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AllAboutJazz.com’s Open Jazz Project

by balaspa on May 21st, 2008

AllAboutJazz.com is a great website for people who love jazz. They have lots of CD reviews and they have the most definitive list of new releases and re-issues that you are likely to find anywhere. They have a simple mission and, as their website says, it is “to build a music resource where everyone can play an active role in furthering the awareness of jazz and jazz musicians on the internet.”

The cool thing about it, and the amazing thing, is that the entire website and the organization is run by volunteers. Their writers are volunteers and their website people are volunteers. As such, it is really a community effort, created by jazz lovers for jazz lover.

Right now, if you click on the link at the front of this article, you will see they are doing something they are calling their “Open Jazz Project.” Essentially, they are looking for more volunteers. They want more people to help them achieve their goal and their vision.

Again, from their website, “We’re looking for musician profiles editors (similar to users who create and maintain wikipedia bios), jazz news editors, MP3 download of the day editors, this day in jazz history editors, directory editors (who build and maintain, for example, our venue and festival listings), CD and live event reviewers, interview editors, CD review editors, local evangelists, musician outreach specialists, and more.”

So, check out their website. Tell them you heard about it from this blog. Then, if you have the time, talent or the inclination, you may want to contact them and volunteer. We can all make jazz better and I personally think it’s a worthy effort.

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