Satchmo, Dodo, Pharaoh, Philly Joe,
Chico, Django, Dolo, Hi De Ho.
Snakehips, Hot Lips, Jeru ‘n Chu,
Eubie, Baby, Chubby, Tubby and Bu.
Plenty Kings, Queen just one, deuce of Jacks,
Gardens of Buds, pair of Boots and Sax.
Duke, Count, Baron, and Papa Jo,
A palette of Reds, Rosy ‘n Blue Lou.
So many Kids, Big Mama, ‘n Fatha,
Frog, Fox, piece of Cake, Maharaja.
Cag, Hog and Jug, Keg and Ragbaby,
The Senator, Guvnor, Pres and First Lady.
Cornbread and Fathead, the Judge ‘n Captain,
Bounce, Flip, Leap Frog over your Hammond.
There’s Tram, Slam, a Slim and a Ham,
Beaver, Mousie, Hawk, Hootie ‘n The Lamb.
Jaco and Guido, Dink, Chink, and Yank,
Spike, Punch, and Corky, Tex, Mex and Hank.
Brownie and Deedles, Bird and Crane,
Keter, Klook, Big Chief, Bubber and Trane.
The High Priestess of Soul, Professor Longhair,
Ol Blue Eyes, The Prince of Darkness, Papa and Bear.
The Divine One, Lord, God, and Tain,
Even The Great Dane with the Never-Ending Name.
The Fantastic Nicknames of Jazz - The real names
Louis Armstrong, Michael Marmarosa, Farrell Sanders, Joe Jones
Earl Freeman, Jean Baptiste Reinhart, Charles Mitchell Coker, Cab Calloway
Ken Johnson, Oran Page, Gerry Mulligan, Leon Berry
James Hubert Blake, Warren Dodds, Greig Stewart Jackson, Alfred Hall, Art Blakey
Buddy Bolden, Peggy Lee, Truman Eliot Jenney & Weldon Teagarden,
Earl Rudolph Powell & Bernard Rich, Clifford Douglas & Henry Mussulli, Oett Mallard
Edward Ellington, William Basie, Charles Mingus, Jonathan David Samuel Jones
Kenneth Norville, James McHargue, Lou Marini
Avery Howard, Willie Mae Thornton, Earl Hines
Ben Webster, Maynard Ferguson, Al Wichard, Oscar Peterson
Ernie Cagnolatti, Leroy Cooper, Gene Ammons, Frederic Johnson, Joe Stephens
Eugene Wright, Ken Colyer, Lester Young, Ella Fitzgerald
Hal Singer, David Newman, Milt Hinton, John Handy
George Mraz, Joseph Edward Filipelli, James Joseph Bennett, Johnny Smith
Frank Trumbauer, Leroy Stewart, Bulee Gaillard, Leonard Davis
William Harris, Elmer Alexander, Coleman Hawkins, Jay McShann, Donald Lambert
John Pastorius, Nicholas Krolak, Ollie Johnson, Martin Abraham, John Lawson,
Edward Bertholf Robinson, Ernest Miller, Edward Cornelius, Gordon Lee Beneke,
Paul Gonsalves, Bernie Ross Crawford
Clifford Brown, Diane Schuur, Charlie Parker, Dave Burns
William Thomas Betts, Kenny Clarke, Russell Moore, James Miley, John Coltrane
Nina Simone, Henry Byrd,
Frank Sinatra, Miles Davis, Louis Tio, Eddie Costa
Sarah Vaughan, Chauncey Westbrook, Art Tatum, Jeff Watts
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