All About Jazz is a website established by Michael Ricci in 1995. A volunteer staff publishes news, album reviews, articles, videos, and listings of concerts and other events having to do with jazz. Ricci maintains a related site, Jazz Near You, about local concerts and events.
The Jazz Journalists Association[1] voted All About Jazz Best Website Covering Jazz for thirteen consecutive years between 2003 and 2015, when the category was retired. In 2015, Ricci said the site received a peak of 1.3 million readers per month in 2007.[2] Another source said that the site has over 500,000 readers around the world.[3]
Ricci was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. He heard classical and jazz from his father's music collection. He played trumpet and went to his first jazz concert when he was eight. With a background in computer programming, he combined his interest in jazz and the internet by creating the All About Jazz website in 1995.[2][4]
The website publishes reviews, interviews, and articles pertaining to jazz in the U.S. and around the world, including information about festivals, concerts, and other events.[5][6][7]
In 2016, Ricci was given the Jazz Bridge Ambassador Award for his contributions to jazz in Philadelphia.[3]
^"2014 JJA Jazz Awards WINNERS". JJA Jazz Awards. April 15, 2014.
^ abPatterson, Ian (8 September 2015). "Michael Ricci: A Modern Day Jazz Messenger". All About Jazz. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
^ ab"Lansdale area man to be honored with Jazz Bridge Jazz Ambassador Award". tickettoentertainment.com. 1 June 2016. Archived from the original on 8 March 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
^Stephans, Michael (17 October 2013). Experiencing Jazz. Scarecrow Press. pp. 451–. ISBN 978-0-8108-8290-4. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
^Pack, Thomas (November 2007). "All That Jazz on the Web". Information Today. Vol. 24, no. 10. pp. 46–47. ISSN 8755-6286.
^Schmuckler, Eric (25 March 2002). "Specialty Music". Forbes ASAP. Vol. 169, no. 7. p. 13. ISSN 1078-9901.
^Hebbard, D.B. (22 January 2014). "Online music resource, All About Jazz, launches its own magazine". Talking New Media. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
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