Deze musical gaat over orkestleider Paul Whiteman en zijn orkest. Met een cartoon, waarin onder andere Oswald Rabbit van Walter Lantz verschijnt, wordt verteld waarom Whiteman de titel 'King of Jazz' zou hebben verdiend. Enkele komedie-sketches worden opgevoerd door Laura LaPlante en Slim Summerville en een complete figuralisatie van 'Rhapsody in Blue' van Gershwin vormt het hoogtepunt van de film. Met muzikale optredens van John Boles, de Rhythm Boys (met Bing Crosby) en jazzviolist Joe Venuti.
Nee, helaas is King of Jazz nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Crew | Billy Rose | Additional Music |
| Art | Thomas F. O'Neill | Assistant Art Director |
| Sound | C. Roy Hunter | Recording Supervision |
| Sound | Milton Ager | Songs |
| Camera | Eddie Ellsworth | Still Photographer |
| Editing | Maurice Pivar | Supervising Editor |
| Visual Effects | William Nolan | Animation |
| Crew | James Dietrich | Additional Music |
| Sound | Ferde Grofé Sr. | Music Director |
| Crew | Mabel Wayne | Additional Music |
| Crew | Russell Markert | Choreographer |
| Crew | George Gershwin | Additional Music |
| Visual Effects | Walter Lantz | Animation |
| Sound | Jack Yellen | Songs |
| Writing | Edward T. Lowe Jr. | Scenario Writer |
| Sound | Ferde Grofé Sr. | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Alfonso Corelli | Music |
| Crew | Carl Laemmle | Presenter |
| Directing | Robert Ross | Assistant Director |
| Directing | John Murray Anderson | Director |
| Camera | Hal Mohr | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Robert Carlisle | Editor |
| Camera | Ray Rennahan | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Jerome Ash | Director of Photography |
| Art | Herman Rosse | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Herman Rosse | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jack Pierce | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Carl Laemmle Jr. | Producer |
| Crew | Roswell A. Hoffmann | Special Effects Assistant |
| Writing | Harry Ruskin | Writer |
| Directing | Pál Fejős | Assistant Director |