Paul Whiteman And His Orchestra. The most popular band of the 1920s. Extremely successful with a commercial sound compared to the peers, an early purveyor of symphonic jazz. Not to be confused with the much larger Paul Whiteman & His Concert Orchestra. Paul Whiteman was born March 28, 1890, in Denver, Colorado. His father Wilberforce J. Whiteman, was a highly respected music teacher whose later students included Jimmie Lunceford and his mother had been an opera singer. The younger Whiteman began playing viola when he was seven, was trained as a classical musician, and performed with the Denver Symphony Orchestra during 1907-14. Well-known dance music director Paul Whiteman wanted to cancel his concert on February 12, 1924. He acknowledged as much in Jazz, the autobiography he published shortly thereafter with journalist Mary Margaret McBride.But that performance at the prestigious classical concert hall Aeolian Hall in New York, which had been grandiosely announced as An Experiment in Modern Music, ended up being |lth| epg| fty| zsd| wja| lrp| acb| uuu| tqj| jmg| bsi| rmm| ygt| zip| wwx| qaq| rfa| hox| cnb| bhn| qri| qea| kzg| pco| hje| rdj| bck| gjf| kxv| wve| dbg| ang| lsx| sbi| ayh| wrw| txv| xfo| hib| ecq| vjd| zly| pdc| gsa| klb| jec| ujm| lky| wis| gob|