All About Jazz

All About Jazz

All About Jazz is a website founded by Michael Ricci in 1995. It features a team of volunteers who share news, album reviews, articles, videos, and schedules for jazz concerts and events. Ricci also runs a companion site called Jazz Near You.

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  • 4 days ago | allaboutjazz.com | Joe Dimino

    Home » Jazz Articles » Radio & Podcasts » Anat Cohen, Michael Dease, Joe Kennedy & Al Foster Click the play button to listen We open the 911th episode of Neon Jazz with a heartfelt tribute to the late, great Al Foster—a true titan behind the kit.

  • 5 days ago | allaboutjazz.com | Marc Myers

    No other category of artist in American history had to fight harder to have his or her creativity recognized than the jazz musician. This war was waged on three fronts—with themselves, with the culture and with their record label. If any one of these three battles was lost, the other two often collapsed as well. In the 1940s and '50s, the battle with one's self meant steering clear of drug addiction. The battle with the culture was the struggle to be accepted by an ever shrinking audience.

  • 6 days ago | allaboutjazz.com | Leo Sidran

    Home » Jazz Articles » Radio & Podcasts » Terri Lyne Carrington: Only An Open Hand Receives Click the play button to listen Terri Lyne Carrington started playing drums as a child in Boston. By the time she was 10, she was gigging with Clark Terry. At 11, she had a drum endorsement. By 20, she was already building a remarkable career.

  • 6 days ago | allaboutjazz.com | Jerome Wilson

    These are two excellent recent large ensemble jazz recordings. One celebrates the work of a venerated master composer and arranger while the other showcases an outstanding newer writing talent. Ryan Truesdell Shades of Sound Outside in Music 2025 This is the third release from Ryan Truesdell's Gil Evans Project, which plays both familiar and previously unheard works by the legendary arranger.

  • 1 week ago | allaboutjazz.com | Mark Corroto

    Mark misses his dogs Louie & Freddy, but endeavors daily to find and listen to new and interesting sounds. Senior ContributorSince 1999Columbus, OHPreferred album format:CD/VinylMY ARTICLES | ALBUM REVIEWS | PROFILE PAGETotal published articles:2,010Contact Me Follow Me Musical PreferencesAmbient / New AgeBeyond JazzFree Improv / Avant-GardeFringes of JazzModern JazzStraight-ahead (Bop, Hard bop, Cool)