Talk:Al Jarreau

message: Sure Jarreau does scat sing, but is it fair to describe him as a "scat singer"? It is fine to list him under scat singing of course, and calling him a jazz singer might be a bit to narrow - but describing him as a scat singer sounds like scat singing is pretty much all he does, which IMO isn't true. / Habj 07:27, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
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message: Can we get a reference about him being a former Scientologist?  I just think it'd be good practice and maybe give us a good sentence. gren グレン 13:40, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, there's no mention at all of his affiliation with CoS, past or present. I'm removing the category until someone provides definitive info. Alcarillo 21:42, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Scientologist 

message: Al Jarreau muffin!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.45.184.228 (talk) 21:49, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  MUFFFINNNS! 

message: The article makes it look like Michael Jackson won a Grammy in Jazz. I've looked at MJ's awards page, and couldn't find anything related to Jazz. He won in R&B, Pop and Rock. Maybe that's what the article means.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.49.124.107 (talk) 13:12, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  MJ in Jazz?? 

message: Hi,
Sorry but I am just too alien to the Wikipedia guidelines to dare editing, I thought I should mention that a new CD has been published. 
Cf http://www.deezer.com/fr/music/al-jarreau-metropole-orkest/al-jarreau-and-the-metropole-orkest-live-4009561 , I just discovered this artist today. I'm also not editing the main article with this because this would appear as a commercial link, and spamming is not my purpose.
Best regards, 
Oliver  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.1.235.238 (talk) 00:21, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  New CD to add ? 

message: The discography section seems cluttured with all these chart positions that make the section look so clumsy. Al Jarreau deserves to have his releases tabulated just like all big artists preferably in a separate discography page. werldwayd (talk) 01:40, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Tabulation of chart positions / Possible separate discography page

message: Hello, I'm the one who has edited some things recently.
5.1 Grammy Awards:
http://www.awardsandshows.com/grammy-awards.html
Some years ago, there were some sites on the internet with all nominations and wins since the beginning (1959). Unfortunately most of those sites have been taken down. There is just this site. Because of the authenticity of these facts I have linked all these nominations and wins with the suitable wikipedia articles. All wins can be found on primary Grammy-related wikipedia articles. Some nominations can be found there too. There are some nominations, which can't be found in these Grammy-related wikipedia articles ("R&B Male Vocal" for "Never Givin' Up", High Crime, "Since I Fell For You", Heart's Horizon and "Wait for the Magic", "R&B Vocal Group" for "Edgartown Groove", "Engineered Recording" for Jarreau, "Instrumental Arrangement" for "Mornin'" and "Step by Step", "Jazz Vocal Album" for Accentuate the Positive) But these mentioned nominations can be found in this site "awardsandshows". These nominations are correct! By the way, with respect to the "Producer of the Year"-nomination for Jay Graydon in 1984, I have put in the colum "nomination" the album Jarreau, because it is definitely clear for which album in 1983 Jay Graydon as a producer was nominated for.
5.2 Hall of Fame
http://www.soulmusic.com/Index.asp?s=115&T=116
His induction to the Hollywood Walk of Fame can be found on related wikipedia articles. There are also some photos on the web with his star. Unfortunately there is no wikipedia article about the SoulMusic Hall of Fame, but there is a main site by them, which I put in as a source.
5.3 Honorary degrees.
http://www.berklee.edu/about/honorary%20copy.html
On this site of the Berklee College of Music (a reliable source!) you can find him as a receiver of an Honorary degree of Music in 1991. He received another Honorary degree of Fine Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2004, but I couldn't find a reliable source. If you someone finds any, that one is welcome!
If someone put these sources in the right format, this someone would be welcome. I hope that any time this sentence: "This article needs additional citations for verification." will be taken down.141.2.185.13 (talk) 23:08, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possibly missing sources in "5 Awards" 

message: I WENT TO A CONCERT IN CINCINNATI OHIO WITH AL JARREAU AND JEFFE45.59.35.167 (talk) 11:38, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  AL JARREAU 

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message: The article has :Category:Ripon Red Hawks baseball players and :Category:Ripon Red Hawks men's basketball players. But these are both unsupported by any article content? Martinevans123 (talk) 10:34, 13 December 2017 (UTC)
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message: They are a stock photo website.  If they have a photo of Al Jarreau it might be an acceptable source for a picture for the top of the entry (They may charge for images, however; not sure). But it is NOT a reliable source for article content. There are already major discrepancies about things like his religious affiliations that need to be straightened out and sources like this give no reliable verification whatsoever. Accuracy Banshee (talk) 01:15, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alamo as a source? 

message: GALE is an online database that provides access to published academic and journalistic sources.  I am struggling to keep my composure at the idea that someone would list it as a source.  It would be no different from me listing the website for my local public library or just "Book my friend Dwayne let me read I don't remember the name of." This is either total inability to understand what makes something a valid reference or an excuse for someone to post completely made-up nonsense as it was the same as facts. Accuracy Banshee (talk) 01:26, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  GALE as a source. 

message: aljarreau.com? NOT A VALID SOURCE OF INFORMATION!!! It is a sample page for WordPress to advertise their line of websites people can create for themselves.  No biography section, which is unsurprising because it appears that large parts of this entry were completely forged  -- maybe not completely made up but without the slightest effort to include verifiable or accurate information. Accuracy Banshee (talk) 01:34, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dear God, this is getting old.