Ricci
February 20, 2025
5,278 views
We'd like to extend a big thank you to everyone who donated to All About Jazz over the past year. Your support helped cover the cost of the two free apps (learn how to add them here). If you've already added the apps, reach out and let me know what you think. We wanted to create a quick way to access AAJ and Jazz Near You from your phone while providing timely updates through push notifications and we're beyond pleased ...
read moreYour AAJ... Customized!
By Michael Ricci
February 5, 2025
704 views
There are a few ways to customize your content at All About Jazz and we explain how below. Following Our Staff Last week, we showcased our expanding collection of radio shows and podcasts, explaining how to stay current with new episodes by following them from this page using the FOLLOW ME button. When you follow a show, AAJ will notify you via website message whenever that host's show goes live. This feature extends to all our staff ...
read moreOur Pronunciation Guide
By Michael Ricci
January 16, 2025
968 views
All About Jazz is on a mission to help radio hosts and podcasters pronounce your name correctly and we developed the perfect solution by allowing you to pronounce your own name and associate it with your AAJ musician page. To create an audio file of your name sounded out, simply follow the steps below. Once uploaded, your pronunciation will be available to listeners--including industry professionals--on your musician page (check out this example) and on our dedicated pronunciation ...
read moreBest of 2024
By Michael Ricci
December 30, 2024
1,871 views
Before we close the books on 2024, we want to take a moment to express our gratitude to our incredible staff--writers, editors, and technical team--who brought their passion, creativity, and expertise to the table every day. This year has been one of AAJ's most productive, and I couldn't be prouder of what we've accomplished together. As we look ahead, we're equally excited about what's to come in 2025, especially as we celebrate our 30th anniversary. With that, we wish you ...
read moreDIG v2.0 and Best of 2024
By Michael Ricci
December 12, 2024
1,475 views
Our annual roundups kicked off last week with Chris May's posthumous picks. The way things are shaping up, we may publish a new Best Of 2024 article every day from now through the New Year, so stay tuned! Related, our first midway point article entitled Best Jazz Albums of 2024: All-Star Break Edition was published on July 15th and is still going strong topping 31,500 reads. Unrelated, we surpassed 90,000 newsletter subscribers, so thank you all! DIG ...
read moreThis and That: November 2024
By Michael Ricci
November 27, 2024
1,274 views
Every so often we highlight a useful feature that we think you might've missed, and today we'd like to revisit All About Jazz's personal concert calendar feature. In a nutshell, the personal concert calendar helps you track shows and get reminders for concerts you're interested in. You can learn more about this handy feature here and if you're an active or even an occasional concertgoer, we encourage you to try it. I first started using the personal concert calendar in ...
read moreAAJ's Chris May
By Michael Ricci
November 22, 2024
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All About Jazz's staff culture is best described as a close-knit group of like-minded friends, united by a shared passion for jazz music. Many of these friendships have existed since AAJ's inception, which makes it especially heartbreaking to announce the passing of Chris May. Chris was a cornerstone at AAJ, offering deep knowledge, extensive experience, strong opinions, and a steadying influence every day. He was rock solid dependable, a staunch advocate for AAJ, and a spirited leader with a ...
read moreBack to the Bot
By Michael Ricci
October 30, 2024
969 views
DIG 9000, AAJ's benevolent bot, represents another significant step forward for the All About Jazz platform. Generative, our bot continues to learn and we learn along with it. Here are the most frequent inquiries from the past two weeks: Q: How can I submit a press release? A: All About Jazz offers a press release posting and distribution service and you can learn more about it here. Q: How do I get my ...
read moreMusician? Water. Drink.
By Michael Ricci
October 16, 2024
1,526 views
Much in the way we outlined how venues can use Jazz Near You to list and promote their events, this week we'll turn our attention to the tools available to jazz musicians. All About Jazz is currently home to 144,837 musician pages. A musician's page is central to their presence at All About Jazz and it's the #1 place where our readers go to get more information about them. Thousands of musicians have claimed, created and maintained ...
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