Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lester Leaps In


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   delete.  Sandstein  06:27, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

Lester Leaps In

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(The article in question is regarding an album collection of performances of Lester Young --apparently a CD compilation, probably from the 1990s or 2000s; the performer passed away in 1959.)

First, the release date was given as identical to the last date identified among the various recording dates.
 * Serious discographical flaws in article

Second, the recording is given as album, yet with the original release date this is an error, as there were no long playing vinyl albums until the end of the 1940s.

Third, the running time is given as around 56 minutes. Jazz albums of short compositions such as these, in compilation format, were never release in the LP era. The running time of 56 minutes indicates a compact disc. Are compilations on minor or semi-legal non-US recording labels usually included in wikipedia?

Fourth, there is no record company or catalog number given. For that matter, no reference is given for this article.

Fifth, the last point is crucial, as it would help differentiate the album from numerous other releases that appear in the most comprehensive popular recording database, allmusic.com, with the same exact album title.

Sixth, the song configuration correlates with no album with the title, Lester Leaps In, that appears in the above database or in amazon.com

For the above reasons, I recommend this article for deletion.Dogru144 (talk) 18:02, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

And, there are no references or sources for this article.Dogru144 (talk) 18:39, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions.  —  Beloved  Freak  14:58, 26 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete Fails WP:Notability and verifiability as a compilation album. First: Verifiability problems: Amazon lists two CD compilations of Lester Young's recording with this title, but they have different tunes on them. There may well be a CD compilation with this title and these tunes, but there is no reference to prove it, and not even a mention of the record company or record number. Second: Notability issues: There is no information provided, nor could I find evidence, that this particular compilation was a notable one, with reviews, critical commentary, high sales, or placing in jazz recording charts. That said, the individual tune named "Lester leaps in" could very easily be shown to be a notable jazz classic, popular in Young's own 1939 jazz instrumental "Lester Leaps In, widely discussed in books about jazz, and widely played by notable jazz bands and musicians, and discussed in books about jazz standard tunes. The tune :Lester leaps in" is ranked 219 in the top 1000 jazz standards at Jazzstandards.com. So it would be appropriate for someone to create a new article about the tune "Lester leaps in," and if they do there should be no suggestion they were "recreating a deleted article." Edison (talk) 19:03, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.