User:Begoniaskies/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Mary Lou Williams (Mary Lou Williams album)

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
Mary Lou William's Black Christ of the Andes is an innovative work as a Catholic mass written in the jazz idiom, though it is understudied among jazz scholarship. I would like to expand on the pre-existing article to make information about the album more accessible to non-music scholars.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section

The lead section concisely captures the background and content of the album in three sentences, but lacks further detail as its contents are not elaborated in the article.

Content

Following the lead, the article contains two further sections, "Reception and legacy," and "Track Listing." While the latter is of upmost importance for an article covering an album, the former appears rather fragmented, stating few facts of its ranking among critics. I would like to incorporate a section on the impetus of how the record and how the album came to be. The namesake of the record had not yet achieved sainthood, yet this is not discussed at any point, nor is the hiatus of Williams's career prior to the album.

Sources and References

The references section contains six sources from three different sites, containing only surface material from each records. I would elect to include citations from jazz scholars and historians to expand on the background.

Images and Media

There are no images, I intend on adding an image of the album, Williams and other collaborators at this time, as well as images from performances.

Talk page discussion

While the discussion is not yet opened, this article is part of WikiProject Albums.