[Dixielandjazz] World's Largest Jazz Website Launches Jazz Download Store

[Mike]

Allaboutjazz.com has launched a DRM(Digital Rights Management)-free 
download store. Below is the article from their webpage:



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Philadelphia, PA -- AllAboutJazz.com, the Web's most comprehensive site 
for jazz, has officially launched an MP3 download store 
<http://shop.allaboutjazz.com> featuring music from such distinguished 
record labels as CTI 
<http://shop.allaboutjazz.com/shop/search.jsp?l=CTI+Jazz+Online> (Creed 
Taylor), Mel Bay </php/entity.php?id=3650>, Playscape 
<http://shop.allaboutjazz.com/shop/search.jsp?l=Playscape+Recordings>, 
Smalls <http://shop.allaboutjazz.com/shop/search.jsp?l=Smalls+Records>, 
Summit 
<http://shop.allaboutjazz.com/shop/search.jsp?l=Chicken+Coup+Records>, 
Kufala 
<http://shop.allaboutjazz.com/shop/search.jsp?l=Kufala+Recordings>, 
Cryptogramophone 
<http://shop.allaboutjazz.com/shop/search.jsp?l=Cryptogramophone>, as 
well as international imprints like Fresh Sound/New Talent 
</php/entity.php?id=4960>, Ayler 
<http://shop.allaboutjazz.com/shop/search.jsp?l=Ayler+Records>, Jazz 
Continuum 
<http://shop.allaboutjazz.com/shop/search.jsp?l=Jazz+Continuum>, and 
innovative upstarts like Jazz Excursion 
<http://shop.allaboutjazz.com/shop/search.jsp?l=Jazz+Excursion+Records>, 
Blue Canoe 
<http://shop.allaboutjazz.com/shop/search.jsp?l=Blue+Canoe+Records> and 
Abstract Logix 
<http://shop.allaboutjazz.com/shop/search.jsp?l=Abstract+Logix>. AAJ 
plans to add new labels regularly after April 30th--look for music from 
Passin' Thru, Bee Jazz, Thrill Jockey, Hyena and many more in the coming 
months.

All the downloads at AAJ will be DRM-free. (DRM, Digital 
Rights/Restrictions Management, refers to technology embedded in digital 
downloads to restrict the usage of or access to the music. DRM-free 
means there are no such restrictions.)

“Our goal is to build a download store in the spirit of the website: 
comprehensive, timely, and open,” says All About Jazz founder, Michael 
Ricci </php/contrib.php?id=1>. “AAJ readers will have access to an 
incredible variety of jazz music, from new releases to reissued and 
out-of-print offerings. We're also committed to selling premium-quality 
320kbps DRM-free music.”

James Pearse <http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/contrib.php?id=6193>, the 
AAJ Download Store Manager, has experienced many facets of the music 
industry firsthand having worked for a record label, a physical music 
store, and an online retailer; and has helped contour a store that will 
appeal to jazz buyers and sellers alike. “The music downloads will be 
accessible from almost any page at the AAJ website. If you go to an AAJ 
page about Freddie Hubbard, for instance, you will find links there to 
download and purchase Freddie Hubbard songs and albums. You'll see this 
integration throughout the website. AAJ is in a unique position to play 
a key role in boosting jazz download sales. We're very excited about 
what this can mean for jazz musicians and fans everywhere,” explains 
Pearse.

AAJ will work directly with record labels and distributors to build a 
store that offers a deep catalog of music spanning the many genres of jazz.