Aliases/nicknames/ | ||
Many Jazz musicians have aliases - you´ll find some here that
are not commonly used (for example on records)
| alias/nickname/ pseudonym/real name | commonly used name |
|---|---|
Abdullah
Ibn Bahaina | Art
Blakey (dr) |
Bags | Milt
Jackson (vib) |
Big
Sid | Sid
Catlett (dr) |
Bird
/ Yardbird / Charlie Chan | Charlie
Parker (as) |
Blind
Willie Dunn / Salvatore Massaro | Eddie
Lang (g) |
Butter | Quentin
Jackson (tb) |
Cannonball | Julien
"Cannonball" Adderley (as) |
Diz
/John Birks Gillespie | Dizzy
Gillespie (tp) |
Django | Jean
Baptiste "Django" Reinhardt (g) |
Dollar
Brand | Abdullah
Ibrahim (p) |
Edward
Gregory | Sahib
Shihab (bs, fl, as, ss) |
Fatha | Earl
"Fatha" Hines (p) |
Fritz
Jones | Ahmad
Jamal (p) |
Hamp | Lionel
Hampton (vib) |
Hannibal | ("Hannibal")
Marvin Peterson (tp) |
Hawk,
Bean | Coleman
Hawkins (ts) |
Hootie | Jay
McShann (p) |
Jug | Gene
Ammons (ts) |
Kenneth
Norville | Red
Norvo (vib) |
Klook
/ Liaquat Ali Salaam | Kenny
Clarke (dr) |
Lady
Day | Billie
Holiday (voc) |
Le
Sony´r Ra / Herman "Sonny" Blount | Sun
Ra (p) |
Leo
Morris | Idris
Muhammad (dr) |
Leonard
Graham | Idrees
Sulieman (tp, as) |
Lester
Polfus | Les
Paul (g) |
Lillie
Mae Jones | Betty
Carter (voc) |
Little
Benny | Benny
Harris (tp) |
Little
Giant | Johnny
Griffin (ts) |
Little
Jazz | Roy
Eldridge (tp) |
Lockjaw | Eddie
"Lockjaw" Davis (ts) |
Long
Tall Dexter | Dexter
Gordon (ts) |
Mahavishnu | John
McLaughlin (g) |
Melvin
Sokoloff | Mel
Lewis (dr) |
Milton
M. Rajonski | Shorty
Rogers (tp, fl-h) |
Mr.
Cleanhead | Eddie
"Cleanhead" Vinson (as) |
Mule | Major
Holley (b) |
Nathaniel
Adams Coles | Nat
King Cole (p, voc) |
NHOP | Niels-Henning
Ørsted-Pedersen (b) |
Octupus | Tal
Farlow (g) |
Peter
Chatman | Memphis
Slim (p) |
Prez
/ Pres / The President | Lester
Young (ts) |
Rabbit | Johnny
Hodges (as, ss) |
Rahsaan | Roland
Kirk (ts, fl, cl, ...) |
Robert
Chudnick | Red
Rodney (tp) |
Roffe | Rolf
Ericson (tp) |
Satchmo
/ Pops / Satchelmouth | Louis
Armstrong (tp, co) |
Smack | Fletcher
Henderson (p) |
Sphere
/ The High Priest | Thelonious
Monk (p) |
Spoon | Jimmy
Witherspoon (voc) |
Sulaimon
Saud | McCoy
Tyner (p) |
Sweets | Harry
"Sweets" Edison (tp) |
Swee´
Pea | Billy
Strayhorn (p) |
The
Cat | Jimmy
Smith (org) |
The
Count | Count
Basie (p) |
The
Duke | Duke
Ellington (p) |
The
Master | John
Coltrane (ts) |
Tootie
/ Kuumba | Albert/Al
Heath (dr) |
William
Evans | Yusef
Lateef (ts, as, fl, ob) |
X-tine | Billiy
Eckstine (voc) |
