Portal talk:Jazz

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)

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

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)

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)

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.

F r e e style 11:29, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
 * 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)


 * 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. F r e e style  13:38, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

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)

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)

Proposed deletion of Tony Vitti


The article Tony Vitti has been proposed for deletion&#32; 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)

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)
 * I have added all but most of the finnish musicians, who were given top importance incorrectly.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 04:26, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

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)

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

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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)