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Welcome to the WikiProject on jazz music! If you have any questions, feel free to ask them on my talk page or the project talk page. --cholmes75 ^{(chit chat)} 03:59, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Title

WikiProject on Jazz Music

Scope

This WikiProject aims to do the following:

Standardize and improve existing jazz-related articles, keeping in mind Wikipedia's policies regarding WP:NPOV.
Create any needed jazz articles.
Elevate as many jazz-related articles as possible to Good or Featured status.
Coordinate positive contributions to articles relating to all aspects and styles of jazz.

What this WikiProject does not aim to do:

Act in an exclusionary way toward any particular styles of jazz or any jazz musicians.

How you can help

Any improvement to jazz-related articles, no matter how minor, is welcome. Copyediting is always welcome!
Add appropriate media to articles. Make sure any media (particularly images) used in jazz-related articles is tagged and used properly. See Wikipedia:Fair use for more information.
If there is a jazz-related article that Wikipedia doesn't currently have, create one! It doesn't have to be a masterpiece; a stub will do at first.
Properly categorizing musicians by particular genres of the jazz idiom. Please use Category:Jazz musicians by genre as a guide, and familiarize yourself with the page. Many of the genres have sub-genres, so be sure to open the drop down lists!

Parentage

The parent of this WikiProject is the WikiProject music genres.

Descendant WikiProjects

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Similar WikiProjects

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Tools

Templates

Project banner: {{Jazz-music-project}} - Should be placed at or near the top of all talk pages on jazz-related articles. Talk pages with this banner will automatically show in Category:WikiProject Jazz articles.
{{Infobox Album}} - To be used in all articles about jazz albums.
{{Allmusicguide}} - Provides an easy method to create External links to All Music Guide articles.
{{NewGroveJazz2002}} - Provides a quick, standard method of citing the 2nd ed. of The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. (Ideally, we should use Grove's own sources, if available.)

Stubs

{{jazz-album-stub}} - For short articles relating to jazz albums.
{{US-jazz-musician-stub}} - For short biographical articles on US jazz musicians.
{{jazz-composition-stub}} - For short articles regarding jazz songs or compositions.

Participants

(new participants, please add your name to the bottom of the list.)

Cholmes75
Infrogmation
JoeTrumpet
tgheretford
mako
MrTroy
BNutzer (talk · contribs)
Kestenbaum
Reisio
Efo
SingCal
Mind meal - cite, cite cite is my motto
PhattyFatt
Shploo - Not a huge expert but I'd like to help out.
Jechasteen
Tvccs
~~T. Anthony - Not an expert, but I hope to expand coveraged on African and Asian jazz.~~ Withdrawing again.
ND - more of a nitpicker than an article-starter but I try to help.
Rictus - working on a draft article on jazz theory (since the main articles on music theory are almost exclusively about classical theory).
Gronkmeister - Willing to help in any way.
John FitzGerald
royblumy
Olivier Langelaar
-- Ci lomobile ^{talk / contribs}
Internazionale
Moeron (talk · contribs) - very concentrated effort on jazz articles lately, including a wealth of albums for many performers. Also, I will be getting the eighth edition of The Penguin Guide to Jazz soon, so if anyone would like me to look up information from there, just me a message at User Talk:Moeron.
ʃ / - will try to help out here a bit; not an expert, but I did host/program the Jazz show on my college radio station.
Belovedfreak
User:Abronkeeler
Gyrofrog - would love to help out, as time allows. I put up Caravan of Dreams and a few stub articles before I found this project.
User:MarkpianoKC - I'm slowly adding pieces of Kansas City jazz history and historic jazz landmarks - i.e. - the Mutual Musicians Foundation
Sluzzelin
User:Christiern Albertson - Formerly Nurdley, I have been adding/correcting facts here and there, concentrating on subjects about which I have first-hand knowledge.
User:Harrywhalley interested in expanding music theory articles
User:JakeHaMo
User:jollyjoegiant - I have a general knowledge of Jazz recordings and a good eye for proof reading
Meaningful Username
Weimont
Mastrchf91 - I have a good knowledge of big band and smooth jazz, and good at tasks like proofreading and editing.
User:Ralphscheider42
Birdtrain - I've been doing very small grammatical changes here and there, but I hope to start doing some expanding of needed articles.
Paul210 16:30, 4 May 2007 (UTC) I have added a couple of British Jazz and Blues entries and hope to continue this as well as edit which I do on a daily basis
Tom Emerson - Interested in European (Italian, Polish) and Japanese jazz.
Algabal - Particularly interested in classic American jazz and obscure/lesser-known figures.
blueorpheus
Stu Raven - Experienced musician with limited historic knowledge.
Pharaohmø - Creator of jazz album stubs
ITAL - Avishai Cohen, Mark Guiliana and Heernt are my interests and concerns
User: Blueswalk - I have a pretty good general knowledge of the music, and I have tried to fix some mistakes here and there and expand some entries.
Freechild - I am interested in the music of North Omaha, and will continue to write about it extensively.
Rover Segundo - Have bits of knowledge and can help a bit.
Neburzaragoza
Fenoxielo - Trumpet player and avid jazz fan.
Henry Corvel - Semi-experienced jazz guitarist. Aspiring jazz pianst/bassist/trumpeter. Particularly interested in the music theory of jazz.
Ignatiuswiki - Saxophonist/pianist, and avid jazz enthusiast who will help whenever or wherever needed.
Charley Hart - relative of jazz saxophonist Lenny Hambro; will expand and monitor his bio.
Ngoah89 - Aspiring Jazz guitarist studying at conservatory. Interest in almost all jazz with the exception of most "smooth jazz" artists and a few others here and there. Entry-level "jazz specialist" at a local music store and very knowledgeable.
Bass Speaker III (talk)- In a jazz band at my school
Ramírez72
Kakofonous
Sungminkwon
helohe (talk) 23:47, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
Jazzfann
Barkjon - Likes jazz, plays drum kit and other percussion, used to play guitar, can read music (drums).
MVNdude - doin what I can!
Wrightjack
Jazzilady I'm a musician and vocalist. I've been a jazz fan for most of my 57 years of life. Have seen, heard, and played with many jazz musicians and vocalists. I have my own archive of photographs and a really huge collection of jazz CD's. I'm a retired librarian and currently the webmaster for ClevelandEaton.com
Maddie Coxhill Daughter of Lol Coxhill and responsible for lolcoxhill.com
James Devlin Mainly jazz flute related material but also interest in living Scottish and British jazz artists
Weissmann
Sherwelthlangley Created the Essentially Ellington article
Ole Eivind - By no means an expert, but very interested in Norwegian jazz in particular. I've contributed to a few articles on the subject already.
oober3492
Trap The Drum Wonder - A particular fan of Buddy Rich.
User:SaxophoneMayes - Huge jazz history fan and saxophonist, here to help.

Userbox

The below userbox can be added to your user page to indicate your participation in the project. To add the userbox, just copy the following text and paste it somewhere on your user page — {{participant|Jazz}}. When the box is added, your name will automatically be included in Category:WikiProject Jazz participants.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Jazz.

Articles

All articles currently linked to this project link to this page, see What links here. This includes all talk pages with the project banner - they also show in Category:WikiProject Jazz articles.

Former featured articles

Good articles

Billie Holiday
Louis Jordan
[[Kind of Blue

Requests and to-do

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Articles needing expansion or improvement

Lee Konitz - needs improvement
Pepper Adams
Lorez Alexandria
Iain Ballamy - telegram style, lots of headings
Birdland (the famous NY club)
Blue Note Records discography - self-explanatory
Bunny Brunel - Stub, needs more biography and expanded discography
Crossover Jazz - This is not the same as fusion jazz and needs an article to describe it.
Henry Busse - Trumpeter[1] whose article is under various warnings.
Roy Eldridge
European free jazz
The First Seven Days
Marian McPartland - Sort of stubby considering she's a fairly major figure.
Carmen McRae - The talk page says expansion is requested.
Airto Moreira - Large, but on verification notice.
Music of New Orleans - Some help would greatly be appreciated in this endeavor. Please though, no unreferenced material to be inserted; I know that goes without saying on Wikipedia. If unsure on how to reference something properly, please contact me and I will assist you. (Mind meal 20:44, 15 June 2007 (UTC))
Enzo Nini - needs to be completely re-written
Art Pepper
Pee Wee Russell - Adequate size, but on reference notice.
Antonio Sanchez - Long enough, but needs sources and more information.
Andy Sheppard
Frank Sinatra - Needs a professional wikinazi to look at it, I'm sure we can def get good status for it soon. Organised crime NEEDS to be referenced, and bio from 40's to 70's reffed and expanded.
Rex Stewart
Art Tatum - has an article under WikiProject Ohio. Should it be included or co-referenced under WikiProject Jazz?
Sarah Vaughan
Smooth jazz - numerous concerns with violations of WP:NPOV, WP:NOR, WP:V, WP:RS and in turn, WP:N.
Cootie Williams
Johnny Windhurst
Tiny Bradshaw
Helen Sung Stub, needs more ...
Austin High School Gang - Just added -- currently a stub. Needs expansion.
Tommy Turk - Ditto.
Austin Peralta
Denny Jiosa - This jazz article by a new user needs a little Wiki love.
Beady Belle
Wally's Cafe curently an article on the dead end list - needs work
Kind of Blue individual track articles need improvement and sources