Jazz Royalty - Titles

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  • God: Art Tatum
  • The King: Joe "King" Oliver, Nat "King" Cole, Paul Whiteman, Buddy Bolden, Freddie Keppard, Benny Carter.
  • The Mr. Lord: Jelly Roll Morton
  • The King of Swing: Benny Goodman
  • The King of the Clarinet: Artie Shaw
  • The King of the Trumpet: Louis Armstrong
  • "The King of the Jukebox": Louis Jordan
  • The Queen: Peggy Lee
  • The Duke: Duke Ellington
  • The Count: Count Basie
  • The Earl: Earl Hines, more commonly called "Fatha"
  • The Court Jester: Ornette Coleman
  • The Major: Glenn Miller, which in fact was his military rank during World War II
  • The Prince of Darkness: Miles Davis
  • Sir Roland Hanna, knighted by Liberian President William Tubman in 1970.
  • Sir Charles Thompson was 'knighted' by Lester Young.
  • High Priest of Bop: Thelonious Monk
  • High Priestess of Soul: Nina Simone
  • The Baron: Charles Mingus
  • The Maharaja: Oscar Peterson
  • The First Lady of Song (also Jazz): Ella Fitzgerald
  • President (Prez): Lester Young
  • Lady Day: Billie Holiday, along with her mother (Sarah Julia "Sadie" Fagan), upon whom Lester Young bestowed the title of the Duchess
  • The Divine One: Sarah Vaughan
  • The Chairman of the Board: Frank Sinatra
  • The King of Cool: Dean Martin
  • King of Jazz Guitar: Django Reinhardt

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