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History of the Jazz Web
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In the early days, the websites that pushed the envelope were AAJ, Jazz Online, Jazz Central Station (a heavily-funded, resource-intensive website built during 14.4 dial-up times) and to a lesser extent, Jazz Review (US). All predated blogs by 8-9 years.
What I loved most about the early days of the internet (circa 1995-1999) was the freedom to experiment and explore without having to adhere to established standards. In many ways, we set the standards. Blogs became a thing around the launching of WordPress and Google's Blogger in 2003-2004. Speaking of WordPress and their connection to jazz... the content management system began a tradition (in January 2004) of naming its major releases after famous jazz musicians and named version 1.0 "Davis" after the Prince of Darkness.
As an aside, I couldn't help but notice Chat GPT referred to our community—meaning you—as vibrant. Vibrant is nice, but I think AI can do better.
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