Five Years of Free Jazz Blog

We're kind of celebrating our 5th anniversary here, starting in January 2007.

We have reviewed well over 1,500 albums (we're at 1447 posts, but many have multiple album reviews). You commented 2,219 times, making this indeed an interactive blog. Please keep doing it. The more perspectives, the better.

We have welcomed 1,118,061 visitors of which 391,619 are returning visitors (you!), with a total of 1,774,543 pageloads. The following chart gives more details. It seems that we've reached a ceiling, but that is normal, I guess.How many people in the world like free and avant jazz? Although the number seems to lightly increase ...

 I am sure that this blog has, if not launched some bands, at least encouraged some of them and given them wider attention. I also hope that we have broadened the horizon of many readers, by mentioning albums and artists and music that would otherwise have been kept in the dark vaults of anonymity.

Keep enjoying the music. Keep pushing the boundaries of creating and of listening.

Many thanks to the contributors to this blog and to the loyal visitors.