John Jean Goldkette - an unknown classical pianist from Europe who came out of nowhere to nearly overnight become the top music promoter of the 1920's with more than 23 orchestras blanketing America's ballrooms.  

     Who was this mystery man who suddenly surfaced on the music scene in 1919? Who quickly commanded the work of top musicians with names like the Dorsey brothers, Bix Beiderbecke, Joe Venuti, Pee Wee Russell, Fuzzy Farrar, Chauncey Morehouse, Howdy Quicksell, Doc Ryker, and Hoagy Carmichael among many others?

     There's fact and fiction surrounding this unknown musician.......was he real or was he a fable???

     Many jazz historians say Jean was born in France in 1899. Some said he was descended from gypsies. Others said he was of royal blood. Or is that what Jean Goldkette wanted them to believe? Who was Jean Goldkette, and did he really exist at all???

     You're about to peek into the unknown life of John Jean Goldkette from his birth to his untimely death in 1962................