WHITEMAN


Meaning of WHITEMAN in English

(1890–1967)

a US musician, also known as the ‘King of Jazz’, who led bands and orchestras playing ‘symphonic jazz’, a mixture of jazz and classical music. George Gershwin wrote Rhapsody in Blue for Whiteman’s orchestra, and they were the first to play it in 1924. The orchestra made a European tour in 1926 and played at the Albert Hall in London.

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary.      Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь.