Talk:Gary Peacock

audition problems?
I heard (or read ?) that the trouble that Peacock has with the upper register of his instrument was in fact an audition problem caused by an accident that damaged his eardrum. Anyone can confirmed/infirmed ? Anyone can source this ? thanks. Sylenius 18:45, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

External Links?
to his webpage? to articles written about or by him? Sstteevvee (talk) 15:43, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Death?
Do we have a credible reference for his death. There's no mainstream reports in Google and one satire site claims to have confirmed this as a hoax Teledyn (talk) 22:46, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
 * , maybe this one? -- Alaa )..! 13:07, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Even the site you've cited even walked back the claim. Most sites reporting on his death are using unverified Twitter posts as a source. I don't think he should be marked as dead on Wikipedia if no reputable source is reporting on his death. Bailmoney27 talk 17:24, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

Strictly for background and not for use as a reference, I'd like to share this Facebook post by author and journalist Steve Silberman. The alleged death of jazz bassist Gary Peacock this morning is a case study in how disinformation spreads like wildfire on the Internet. The original tweet and FB post was made by genius drummer Jack DeJohnette, who has played with Gary for decades in the Keith Jarrett Trio, so it was certainly coming from a trustworthy source. Other major jazz players, like Dave Holland and Ethan Iverson, picked it up, which then triggered a wave of mourning on jazz blogs worldwide. Even Gary's ex-wife Annette tweeted about it, and Gary's death was added to his Wikipedia entry. But then Jack (bless him, I'm sure he's going through difficult stuff about this) just deleted his tweet without explanation, and the info was removed from Wikipedia. Then people started doing Google searches and came up with a story about the "Gary Peacock death hoax" from a totally untrustworthy website. So the wave of mourning was interrupted by people claiming that it was all a hoax and pointing to some absurd website. Then people started saying, "Even Gary's wife tweeted that it was a hoax!" -- which she didn't; she said it "may be" a hoax. I asked DeJohnette to please clarify on his FB page, but my post was quickly deleted. So no one knows what's going on, and I'm sure this is all terribly difficult for Gary's family and colleagues. And that, my friends, is one reason why the world is in a terrible state these days. I wish the best to Gary, Jack, and their families and friends. Since encyclopedic content must be verifiable, we should exercise extreme caution here. To declare someone dead without WP:RS is a serious WP:BLP violation and must be immediately removed. NedFausa (talk) 21:05, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

Confirmed: "His family confirmed in a statement to NPR that Peacock died peacefully Friday, Sept. 4, at his home in upstate New York. No cause of death was provided". Rusted AutoParts  16:52, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Annette
Most of the sources used don’t emphasize her, but shouldn’t there at least be a larger mention in the article? Qwirkle (talk) 16:08, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

To add to article
Basic information to add to this article: a few words about Peacock's ancestry and ethnic heritage. 173.88.246.138 (talk) 01:59, 26 July 2021 (UTC)