Talk:Doug Watkins

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Needs de-ciphering

Have removed the following from the article:

Though less heralded than a later popular Blue Note release under the same time, a remarkable 1956 recording on Columbia, The Jazz Messengers, owes much of its vitality to Watkins' flowing lines. Under the leadership of Art Blakey, as is the later Blue Note session that introduced Bobby Timmons' "Moanin'," the earlier Columbia date on which Watkins appears is distinguished by the inspired compositions of Horace Silver along with exceptional solo work by tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley and trumpeters Donald Byrd and Joe Gordon. Among some Blakey-Silver-Mobley aficionados, the album is prized as the most notable recorded achievement by all three.

Has all the appearance of having been lifted from somewhere and needs to be translated into a more encyclopedic format. Cheers! --Technopat (talk) 18:30, 25 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Being bold & restoring deleted text...

As per the WP:RS cited by the deleting editor to justify blanking most of the page, maybe the following bears further reflection (my bold):

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The existing unref & notability tags surely suffice... but maybe specific details can be discussed here on the discussion page. Cheers! --Technopat (talk) 22:01, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]