Michael Ricci launched the All About Jazz website in 1995. Jazz-related news, album reviews, articles, videos, and event listings are all published by volunteers. To complement this, Ricci runs a site called Jazz Near You, which provides information about upcoming concerts and other live performances in the area. From 2003 through 2015, the Jazz Journalists Association named All About Jazz the best website covering jazz for thirteen consecutive years. Ricci said in 2015 that the site's monthly readership peaked at 1.3 million in 2007. A second source claims that over half a million people from around the globe regularly visit the site. A native of Philadelphia, Ricci was raised there. From his father's record collection, he listened to classical and jazz. By the time he was eight years old, he was already playing the trumpet and attending jazz concerts. His computer programming and jazz knowledge led him to launch the All About Jazz website in 1995. Reviews, interviews, articles on jazz in the United States and globally, and news about upcoming festivals, concerts, and other events, may all be found on this page.