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Do we want some extra categories?

Do we want a category on Jazz producers? I'm thinking of Orrin Keepnews and others. Also, a category for jazz critics like Nat Hentoff? Any comments before I create some?

KConWiki 01:51, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I can't seem to find a 'jazz venues' category - maybe my eyes aren't working - Wally's Cafe (Wally's Cafe is the oldest continually operating Jazz club in the US) is sitting as a dead end page. Anyone want to rescue this article? - I know nothing about the venue. FoolesTroupe (talk) 03:49, 1 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

ok - I found 'jazz clubs' FoolesTroupe (talk) 03:54, 1 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your portal is mind blowing. I hope you add extra categories til the end of time! Awesome work. Jason West Jones (talk) 05:17, 18 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

There does not seem to be any category or articles in the portal about jazz music theory?! For example, contents of Barry Harris' method or other material as in the books of Mark Levine, etc. Digisus (talk) 18:46, 23 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

New articles

How about having a "new articles" section where anyone can add their newest creations?

Something like this:

12 Jun: Sasktel Saskatchewan Jazz Fest
11 Jun: Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?)
10 Jun: Pico and Sepulveda
02 Jun: Nancy (With the Laughing Face)
02 Jun: All or Nothing at All
29 May: 'Round Midnight (album)
28 May: 'Round Midnight (1969 album)

Another question: Why not make some more links from within articles or categories to this portal? For example bebop (french) or bebop (dutch) both link to their jazz portals.

Freestyle 11:29, 16 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I see no problem with adding a new articles section, my only concern would be keeping the list up to date, I can't imagine many people in the Jazz WikiProject updating the list in the portal manually.

I'll try to make some more links in articles when I get the time (I shall be trying to rewrite smooth jazz, once I can find some reliable sources!), but you can also be bold and add the links in yourself. --tgheretford (talk) 12:32, 16 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I could also add a link to the portal in Template:Jazzfooter. And maybe then add that template to some more articles. As for the new articles list, I see your point. I made this list (above) though without too much trouble, so I could update it once in a while (although the list I made isn't complete ofcourse). Once more people find this portal to start with, they might start adding the new articles they made themselves. Freestyle 13:38, 16 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Adorno Quote

Note that the Adorno quote listed on the front page of this article was written by Adorno in an article he attributed to the pseudonym "Hektor Rottweiler." --- There is a debate concerning to what extent Adorno understood jazz and what jazz he actually heard - i.e., European popularizations of American popularizations of American jazz. His attacks on jazz may not be directed at the "authentic" jazz played by serious musicians. At any rate, it may be worthwhile adding the pseudonym to the quote's attribution to not the ambiguous context. Editor437 01:14, 22 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Would You Be so Kind

and proofread our german projekt to translate a germany specifc jazz article Portal:Jazz/Jazz in Germany and correct the word order and ask me questions. --Roomsixhu (talk) 08:32, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Tony Vitti

The article Tony Vitti has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

lacks secondary sources of sufficient quality ; no discography

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Revamped a little

very moribund portal. doesnt get a lot of traffic, but that may be due to it not being linked a lot, or that nothing has happened here for 7 years. added random function, created 9 articles/images to rotate through, trimeed out sections that are hopelessly out of date.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 05:55, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

B class, Top importance articles

'Round About Midnight (t · h · l) Top 2009-09-06 (t) B 2009-09-06 (t) 1234
Art Tatum (t · h · l) Top 2013-03-24 (t) B 2010-09-25 (t) 1388
Bebop (t · h · l) Top 2009-09-04 (t) B 2009-09-04 (t) 1530
Benny Goodman (t · h · l) Top 2009-11-07 (t) B 2009-11-07 (t) 1553
Bessie Smith (t · h · l) Top 2009-09-04 (t) B 2009-09-04 (t) 1442
Bill Evans (t · h · l) Top 2013-03-24 (t) B 2012-08-06 (t) 1452
Billie Holiday (t · h · l) Top 2009-09-04 (t) B 2014-06-24 (t) 1589
Birth of the Cool (t · h · l) Top 2008-11-21 (t) B 2012-05-27 (t) 1275
Blues (t · h · l) Top 2011-01-03 (t) B 2011-01-03 (t) 1732
Bugge Wesseltoft (t · h · l) Top 2013-10-08 (t) B 2013-10-20 (t) 1153
Charlie Parker (t · h · l) Top 2010-09-23 (t) B 2009-06-13 (t) 1564
Count Basie (t · h · l) Top 2013-03-24 (t) B 2009-06-13 (t) 1494
Dizzy Gillespie (t · h · l) Top 2013-03-24 (t) B 2009-06-14 (t) 1563
Django Reinhardt (t · h · l) Top 2010-01-24 (t) B 2009-06-13 (t) 1501
Drum kit (t · h · l) Top 2013-03-04 (t) B 2013-05-06 (t) 1727
Duke Ellington (t · h · l) Top 2009-06-15 (t) B 2012-12-10 (t) 1624
Eivind Aarset (t · h · l) Top 2013-10-07 (t) B 2013-10-20 (t) 1032
Gerry Mulligan (t · h · l) Top 2013-10-03 (t) B 2010-04-12 (t) 1385
Hard bop (t · h · l) Top 2009-09-04 (t) B 2011-09-18 (t) 1424
In a Silent Way (t · h · l) Top 2010-04-03 (t) B 2010-04-03 (t) 1265
Jan Garbarek (t · h · l) Top 2013-10-08 (t) B 2013-10-20 (t) 1367

Jelly Roll Morton (t · h · l) Top 2009-09-04 (t) B 2009-09-04 (t) 1398
John Coltrane (t · h · l) Top 2009-08-15 (t) B 2009-08-15 (t) 1579
Karin Krog (t · h · l) Top 2013-10-07 (t) B 2013-10-20 (t) 1044
Lester Young (t · h · l) Top 2013-03-24 (t) B 2010-04-12 (t) 1390
Louis Armstrong (t · h · l) Top 2009-09-04 (t) B 2009-09-04 (t) 0.5 1670
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (t · h · l) Top 2013-10-09 (t) B 2013-10-20 (t) 1253
Ola Kvernberg (t · h · l) Top 2013-10-08 (t) B 2013-10-20 (t) 700
Oscar Peterson (t · h · l) Top 2013-03-24 (t) B 2010-04-12 (t) 1493
Philip Catherine (t · h · l) Top 2013-10-08 (t) B 2013-10-20 (t) 1127
Ragtime (t · h · l) Top 2009-09-04 (t) B 2009-09-04 (t) 1511
Renaud Garcia-Fons (t · h · l) Top 2013-10-09 (t) B 2013-10-09 (t) 996
Sarah Vaughan (t · h · l) Top 2010-02-25 (t) B 2010-02-25 (t) 1449
Saxophone (t · h · l) Top 2008-11-21 (t) B 2011-01-25 (t) 1687
Smooth jazz (t · h · l) Top 2009-09-04 (t) B 2010-03-07 (t) 1447
Speak No Evil (t · h · l) Top 2010-10-05 (t) B 2010-04-11 (t) 925
Terje Rypdal (t · h · l) Top 2013-10-07 (t) B 2013-10-20 (t) 1217
Thelonious Monk (t · h · l) Top 2013-03-24 (t) B 2010-01-15 (t) 1519
Thorgeir Stubø (t · h · l) Top 2013-10-07 (t) B 2013-10-07 (t) 700
Trombone (t · h · l)
these can all be aded to select biography or select article any time.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 06:09, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- I have added all but most of the finnish musicians, who were given top importance incorrectly.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 04:26, 8 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

there will be a DYK section soon. and more info on each of the pictures, including image credits. patience is a virtue, man.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 04:27, 8 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sonique Linus Burdick

The subject of this article Sonique Linus Burdick seems to be totally imaginary. picture from http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/fr/explore/online/alvin_mccurdy/big/big_54_unidentified_woman02.aspx Single reference false, .... Lioneldecoster (talk) 11:46, 12 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Lioneldecoster: I agree, and have marked the article for deletion. -- John of Reading (talk) 12:33, 12 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Removed for now

The following markup has been removed from the portal page for the time being. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 01:57, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Feedback Wanted!

Hello Jazz portal people. I'm rewriting the page for Wally's Cafe, a historical Boston Jazz club. I have sought feedback, to no success, and was hoping one of you could read the page and provide constructive feedback. Thanks! DovC123 (talk) 22:42, 12 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]