Talk:Jazz guitar

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That bit about the independant guitar maker is blatant self-promotion

-zerojake 10/28/07 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.195.137.76 (talk) 17:38, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Someone seems to have thought that Texas, home of Charlie Christian and Pat Metheny, is in the midwest. It is not, nor is Kansas City, Missouri. The cattle drives went from Texas to Kansas City and Kansas City was, and is, a southwestern city, as those of us who have lived in Missouri know. Wes Montgomery, now, was from the Midwest (Indianapolis). Ortolan88

[edit] Other notable guitarists

I broke up the long list by letter, and started filling in birth/death dates and summaries for musicians who didn't have them. I'd be grateful if others could help finish the job, because it's a long list. I also added some critical musicians who were missing, like Charlie Byrd and Lenny Breau. David 12:58, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Turned alphabetical list into paragraphs

Hi, I have turned the alphabetical list into paragraphs, done chronologically by era. And I've eliminated people who aren't in the TRULY NOTABLE category...people that shaped the history of jazz guitar (Montgomery, Hall, Benson, McLaughlin, etc). I've found that when you have an alphabetical list of notable people, it tends to get populated by every up-and-coming local person who thinks that "I opened for George Benson when he played at our jazz festival, and I self-produced 2 CDs, which got good reviews from my local paper>>>>therefore I am notable". As well, the alphabetical list doesn't "tell the story" of the history of jazz guitar. The chronological approach allows you to tell the story of guitar's change from a rhythm instrument in the big bands to a soloing instrument. Nazamo 14:08, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Robert Conti advertisements

Hi, Advertisements for Robert Conti jazz guitar instructional products keep getting posted here. Most recently, when they were re-added, the anonymous poster complained that "someone keeps deleting" the advertisements, which they claimed are "relevant". Take a minute, please, to read the Wikipedia External Links policy atWP:EL. It states that Links normally to be avoided include "Links to sites that primarily exist to sell products or services, or to sites with objectionable amounts of advertising." Just because you are selling a jazz guitar-related product, which makes it relevant in your eyes, it doesn't mean it is appropriate to put it on a WIkipedia article. OnBeyondZebrax (talk) 04:23, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

If you go onto the "free Robert Conti" jazz guitar lesson page, there is paragraph after paragraph praising Conti's jazz instructional methods, and his 25 DVDs, and then you are urged to visit RobertConti.com....when you go there, you can buy a range of Learning Products, including Jazz Guitar Improv DVDs,Chord Melody DVDs,Signature Chord Melody Arrangements,"Source Code" Books,Jazz Guitar Recordings,Lessons By Mail,Private Lessons, or the option of hiring him to Host a Clinic. Just because there are free jazz guitar lesson samples, it doesn't justify adding these promotional websites to the Wikipedia article on this subject. I think a quick surf of these sites will show you that these are advertising websites which exist primarily to sell products or services.OnBeyondZebrax (talk) 04:31, 9 May 2008 (UTC)