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[edit] Daktari, Wofford

Hi, Alan W. The inclusion of these topics is quite pertinent on the page of Shelly Manne. The use of tack piano appears on his Daktari record. It strikes me as rather narrow to exclude from his article any mention of Manne's records or the use of novel instruments on his records. The note of such instruments is pertinent to the characterization of Manne as more than merely a standard, straight-ahead jazz musician. But I suppose that I'm flattered that you're noticing my edits. Dogru144 05:18, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

PS, I took a look at your edit of Daktari. You've definitely improved this section. Hopefully this series will get a video release. More people will get an exposure to Manne's music via the vital background that it provided for the series. Dogru144 01:25, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Herbie Mann

Hi, Alan W. I've appreciated your feedback re Shelly Manne. If you are interested in 1960s mainstream jazz performers that dipped into world music, you might be interested in flautist Herbie Mann. (no pun intended... I just realized that their surnames are rather similar.) Dogru144 01:21, 13 March 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Earl Hines

Thanks, Alan W. Your careful Earl Hines edits and suggestions (and better spelling!) June/July 2007 all V. much appreciated - thanks86.141.248.117 21:55, 16 July 2007 (UTC)cnairn

Aha! My hunch was correct. I thought it was you, Cnairn! Glad that my editing has not gone unappreciated. But what I don't understand is why you feel the need to hide behind anonymity. You should be proud that you are doing justice to a musician as great and as, unfortunately, underappreciated these days, as Earl Hines. If I were you I would be boldly adding this material under my own user name. You deserve the credit. We certainly don't do this for money. <grin> --Alan W 01:48, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, Alan W. It's not [you will be surprised to hear] modesty but an inability as yet to get my head round Wikipedia and its workings! I must do my techi-homework. I've still got I-think-good stuff about Hines's Grand Terrace days to come and good stuff about his late 1920s recordings. And what's in those "30 solid Schuller pages on Hines" up on that shelf of yours? There must be something. [Why, I wonder did his wife divorce him [I think] in 1980 so at c.77? Was it just "the road"? And if you Google Tosca Hines [his daughter's name], why did she - assuming it was her - die in Oakland - @ 23 I think?] He has another daughter who was "in Hollywood" when I knew him. Where's she? And where's Marva Jose? 86.141.248.117 12:20, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

I don't know how easy it will be to integrate the essence of those Schuller pages on Hines into the rest of the article, but I suppose I ought to try at some point. Some interesting questions you raise about Hines's family. Come to think of it, I don't recall reading anything that suggested he even had a family. Why did it seem such a secret? If you can find out more, good! Keep up the good work, in any case. As for the "techi" side, it shouldn't be too hard just to log in as "Cnairn". If you forgot your password, I think there is some mechanism where you can email Wikipedia and get a new one, or something like that. --Alan W 03:28, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

"Parentheses" ... well done & Thanks, Mr Eagle-Eyes!!86.141.248.117 08:13, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ocean Parkway/Ocean Avenue Ditmas/Kensington on 2007 Brooklyn tornado

Hi Alan: I have a question about the change on the Brooklyn tornado article. The original info came from the NY Post http://www.nypost.com/seven/08102007/news/regionalnews/from_staten_is__to_bklyn_regionalnews_john_doyle__jeremy__olshan_and_lukas_i__alpert.htm (although the google map link in the wiki article was off). I believe Kensington was also hit but I am just going by the sourced article. Any help would be appreciated. I wrote some info on the article talk too. Thanks. Americasroof 03:12, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

Many thanks for going the extra mile to claify. I thought you were probably right! Americasroof 15:12, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Shelly Manne

No doubt about it. With a browser spell-checker, the large number of false positives for spelling errors due to names, keywords, abbreviations, and identifiers can quickly cause attention fatigue. Still, it remains a powerful tool in the toolchest for me; spell-check is responsible for a substantial percentage of typo fixes in my history.

I am wondering if there is a reason you have not submitted Shelly Manne as a Good Article nomination. It is already of higher quality than many passed good articles I have read or copy-edited. I realize that the Good Article process is unloved by various editors due to perceived or actual flaws, but there is a unmistakable cachet lent to articles which pass, as well as increased reader attention. -- Michael Devore (talk) 09:38, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

(oops, copying to your talk page since I asked a question.) -- Michael Devore (talk) 10:35, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Shelly Manne

Hi, you should nom Shelly Manne at WP:GAN. later! Ling.Nut (talk) 15:07, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Hey Alan, thanks for your note. I'll respond to your comments in order.
  • OK, if you can't find a free image (I looked too and found nothing) then that one is OK, but its fair use will need to be justified. It's OK to use though - that's the main point, right? :)
  • "This Shelly is a man (no pun intended)" - OOps, sorry, missed that...I did it correctly elsewhere in the review though!
  • "I meant here only that Sinatra was the star of that movie. Of course his article provides ample evidence that he was a star in general." - Aaah, that's OK then.
  • "Before I remove all those Wikilinked years..." - Sorry, I should be more clear. As far as I know, individual years shouldn't be wlinked, only full dates (DD/MM/YY) such that they provide a context for the reader (and so that they can be formatted through user preferences). Wikipedia:Only_make_links_that_are_relevant_to_the_context#Dates seems to agree with me here.

Hope this helps! — Dihydrogen Monoxide (Review) 02:29, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I've never fully read that (or most MoS, or most policy, yet people still trust me on that :P) and didn't pick up that last bit you quoted, but I can't imagine *many* situations where that would be appropriate...and in most of those cases (September 11 attacks was the first that popped into my mind) the specific date is known. Usually. Anyway, cheers, and good luck, — Dihydrogen Monoxide (Review) 04:21, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] About jazz drumming...

Thank you for looking over the article and correcting the mistakes that you discovered. You also inspired me to look around, and it seems that "drum set" is correctly spelled with a space (even the OED says so), but since I had been exposed to it without the space in some lesson books, through instructors, etc., I was unaware of the proper convention. I will correct it. Kakofonous (talk) 03:38, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Great! This kind of cooperation is what Wikipedia is all about. Glad to have helped, just as others have helped me by finding mistakes in my writing (I worked for years as an editor, but that doesn't mean I don't make my own mistakes.)--Alan W (talk) 03:53, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Shelly Manne

Congratulations on the Good Article recognition of a job well done. -- Michael Devore (talk) 11:17, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! And thanks again for being the first to suggest that I do this. --Alan W (talk) 17:50, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jazz drumming peer review

I remember that when I first created the jazz drumming article, you were the first one besides me to edit it. Well, I continued adding content and other tidbits until I thought it met the good article criteria, but unfortunately it was not passed. After another round of editing, I decided to nominate it for peer review, to find remaining issues before I nominated it for a second time. I was wondering if you might have any comments to make, as you got Shelly Manne to GA and have an interest in jazz. The peer review page is here.

Thanks, Kakofonous (talk) 20:19, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK January 17

Updated DYK query On 18 January 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article My Fair Lady (jazz album), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Andrew c [talk] 04:07, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Jazz

I started doing work on minor jazz notables when I found out that there were a few hundred American jazz musicians with articles on the German wiki and not one here. I've been furiously trying to pick up the slack; I guess I'm about half done. Roker was on my to-do list, thanks for tackling him. Chubbles (talk) 04:58, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The Coop

The Harvard Coop was TOTALLY awesome. Cheers, Dogru144 (talk) 09:06, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

I think it was the discussion of some recording called the "coop." I realized my mistake too late. Dogru144 (talk) 18:37, 16 March 2008 (UTC)