Stepping down from presiding over Jazz.com two years after its launch, editor, author and pianist Ted Gioia isn’t saying much about what’s up with the site that has become a major web resource and destination. Naturally, this leads to wondering what has become of the promise and potential of jazz on the web.
We have many bloggers about the music, yes (see my blogroll) — some well informed, some less so — and large dedicated websites including AllAboutJazz.com and JazzCorner.com, which serve the informational and promotional needs of the greater jazz community each in their unique ways. But under Gioia, Jazz.com has succeeded in laying a foundation for a living online center concerning the music, through commissioned blog posts and articles, track reviews and the inclusion of Lewis Porter’s Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians.Â