.jpg) Ella Fitzgerald, November 1946. Photography by William P. Gottlieb. Image by William P. Gottlieb, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed Public domain |
Assunto Frank And His Dukes Of DixielandJazz royalty Jazz royalty Term expressing adulation for Jazz musicians 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" titles as nicknames.[1] 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 singer Ella Fitzgerald was nicknamed the "Queen of 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… (Source: Wikipedia)
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