[78-L] King of Jazz moniker

[David Lennick]

Michael Biel wrote:
> From: Rodger Holtin <rjh334578 at yahoo.com>
>> Can anybody tell me who coined the term King of Jazz
>> and when was it first applied to Paul Whiteman? 
>> Was it a press agent?  A columnist? A critic?
> 
> . . . An idiot?
> 
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.comn
> 

And the Guy Lombardo sobriquet was originally "The softest and sweetest jazzmen 
this side of Heaven", penned by Ashton Stevens. A drama critic.

So what do jazzmen sound like on the other side?

dl