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The result was keep‎. I see no case made for draftification within the last !vote Star Mississippi 14:29, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Non notable musician. Jax 0677 (talk) 13:45, 30 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep This musician has an entry in The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, a major encyclopedia of music. Why would this encyclopedia not cover what other major encyclopedias cover? Chubbles (talk) 14:04, 30 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. Clearly a notable jazz musician. Ghmyrtle (talk) 14:11, 30 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. Helen Puffer Thwait (talk) 16:08, 30 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Bands and musicians and Georgia (U.S. state). Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 14:14, 30 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Obituary in USA Today and entry in Grove -- clearly notable. Jfire (talk) 17:14, 30 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep: The subject's broad career (from June Christy to Roland Kirk, Sam Rivers, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Dave Holland) is summarised in Rick Mattingly's article in the New Grove and in the USA Today obituary. I would prefer to see more - which the references noted on the Talk page could begin to provide - but the existing encyclopaedic coverage in the New Grove is indicative of biographical notability. AllyD (talk) 20:03, 30 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep for all of the reasons mentioned above, particularly The Grove entry. Jazz musicians don't get a lot of coverage, and drummers get even less. ("What do you call someone wo hangs out with musicians? A drummer.") JSFarman (talk) 19:03, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep: Article may need some work, but it passes WP:MUSICBIO Seawolf35 ^T--C 20:01, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep but draftify. Graywalls (talk) 18:02, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.