Jazz Royalty

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.

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Famous quotes containing the words jazz and/or royalty:

    It seems to me monstrous that anyone should believe that the jazz rhythm expresses America. Jazz rhythm expresses the primitive savage.
    Isadora Duncan (1878–1927)

    Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.
    Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881)