Talk:The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra

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Article move from "Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band" to "Vanguard Jazz Orchestra"

I was surprised to see this page moved to a different title. I would recommend the article be returned to its original title. According to the "What links here" listing, there are currently around 20 wiki articles that reference the "Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Big Band" directly and only a few (~3) that seem to reference the "Vanguard Jazz Orchestra" uniquely (i.e. only a few that reference the orchestra as it exists post Jones/Lewis). This seems to support the assumption that the "Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band" (and/or "...Orchestra") is the more useful and relevant article title. These ~20 references are specifically to the band as it existed during the period with Thad Jones and Mel Lewis as co-leaders and not to the later VJO incarnation. I think the previous arrangement made more sense ("Vanguard Jazz Orchestra" redirects to "Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band"). One could always start a new article for the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra if desired. Pugetbill 14:13, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Page moved back to its original name. --Duk 14:39, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I only partially agree, it is weird to refer to the band in past tense even though the band is still active today. This is misleading and people will think that this band does not exist anymore. I think it should either be totally changed to Vanguard Jazz Orchestra or the references should be made in the present tense. 98.206.42.230 (talk) 04:25, 15 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Neutrality

It seems numerous areas of this article have been taken with some personal opinions - let's please try to remember to keep a neutral point of view, as per Wikipedia's NPOV policy. Elfred (talk) 23:32, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Proper notation of awards

The awards section has been edited to included a table to make this far more organized, these were taken from the original NARAS source or from Down Beat. The awards for individual arrangements or compositions do not belong here on the 'band page'. Those are to be attributed on the pages of the individual composer or arranger (such as Thad Jones, or Bob Brookmeyer, etc).

Shelyric (talk) 14:13, 6 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]