Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra

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American musical ensemble jazz band

Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra was a hugely popular American jazz and dance band of the 1920s and 1930s, led by bandleader Paul Whiteman and known for helping bring symphonic jazz into the mainstream.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American musical ensemble ⓘ
jazz band ⓘ
activePeriod 1920s ⓘ
1930s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Paul Whiteman Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Bing Crosby NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bix Beiderbecke NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ferde Grofé NERFINISHED ⓘ
Frankie Trumbauer NERFINISHED ⓘ
George Gershwin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jack Teagarden NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jimmy Dorsey NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mildred Bailey NERFINISHED ⓘ
Red Nichols NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tommy Dorsey NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedIn New York City ⓘ
commercialSuccess best‑selling recording act of early 1920s in the United States ⓘ
one of the most popular bands of the 1920s ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
era Big Band era ⓘ
Jazz Age NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre dance band music ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
symphonic jazz ⓘ
hasMember Bing Crosby NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bix Beiderbecke NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ferde Grofé NERFINISHED ⓘ
Frankie Trumbauer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jack Teagarden NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jimmy Dorsey NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mildred Bailey NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paul Whiteman NERFINISHED ⓘ
Red Nichols NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tommy Dorsey NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced development of big band jazz ⓘ
popularization of jazz among mainstream audiences ⓘ
leader Paul Whiteman NERFINISHED ⓘ
medium live concert performances ⓘ
phonograph records ⓘ
radio broadcasts ⓘ
musicalDirector Ferde Grofé NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor bridging jazz and classical music elements ⓘ
popularizing symphonic jazz ⓘ
notableWork recordings of "Rhapsody in Blue" arrangements ⓘ
recordings of "Three O'Clock in the Morning" ⓘ
recordings of "Whispering" ⓘ
recordLabel Brunswick Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
Columbia Records ⓘ
Victor Talking Machine Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
styleCharacteristic blend of jazz rhythms with symphonic textures ⓘ
large orchestral instrumentation ⓘ
use of written arrangements ⓘ
timePeriod interwar period ⓘ

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Rhapsody in Blue → firstRecordingArtist → Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra ⓘ
Matty Malneck → associatedAct → Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paul Whiteman Orchestra
Matty Malneck → memberOf → Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paul Whiteman Orchestra