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Cover of the Sheet Music for Wang Wang Blues by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra (1926)

Dubbed by the press as the “King of Jazz,” Paul Whiteman (1890-1967) was one of the most popular and commercially successful dance-band leaders of the 1920s. By the time of his 1926 tour of Europe, jazz was firmly established as a symbol of American modernity.

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Cover of the Sheet Music for <I>Wang Wang Blues</i> by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra (1926)

Private Collection: Fredrik Tersmeden