[78-L] King of Jazz moniker

[Michael Biel]

From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> 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

Shep Fields.

But down in "the other place", John Coltrane.

Mike (duck!) Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com


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
 





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