• Source: Jazz royalty

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. 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

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King Bolden: Buddy Bolden
The King of Swing: Benny Goodman
King Oliver (Joseph Nathan Oliver)
Nat King Cole (Nathaniel Adams Coles)
King Pleasure (Clarence Beeks)




= Queen

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The Queen of Swing: Mildred Bailey
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 Cruz




= Other titles

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The Prince of Darkness: Miles Davis
The Maharaja of the Keyboard: Oscar Peterson
The Duke: Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington
The Prince of Cool: Chet Baker
The Jazz Baroness: Baroness Kathleen Annie Pannonica de Koenigswarter
The Count: William James "Count" Basie
Lady Day: Billie Holiday
The Senator: Eugene Wright
The Ambassador: Louis Armstrong
Prez (The President): Lester Young




See also



The related tradition of Calypsonian nicknames
List of honorific titles in popular music
List of nicknames of jazz musicians
Jazz Ambassadors




References

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