Talk:George Wein

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Lean Green Wein Machine

No mention of the 'Lean Green Wein Machine' MaynardClark (talk) 22:47, 4 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Jay Sweet

Isn't Jay Sweet now in charge of the Newport Folk Festival MaynardClark (talk) 22:47, 4 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Shouldn't the lede mention that he is a musician too?

In the lede, don't we need to add mention in that Wein is also a musician (piano)? I think that the quote saying "non-player" in misleading—shouldn't we remove that silly thing? Certainly he is mainly known as an impresario, not as a player, but he's still a musician. Perhaps also, the lead section also mention some of the other major festivals that he has been instrumental with, such as Newport Folk and New Orleans Jazz and Heritage(?) And though he is unquestionably one of the greatest jazz impresarios along with names such as Norman Granz and probably also John Hammond, the articles for Wein and Grantz claim their topic as the most important (in the ledes). Maybe we could tweak that too (in both articles) to something like "..one of the most important impresarios"? What do you think? I thought I'd ask for a little bit of advice, Ghmyrtle, Binksternet, Curly Turkey, Carptrash. Garagepunk66 (talk) 08:22, 8 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, yes and yes. Binksternet (talk) 13:33, 8 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

YEs, but if it goes in the lede be sure and add it and reference it later in the article. Carptrash (talk) 17:45, 8 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I'll make sure the reference is in the article. Garagepunk66 (talk) 01:28, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]