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Jazz royalty is a term encompassing the many jazz musicians who have been termed as exceptionally musically gifted and informally granted honorific, "aristocratic" or Royal family, "royal" titles as nicknames. The practice of affixing honorific titles to the names of jazz musicians goes back to New Orleans at the start of the 20th century, before the genre was commonly known as "jazz".
Jazz royalty is a term encompassing the many jazz musicians who have been termed as exceptionally musically gifted and informally granted honorific, "aristocratic" or Royal family, "royal" titles as nicknames. The practice of affixing honorific titles to the names of jazz musicians goes back to New Orleans at the start of the 20th century, before the genre was commonly known as "jazz".
History
In New York City in the 1920s, Paul Whiteman was billed as the "King of Jazz". His popular band with many hit records arguably played more jazz-influenced popular music than jazz ''per se'', but to the dismay of many later jazz fans, Whiteman's self-conferred moniker stuck, and a film ''The King of Jazz'' starring Whiteman and his band appeared in 1930. The "King of Jazz" title was a publicity stunt in 1923 by an instrument manufacturer that Whiteman endorsed.Titles
King
* King Bolden: Buddy Bolden * The King of Swing: Benny Goodman * King Oliver * Nat King ColeQueen
* The Queen of Jazz: Ella Fitzgerald * The Empress of the Blues: Bessie Smith * Malaysia's Queen of Jazz: Sheila Majid * The Queen of Filipino Jazz: Katy de la CruzOther royal titles
* The Prince of Darkness: Miles Davis * The Maharaja: Oscar Peterson * The Duke: Duke EllingtonNon-royal nobility
* Count: Count Basie, William James "Count" BasieSee also
*Calypsonian#Sobriquets, The related tradition of Calypsonian nicknames *List of honorific titles in popular music *List of nicknames of jazz musiciansReferences
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