Wikipedia:WikiProject Jazz

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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)

Contents 1 Title 2 Scope 3 How you can help 4 Parentage 5 Descendant WikiProjects 6 Similar WikiProjects 7 Tools 7.1 Templates 7.2 Stubs 7.3 Categories 8 Participants 9 Userbox 10 Articles 10.1 Featured articles 10.2 Former featured articles 10.3 Good articles 11 Requests and to-do 11.1 Articles needing expansion or improvement 11.2 Requested articles 11.3 Portal to-do 12 Possible sources for authors/editors

[edit] Title

WikiProject on Jazz Music

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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!

[edit] Parentage

The parent of this WikiProject is the WikiProject music genres.

[edit] Descendant WikiProjects

No descendant WikiProjects have been defined.

[edit] Similar WikiProjects

Similar WikiProjects are:

• WikiProject Opera
• WikiProject Computer music
• WikiProject Electronic music
• WikiProject Indie music

[edit] Tools

[edit] 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.)

[edit] 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.

[edit] Categories

• Typically, all jazz album articles should have a category named Artist albums. That category, in turn, should have the Category:Albums by artist and Jazz albums categories added to it. (see Category:John Coltrane albums for an example)

• Article relating to jazz vocalists should also be added to Category:Jazz vocal albums.

[edit] 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.
• 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
• -- Cielomobile ^{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.
• AUTiger ʃ ^talk/_work - 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.
• Zadernet
• 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.
• (♠Taifarious1♠)
• 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!

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Featured articles

[edit] Former featured articles

• Jazz
• Louis Armstrong
• Miles Davis

[edit] Good articles

• Billie Holiday
• Louis Jordan

[edit] Requests and to-do

Click here to add a request

[edit] 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)) 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 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.

[edit] Requested articles Please see Wikipedia:Requested articles/music/Jazz [edit] Portal to-do Expand, improve the layout and contribute to the jazz portal. Expand and add to the Jazz genre page on the jazz portal.

[edit] Possible sources for authors/editors

see also Jazz#External_links

• allmusic.com
• allaboutjazz.com
• Jazz Birthdays
• Saint Louis Jazz Calendar and Events
• http://www.jazzpages.com/jzzbirth_fr.htm Jazz Birthdays
• http://home.nestor.minsk.by/jazz/dates/ Jazz jubilees 100 years
• http://www.redhotjazz.com/ Archive useful for jazz from before 1930.
• http://nfo.net/ Big Band Database
• Down Beat Artists Page
• http://www.google.com/Top/Arts/Music/Instruments/
• http://www.google.com/Top/Arts/Music/Styles/J/Jazz/
• The Jazz Discography Project (GFDL)
• European Free Improvisation Pages at the University of Sheffield, U.K.