. . . . . . . . "2000000.0"^^ . . . "King of Jazz"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "6300.0"^^ . "0021025" . . "King of Jazz is a 1930 American color film starring Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra. The film's title was taken from Whiteman's controversial, self-conferred appellation. Although using the word to describe Whiteman's music may seem absurd today, at the time the film was made, \"jazz\", to the general public, meant the jazz-influenced syncopated dance music which was being heard everywhere on phonograph records and through radio broadcasts."@en .