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"Whiteman, Paul (1890-1967)." St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture. Gale. 2000. HighBeam Research. 11 Sep. 2016 <https://www.highbeam.com>.
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Denver-born bandleader Paul Whiteman is inseparable in American musical culture from George Gershwin's enduring classic, Rhapsody in Blue, which he famously commissioned, conducted at its sensational 1924 New York premiere, and recorded the same year. The most popular of all bandleaders prior to the Big Band era, Whiteman was called The King of Jazz, but this was not strictly accurate, despite the jazz-based Rhapsody in Blue, his association with several jazz musicians and vocalists, and his discovery and continued espousal of legendary trumpeter Bix Beiderbecke. Whiteman's disciplined arrangements left true jazz musicians little chance for improvisation and, as Wilder Hobson wrote, he "drew very little from the jazz language except for some of its simpler rhythmic patterns. …
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