Jazz royalty
Jazz royalty
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Jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald was nicknamed the "Queen of Jazz".
Jazz double bassist Milt Hinton was honored with the nickname "The Judge".
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".
Contents
1 History
2 Titles
2.1 Religion-oriented
2.2 King
2.3 Queen
2.4 Other titles
2.5 Miscellaneous
3 See also
4 References
History[edit]
In New York City in the 1920s, Paul Whiteman controversially began billing himself 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.[2]
Titles[edit]
Religion-oriented[edit]
- God: Art Tatum[3]
- High Priest of Bop: Thelonious Monk[4]
- The Divine One: Sarah Vaughan [5]
King[edit]
- The King of Swing: Benny Goodman[6]
Queen[edit]
- The Queen of Jazz: Ella Fitzgerald[7]
- The Empress of the Blues: Bessie Smith[8]
Other titles[edit]
- The Prince of Darkness: Miles Davis[9][10]
- The Maharaja: Oscar Peterson[11]
Miscellaneous[edit]
- The Chairman of the Boards: Page McConnell [12]
- The Chairman of the Board: Frank Sinatra[13]
See also[edit]
- The related tradition of Calypsonian nicknames
- List of honorific titles in popular music
- List of nicknames of jazz musicians
References[edit]
^ "How did jazz musicians end up with all those nicknames?", section: "Performers as Royalty", Allen, Tim, Oxford Dictionaries, April 7, 2015
^ Berrett, Joshua (2004). Louis Armstrong & Paul Whiteman: Two Kings of Jazz. Yale University Press. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-300-10384-7..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
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John Burnett. "Art Tatum: A Talent Never to Be Duplicated". NPR.The great stride pianist Fats Waller famously announced one night when Tatum walked into the club where Waller was playing, 'I only play the piano, but tonight God is in the house.'
^ Jones, Max; Stanley Dance (2000). Jazz Talking: Profiles, Interviews, and Other Riffs on Jazz Musicians. Da Capo Press. p. 204. ISBN 0-306-80948-6.
^ Sarah Vaughan, 'Divine One' Of Jazz Singing, Is Dead at 66 The New York Times, April 6, 1990
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Yanow, Scott (2003). Jazz on Record: The First Sixty Years. Backbeat Books. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-87930-755-4.
^ "Google Doodle honours 'Queen of Jazz' Ella Fitzgerald on 96th birthday". independent.co.uk.
^ "Bessie Smith". Biography.
^ Ken Franckling (August 1986). "Miles Davis -- Shining a Light on the Prince of Darkness". Jazz Times. Retrieved 26 October 2017.The well-tended Prince of Darkness persona is gone this way
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Robin D. G. Kelley (May 13, 2001). "Miles Davis: The Chameleon of Cool; A Jazz Genius In the Guise Of a Hustler". New York Times. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
^ "Jazz Great Oscar Peterson Dies". CNN. Associated Press. December 25, 2007. Archived from the original on December 5, 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2008.Duke Ellington referred to him as 'Maharajah of the keyboard'
^ "Page McConnell: 'Chairman of the Boards'". npr.org.
^ "Frank Sinatra". Hollywood.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-27. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
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