When radio and phonograph records were invented this was another push for jazz spreading . Popularity of jazz was growing so rapidly that this time period even got the name - Jazz Age (Simon , 1981 . One of the most popular jazz bandleaders was Paul Whiteman , who considered himself to be ``King of Jazz . He gathered several white musicians playing jazz , including Bix Beiderbecke . Their famous debut was Gershwin 's Rhapsody in Blue . Other bandleaders of this decade were : Abe Lyman , Nat Shilkret...











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