If any of you just learned or found out one new thing in the course of this project, then I am wholly satisfied.

When I began designing and starting this thing, I knew that I wouldn’t be able to cover everything. I don’t consider myself to be any sort of expert, so I approached this as simply a chance to showcase some of the different aspects of jazz music. There are plenty of holes in the timeline and wiggle room for questions, answers and discussions of the music that was (and wasn’t) presented here. While the Jazz 101 series, itself, ends today, the spirit of it can move forward.

I will be more than happy to discuss the various aspects of Jazz with others who want to discuss it. I plan on being more active in the Music Discussion: Jazz section of the Zune forums. My Zune Card will probably have more jazz than before being displayed on its Flashy frame and I was even able to compose a couple of compositions this month – which will probably never see the light of day (haha). I even dug up some of my old compositions and gave them a once-over to fix them up to, in case there’s ever a group who’s willing to perform them.

This project has been exhausting and exhilarating at the same time. I hope that you have an increased appreciation for what this music and the African-Americans who have performed it, have done for our society and our American history.

Thanks again for humoring me and letting me go on about jazz for an entire month.

That is all.