Talk:Music of Chicago

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[edit] Move/rename

You might want to rename this article Music of Chicago (c.f. Music of New Orleans, Music of New York City, Music of New Jersey). Reasons:

  1. Per MOS:CAP#Section headings jazz should not be capitalized unless this is a proper name, and "Music" is entirely superfluous. (Examples: Jazz, West Coast jazz, Rock and roll).
  2. Even Chicago jazz is questionable, since I don't think this is recognized as a distinctive genre, and articles for local jazz scenes are not established on Wikipedia. While distinctive genres named after regions (European free jazz, West Coast jazz) exist, we don't have articles for regional jazz scenes (even New Orleans jazz, which redirects to the specific genre Dixieland).

Music of Chicago would go in Category:American music history, which seems like a nice match for this article. / edg ☺ ☭ 18:31, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Chicago-style jazz

I think the current Chicago Jazz Music#The Chicago style section contradicts Dixieland#Chicago style. I don't know which is correct, but I wouldn't count on the section in this article because I added it. / edg ☺ ☭ 19:51, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Style confusion

Wikipedia has no article on "Hot jazz", and I'm getting conflicting information about what was invented in the south vs. Chicago. It is possible that the current description of "Chicago-style" is inaccurate, and may be confusing "Hot jazz" with Chicago-style Dixieland. It would be helpful if someone knowledgeable in the genres (or well-connected for references) could look this section over. / edg ☺ ☭ 22:31, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hot Jazz

I did some researching, and I found out hot jazz is another term for Dixieland jazz.So we shouldn't create an article for it.Mertozoro (talk) 02:29, 12 April 2008 (UTC)