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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. [7]
Buttons changed hands and closed in 2020 after a 12-year run as a groundbreaking soul food restaurant and Sunday home-cooking jazz brunch. Hicks went on to co-found The Rim in Fort Worth and Burleson.
As per Infrogmation's suggestion above, and unless anyone objects strongly, I'll move this article to "List of nicknames of jazz musicians" over the next week or so. Regards, -- Technopat ( talk ) 23:56, 21 August 2008 (UTC) [ reply ]
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