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A Jazz King Returns to SB
Dateline: February 1925
One of the masters of jazz came to Santa Barbara this month to present a concert at the Granada Theatre. Paul Whiteman, known as "the king of jazz," had been here in 1919 as head of the house band at the Ambassador Hotel (Potter Hotel).
At the Granada, Whiteman and his orchestra did a repeat performance of their program at New York's Carnegie Hall, which was the first jazz performance at that venue.