Editing Paul Whiteman (section)

==="The King of Jazz"===
[[File:Paul Whiteman en zijn orkest.ogv|thumb|250px|thumbtime=101|Paul Whiteman in [[Scheveningen]], the Netherlands (1926)]]

Beginning in 1923 after the [[Buescher Band Instrument Company]] placed a crown on his head, the media referred to Whiteman as "The King of Jazz".<ref>{{cite book|title=Louis Armstrong & Paul Whiteman: Two Kings of Jazz|last=Berrett|first=Joshua|isbn=978-0-300-10384-7|publisher=Yale University Press|year=2004|page=[https://archive.org/details/louisarmstrongpa00berr_0/page/123 123]|url=https://archive.org/details/louisarmstrongpa00berr_0/page/123}}</ref> Whiteman emphasized the way he approached the well-established style of jazz music, while also organizing its composition and style in his own fashion.<ref name="Larkin"/>

While most jazz musicians and fans consider improvisation to be essential to the musical style, Whiteman thought the genre could be improved by orchestrating the best of it, with formal written arrangements.<ref name="Larkin"/> [[Eddie Condon]] criticized him for trying to "make a lady" out of jazz.<ref name="Red Hot Jazz Archive"/> Whiteman's recordings were popular critically and commercially, and his style of jazz was often the first jazz of any form that many Americans heard during the era. Whiteman wrote more than 3000 [[arrangement]]s.<ref name="pbs.org">{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_whiteman_paul.htm|title=Paul Whiteman Biography|work=[[PBS]]|access-date=April 12, 2015}}</ref>

For more than 30 years Whiteman, referred to as "Pops", sought and encouraged promising musicians, vocalists, composers, arrangers, and entertainers. In 1924 he commissioned [[George Gershwin]]'s ''[[Rhapsody in Blue]]'', which was premiered by his orchestra with the composer at the piano.<ref name="Larkin"/> Another familiar piece in Whiteman's repertoire was ''[[Grand Canyon Suite]]'' by [[Ferde Grofé]].