Jazz royalty

Jazz royalty is a term that reflects the many great jazz musicians who have some sort of royal title in their names or nicknames.

Best known jazz royalty titles

• The King: Joe Oliver
• The Duke: Duke Ellington
• The Count: Count Basie
• The Earl: Earl Hines, more commonly called "Fatha"
• The First Lady: Ella Fitzgerald (aka the First Lady of Song)
• Prez (short for "President"): Lester Young
• Vice Prez: Paul Quinichette, whose style resembled Young's
• Lady Day: Billie Holiday
• The Prince of Darkness: Miles Davis
• Sir Roland Hanna, knighted by the president of Liberia, William Tubman, in 1970.
• Sir Charles Thompson was 'knighted' by Lester Young.