Jazz Houston History and Credits
Jazzhouston.com was created in 1995 by Andrew Lienhard as part of his personal web site. The domain name was registered the following year in cooperation with the Milt Larkin Jazz Society and Deborah Dunlap, in particular. Over the next few years the site was single-handedly managed by both Andrew and saxophonist Kelly Dean. When Andrew moved to NYC in 1997 and until his return in 2004, Kelly took over editorial operations. During this time, he did an amazing job promoting the site, turning it into the popular musician's destination it has become. Meanwhile, as jazzhouston.com grew in popularity, so did the demand for content updates. It was clear that the we needed a better way to get information online easily and more people to help do this. Behind-the-scene web dashboards were created, then shared that with volunteers. Now in 2007, the site has over 40 content contributors, most of whom are working jazz musicians. It has become a true community project. These days Kelly and Andrew rely on the awesome jazzhouston.com content crew to keep most of the site in shape. Kelly continues to publish his "Dean's List" e-mail newsletter to over 1,200 readers. Andrew is still the "webmaster", handling all of the code, database, and administrative aspects of its operation. Shout-outs for exceptional site help:-
Mark Towns, Deborah, Pin, Woody, Ken Ward, Paul English, 'Doc' Morgan, Tianna, Steve Menegez,
Stephanie, Julia, Lemmler, Mike Morrison, the forum all-stars, Noe, Warren Sneed, and HSPVA past-and-present.
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