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Some of the most notable nicknames and stage names are listed here. Although the term Jazz royalty exists for "Kings" and similar royal or aristocratic nicknames, there is a wide range of other terms, many of them obscure. Where the origin of the nickname is known, this is explained at each artist's corresponding article.
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 ...
[5] [6] In the 1930s and 1940s, as jazz and swing music were gaining popularity, it was the more commercially successful white artists Paul Whiteman and Benny Goodman who became known as "the King of Jazz" and "the King of Swing" respectively, despite there being more highly regarded contemporary African-American artists.
There are many nicknames for the city of Indianapolis, the largest city in Indiana and 16th-largest city in the United States. The city's nicknames reflect its geography, economy, transportation, demographics, and popular culture, including sports and music. [1] They are often used by the media and in popular culture to reference the city.
Maybe your suggestion of moving it to "Nicknames of jazz and blues musicians" (with the "List of ..." bit stuck on the front) would upset the purists. Let's leave it for a while for other editors come up with feedback and/or nominate it for deletion as lacking in notability :) Regards, -- Technopat ( talk ) 20:36, 21 July 2008 (UTC) [ reply ]
City nicknames can help in establishing a civic identity, helping outsiders recognize a community or attracting people to a community because of its nickname; promote civic pride; and build community unity. [1] Nicknames and slogans that successfully create a new community "ideology or myth" [2] are also believed to have economic value. [1]
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This is a list of notable jazz institutions and organizations A. Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, Birmingham, Alabama ... Black Artists Group, St. Louis, Missouri; I