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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]
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 ]
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American jazz singer Also known as Lorraine Carter and Betty Bebop Nell Carter: Nell Hardy 1948–2003 American singer and actress Nina Carter: Penny Mallett 1952– English former model Terry Carter: John DeCoste 1928–2024 American actor and filmmaker Anna Carteret: Annabelle Wilkinson 1942– English actress Charlie Carver: Charles Martensen
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When the band changed members in 1963, Relf changed the name to The Yardbirds, partly from the nickname of jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker, "Bird", and partly from the American slang for prisoner. [340] Yes – Group members were searching for an appropriate name but needed a name to play their first gig under.