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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-10 · 33 entries checked · 24 flagged · 62 issues confirmed · 24 corrected · 38 still open
Jewish women in jazz — Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter is not Jewish; she was born into the Rothschild family (of Jewish descent) but was not widely identified as a Jewish jazz musician, and her inclusion under 'Jewish women in jazz' without clarification is misleading.
Jewish women in jazz — Florence 'Fagle' Liebman's nickname 'Fagle' is not standard, and the claim that she 'briefly passed as black' is not well-documented in established jazz history sources.
Jews in jazz — Benny Goodman's band was not named 'King of Swing'; his orchestra was called the Benny Goodman Orchestra, and 'King of Swing' was his nickname.
Jews in jazz — Benny Goodman's 1938 Carnegie Hall concert was not the first jazz concert at Carnegie Hall; earlier jazz performances occurred there, including Paul Whiteman's in 1924.
Casey Abrams — The entry states Abrams attended McKenzie Elementary School in Wilmette, Illinois, but the correct location is Evanston, Illinois.
Van Alexander — The book 'First Arrangement' was published in 1946, not 1950.
Van Alexander — Johnny Mandel studying under Van Alexander is not a widely established fact in standard jazz histories.
Mikhail Alperin — The entry claims Alperin 'supervised pianists Helge Lien and Morten Qvenild', which is unverified in widely known biographical sources.
Mikhail Alperin — The album 'Legend' (1996) is credited to 'Moscow Art Trio with the Bulgarian Voices Angelite & Huun-Huur-Tu', not to Alperin alone, so calling it 'His album' is misleading.
Barry Altschul — The group Circle was formed in 1970, not 1969. Altschul joined Chick Corea, Dave Holland, and Anthony Braxton in 1970.
Franck Amsallem — The entry says he appeared in the INA documentary *La Leçon de Musique* as a student of John Lewis, but there is no widely known record of Amsallem's participation in it.
Franck Amsallem — The entry says his 1990 debut album 'Out a Day' received four stars from the Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings, but the Penguin Guide does not typically assign four-star ratings to this album in its standard editions.
Kobi Arad — The entry states Arad 'became the first musician to earn a doctorate in contemporary improvisation and third stream from the New England Conservatory of Music.' This is an invented claim; the New England Conservatory does not offer a doctorate in 'contemporary
Kobi Arad — The entry says Arad 'collaborated with Stevie Wonder and his manager Stephanie Andrews at the Berklee Performance Center in 2005.' There is no established record of Stevie Wonder performing or collaborating with Kobi Arad at Berklee in 2005; this appears to be
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