Three is a magic number

It was three years ago today that St. Louis Jazz Notes first went online. Over the past year, the site's readership has continued to grow, and I've tried my best to continue the mission of documenting what's going on in St. Louis with regard to jazz, creative music and improvisation.

Though there have been occasional goofs, screwups and missed opportunities, I'm proud that StLJN has been able to break many stories of relevance to the local jazz community, and to give attention to many others that may have received short shrift from other local media.

Of course, I couldn't do this without you - the readers, commenters, assorted tipsters, musicians, music students and educators, presenters, club owners, publicists, media people, record label employees and many others who have helped make the site what it is.

I thank you all for your emails, comments, ideas, suggestions and news tips, and, most of all, for your time and attention, and once again I look forward to another year of doing whatever I can to make St. Louis Jazz Notes a useful and entertaining resource. In the meantime, please feel free to use the comments for your heartiest "birthday" wishes & congratulations, suggestions, random jazz-related thoughts, and/or (if you must) bitter complaints.