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.

Other nicknames

Many other jazz greats had nicknames that were not royalty-related, but some consider them to be part of the royalty anyway -- purely because their skill as musicians merits a place on the list with the best:

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• Satchmo: Louis Armstrong
• Dizzy: Dizzy Gillespie
• The Bird: Charlie Parker
• The Boss of the Blues: Big Joe Turner found no objectors or rival claimants to this title
• The 'Trane: John Coltrane

See also Prince

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