Louis Armstrong has been rightly hailed as the most important figure in early jazz for almost as long as Paul Whiteman, once its biggest star, has been denied his due. Under the racially apologist ...

Approximate recreation of the original concert, Feb. 12, 1924, by use of contemporary recordings. Title from container: An experiment in modern music. Program notes by Thornton Hagert, including ...

The worst thing that ever happened to Paul Whiteman's legacy was the 1930 film that dubbed him "the King of Jazz." Largely as a result of that unfortunate moniker he became an object of scorn among ...