Buckingham Palace has been included on a shortlist of locations crucial to the development of jazz in Britain, part of a competition to pick the most important British site in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Miles Davis album Kind of Blue, the BBC reported.
The British royal family's London residence made the list, along with the Hammersmith Palais and celebrated clubs like Ronnie Scott’s, because Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet and the Original Dixieland Jazz Band played there in command performances for King George V during European tours early in their careers. It was during one such show in 1932 that, according to the BBC, Armstrong broke with protocol when he dedicated a swinging version of “You Rascal You” to the sovereign by saying, “This one's for you, Rex.”
The British royal family's London residence made the list, along with the Hammersmith Palais and celebrated clubs like Ronnie Scott’s, because Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet and the Original Dixieland Jazz Band played there in command performances for King George V during European tours early in their careers. It was during one such show in 1932 that, according to the BBC, Armstrong broke with protocol when he dedicated a swinging version of “You Rascal You” to the sovereign by saying, “This one's for you, Rex.”
