Community Blog Posts
A new way to report bugs!
By Michael Ricci
April 17, 2025
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We've worked on some seriously cool projects this year, and there's plenty more brewing as our dash to August (AAJ's 30th anniversary) continues. One of our latest updates is a smoother, smarter way to report bugs or technical hiccups. As we continue evolving both websites, tightening up our internal processes is a must--and this one was high on the list. If you spot a glitch while browsing AAJ, let us know here. The reporting ...
read moreMore on the two newsletters and uploading your events to Jazz Near You
By Michael Ricci
April 11, 2025
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Newsletter Split Update The decision to split the newsletter in two was long overdue, as it was the only way to give Jazz Near You the spotlight it deserves and help it reach its full potential. If you're subscribed to both, thank you! We deeply appreciate your support. Our goal is to reach 100k subscribers for each newsletter by August 2025--our 30th anniversary. It's an ambitious target, but with your help, I'm confident we can get there. So please, share ...
read moreTime for Two
By Michael Ricci
March 29, 2025
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This week marks the splitting of our newsletter into two sends. All About Jazz news will continue to land in your inbox on Thursdays, while our Jazz Near You calendar of events will now arrive on Fridays. Both newsletters grew more robust, so this separation will allow each to shine on its own. Eventually, we'll group and send them by time zone, ensuring they reach you at a more convenient hour. Additionally, we've added a “News Announcements" section, which now ...
read moreSounds from AAJ
By Michael Ricci
March 12, 2025
827 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
5,407 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
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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
1,089 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
1,929 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
1,605 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
1,329 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 ...
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