|
Pseudonym |
Real
Name |
Album |
|
Shoeless Henry Aaron |
Harry Allen |
Bob Wilber “Budafora Blowup”, Arbors 1996 |
|
Gabriel Armstrong |
Jon Faddis |
Al Grey “Live At The Floating Jazz Festival”, Chiaroscuro,
1990 |
|
Barbecue Joe |
Wingy Manone |
Champion, 1930 |
|
Kunst Bauer |
Art Farmer |
Teo Macero “What's New?”, Columbia, 1955 |
|
Buzzy Bavarian |
Al Gafa |
Kai Winding, “Dirty Dog”, Verve, 1966 |
|
Johnny Beecher |
Plas Johnson |
“Sax Fifth Avenue”, Charter, 1962 |
|
Sam Beethoven |
Jimmy Raney |
Cohn-Perkins-Kamuca “The Brothers”, RCA, 1955 |
|
Ferris Bender |
Jackie McLean |
Art Blakey “Night in Tunisia”, Vik, 1957 |
|
Ralph & Bert Berg |
Reinhold Svensson & Charles Norman |
Metronome, 1950 |
|
Dju Berry |
Stan Getz |
Jimmy Gourley “No More”, Musica, 1981 |
|
John Birks |
Dizzy Gillespie |
Jazz At The Philharmonic, Disc, 1946 |
|
Blockbuster |
Cannonball Adderley |
Jon Hendricks “A Good Git Together”, Pacific Jazz,
1959 |
|
B. Bopstein |
Dizzy Gillespie |
Tony Scott, Gotham, 1946 |
|
Jud Brotherly |
Cannonball Adderley |
“Ray Brown With The All-Star Big Band”, Verve, 1962
|
|
Boots Brown |
Shorty Rogers |
“Rock That Beat”, Groove, 1952-53
RCA Victor singles,
1958 |
|
Tiger Brown |
Maynard Ferguson |
“Jazz Studio 4”, Decca, 1955 |
|
John Burk |
Dizzy Gillespie |
Wilbert Baranco, Black & White, 1946 |
|
Lord Calvert |
Nat King Cole |
The Keynoters, Keynote, 1946 |
|
Steve Canyon |
Stan Kenton |
|
|
Billy Carton |
Benny Carter |
Varsity Seven, Varsity, 1939 |
|
Unidentified Cat |
Gato Barbieri |
Carla Bley, Watt |
|
Pete Cera |
Pete Jolly |
Jon Eardley “Quartet”, Prestige, 1955
Shorty Rogers
“The Swinging Mr. Rogers”, Atlantic, 1955 |
|
Charlie Chan |
Charlie Parker |
“Jazz At Massey Hall”, Debut, 1953;
Miles Davis
“Collector's Items”, Prestige, 1953 |
|
Friendly Chap |
Buddy Guy |
Junior Wells “Hoodoo Man Blues, Delmark |
|
Prince Charming |
Count Basie |
Kansas City Seven, Keynote, 1944 |
|
Cootie Chesterfield |
Pete Candoli |
Peggy Lee “Black Coffee”, Decca, 1953 |
|
Joe Chevrolet |
Joe Dodge |
Paul Desmond “Quartet Featuring Don Elliott”, Fantasy,
1956 |
|
Chicago Flash |
Gene Krupa |
JATP, Asch, 1944 |
|
I Ching |
Freddie Redd |
Howard McGhee “The Connection”, Felsted, 1960 |
|
Clarence Clump |
Benny Carter |
Capitol, 1948 |
|
Sven Coolson |
Stan Getz |
Jimmy Raney “Plays”, Prestige, 1953 |
|
Little Miss Cott |
Shirley Scott |
Stanley Turrentine “Dearly Beloved”, Blue Note, 1961
|
|
E. Dankworth |
Wynton Marsalis |
Marcus Roberts “Deep In The Shed”, RCA
Eric Reed “It's
Alright To Swing” |
|
John Doe |
Howard Lucraft |
Howard Lucraft “Showcase For Modern Jazz”, Decca, 1957
|
|
Lonesome Dragon |
Bob Moses |
Gary Burton “A Genuine Tong Funeral”, RCA, 1967 |
|
Dan Drew |
Elliot Lawrence |
“Rock That Beat”, Groove, 1952-53 |
|
Blind Willie Dunn |
Eddie Lang |
w/ Lonnie Johnson, 1928-29 |
|
Sir Edward |
Harold Vick |
“The Power of Feeling”, Encounter |
|
Darlene Edwards |
Jo Stafford |
“The Piano Artistry Of Jonathan Edwards”, Columbia
|
|
Jonathan Edwards |
Paul Weston |
|
|
Ly N. Ell |
Lionel Hampton |
Eddie Condon, Commodore, 1938 |
|
Swede Enlovely |
Charlie Shavers |
George Williams “Rhythm Was His Business”, RCA |
|
Keats Ennam |
Shelly Manne |
|
|
Maggsi Evonce |
Howard McGhee |
Leo Parker, Savoy, 1947 |
|
Gib Fender |
Howard Roberts |
June Christy “The Cool School”, Capitol, 1959 |
|
“Baron” Fingus |
Charles Mingus |
George Wallington Trio, Prestige, 1952 |
|
Chicago Flash |
Gene Krupa |
|
|
Art Flickreiter |
Andre Previn |
Dave Pell “The Big Small Bands”, Capitol, 1959 |
|
Phil Forest |
Phil Woods |
Nat Pierce “Jazz Romp”, Keynote, 1955 |
|
Billy Franklin |
Don Goldie |
“Golden Horn”, Design |
|
Phil Funk |
Phil Woods |
|
|
Ernst Von Funkenstein |
Ernie Freeman |
Jimmy Witherspoon “Baby Baby Baby”, Prestige, 1963
|
|
Gabriel |
Dizzy Gillespie |
Tempo Jazz Men, Dial, 1946 |
|
Irving Garner |
Paul Smith |
“The Best Of Irving Garner”, Verve, 1956
Buddy DeFranco
“Plays Artie Shaw”, Verve, 1957 |
|
Sir Jonathan Gasser |
Johnny Smith |
“Jazz Studio 1”, Decca, 1953 |
|
Hen Gates |
Jimmy Forman |
|
|
Hen Gates |
Dizzy Gillespie |
Charlie Parker, Savoy, 1945 |
|
Jimmy Gloomy |
James Moody |
Tubby Hayes “Tubby's Back In Town”, Smash, 1962 |
|
Doc Goldberg |
Milt Hinton |
George Williams “We Could Make Such Beautiful Music”, RCA
|
|
Izzy Goldberg |
Dizzy Gillespie |
|
|
Goliath |
Lou Bennett |
Jack Sels, Delahay, 1961 |
|
DaWilli Gonga |
George Duke |
Cal Tjader “Amazonas”, Fantasy; Joe Henderson “Black
Miracle”, Milestone, 1975; Tom Waits “Blue Valentine”, 1978;
others. |
|
Blue Grant |
Grant Green |
Don Patterson “Tune Up”, Prestige, 1971 |
|
Roy Green |
Ray Brown |
Joyce Collins “Girl Here Plays Mean Piano”, Jazzland, 1960
|
|
Rod Gregory |
Dick Hyman |
“Holiday For Lovers”, Waldorf, c. 1955 |
|
Earl Grey |
Lou Levy |
Shorty Rogers “Martians Come Back”, Atlantic, 1955
|
|
Zane Grudge |
Don Lamond |
Guss Hoo “New York Land Dixie”, RCA, 1956 |
|
Aye Guy |
Nat King Cole |
Lester Young “Trio”, Clef, 1946 |
|
Ruth Haag |
Betty Grable |
Harry James, Columbia, 1945 |
|
Sir Osbert Haberdasher |
Jimmy Raney |
Al Cohn, “Mr. Music”, RCA, 1954 |
|
Carleton Harkins |
Coleman Hawkins |
Varsity Seven, Varsity, 1939 |
|
Bunny Harris |
Jimmy Raney |
Dick Collins “King Richard...”, RCA, 1954 |
|
Bernie Hart |
Milt Bernhart |
Jerry Fielding “Swingin' In Hi Fi”, Decca, 1956 |
|
Harvey |
Johnny Hodges |
Billy Taylor, Keynote, 1944 |
|
Bert Herbert |
Herb Geller |
“Jazz Studio 4”, Decca, 1955 |
|
Junior Hifitz |
Milt Hinton |
Gus Hoo “New York Land Dixie”, RCA 1956 |
|
Gus Hoo |
Billy Butterfield |
“New York Land Dixie”, RCA, 1956 |
|
Ike Horowitz |
Al Cohn |
Urbie Green “East Coast Jazz”, Bethlehem, 1955 |
|
Shoeless Joe Jackson |
Mel Powell |
JATP, Disc, 1946 |
|
Shoeless John Jackson |
Benny Goodman |
Mel Powell, Commodore, 1942 |
|
John Jackson |
Benny Goodman |
Teddy Wilson, Brunswick, 1936 |
|
Sonny Jackson |
King Curtis |
Sue, 1961 |
|
Jo Jaguar |
Martial Solal |
Vogue EPs, 1956 |
|
Jinx Jingles |
Teddy Charles |
Donald Byrd & Pepper Adams, Warwick, 1961 |
|
Phil Johnson |
George Shearing |
Night Blooming Jazzmen, Mainstream, 1973 |
|
Spider Johnson |
Cannonball Adderley |
Riverside single, 1962 |
|
Little Jazz |
Roy Eldridge |
Little Jazz Ensemble, Keynote |
|
Jug |
Gene Ammons |
Bennie Green “Soul Stirrin'”, Blue Note, 1958 |
|
Stix Kahn |
Teddy Charles |
“Mundell Lowe Quintet”, RCA Victor, 1954 |
|
Ken Kenney |
Red Norvo |
“Jazz Studio 4”, Decca, 1955 |
|
Chuck Kidde |
Charlie Shavers |
Coleman Hawkins “Hawk in Hi Fi, RCA Victor, 1956 |
|
John Kildare |
Dizzy Gillespie |
Albinia Jones, National, 1945 |
|
Oliver King |
Thad Jones |
Charles Mingus/John LaPorta “Jazzical Moods”, Period, 1954
|
|
Willie “The Rock” Knox |
Dick Hyman |
“Ragtime Piano”, Waldorf, c. 1955 |
|
Kokomo |
Jimmy Wisner |
“Asia Minor”, Felsted |
|
Felix Krull |
Horace Parlan |
Booker Ervin “That's It”, Candid, 1961 |
|
Buckshot La Funke |
Cannonball Adderley |
Here Comes Louis Smith, Blue Note, 1958 |
|
Bob Landy |
Bob Dylan |
“The Blues Project”, Elektra |
|
George Lane |
Eric Dolphy |
John Coltrane “Ole”, Atlantic, 1961 |
|
Vera Lane |
Helen Ward |
Teddy Wilson, Brunswick, 1936 |
|
Kansas Lawrence |
Carmell Jones |
Vi Redd “Bird Call”, United Artists, 1962 |
|
Bengt Laxeau |
Bengt Hallberg |
Monica Zetterlund “Swedish Sensation”, Columbia,
1958 |
|
L. Lee |
Benny Carter |
Lionel Hampton, Victor, 1939 |
|
Bud Legge |
Bud Shank |
June Christy “The Intimate June Christy”, Capitol, 1963
|
|
Often LePow |
Seldon Powell |
George Williams “We Could Make Such Beautiful Music”, RCA
|
|
Jelly Roll Lipschitz |
Leonard Feather |
Leo Watson, Signature, 1946 |
|
Little Brother |
Nat Adderley |
King Curtis “The New Scene Of King Curtis”, New Jazz, 1960
|
|
Red Loring |
Red Nichols |
Julia Lee, Capitol, 1947 |
|
Hey Louis |
Louis Hayes |
Pepper Adams & Donald Byrd “Motor City Scene”,
Bethlehem |
|
Manhattan Red |
Urbie Green |
Jimmy McPartland, Design, 1960 |
|
Maurice |
Fats Waller |
Eddie Condon, Commodore, 1940 |
|
Buddy Maynard |
Maynard Ferguson |
Jerry Fielding “Swingin' In Hi Fi”, Decca, 1956 |
|
Henry McDode |
Hampton Hawes |
Jimmy Witherspoon “Singin' The Blues”, World Pacific,
1958 |
|
Moe and Joe |
J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding |
Tony Aless “Long Island Suite”, Roost, 1956 |
|
Wilbur Mosby |
Don Patterson |
|
|
Rock Murphy |
Barney Kessel |
Verve 45's |
|
Shorty Nadine |
Nat King Cole |
Jazz At The Philharmonic, Disc, 1944 |
|
Virgil Nameless |
Johnny Dankworth |
|
|
Nature Boy |
Nat “King” Cole |
Stan Getz “Groovin' High”, Crown, 1947 |
|
Lord Nelson |
Sonny Stitt |
Sensation, 1948 |
|
Jimmy O'Heigho |
Jimmy Cleveland |
George Williams “Rhythm Was His Business”, RCA, 1956
|
|
Hammond Olson |
Reinhold Svensson |
Metronome, 1952 |
|
Olson Brothers |
Reinhold Svensson & Charles Norman |
Esquire?, 1950 |
|
A. N. Other |
Allen Eager |
|
|
Knuckles O'Toole |
Dick Hyman |
Waldorf and other labels, 1950s |
|
Pete Pesci |
Bobby Hackett |
Eddie Condon, “Bixieland”, Columbia, 1955 |
|
Hunt Peters |
J.J. Johnson |
Elvin Jones “And Then Again”, Atlantic, 1965 |
|
Ronnie Peters |
Cannonball Adderley |
Milt Jackson “Plenty Plenty Soul”, Atlantic, 1957
|
|
Fefe Phophum |
Hal McKusick |
Gus Hoo “New York Land Dixie”, RCA 1956 |
|
Mac Pierce |
Hugh McCracken |
King Curtis “Trouble In Mind”, Tru-Sound, 1961 |
|
Buddy Poor |
Buddy Rich |
Harry James “Wild About Harry”, Capitol, 1957 |
|
Al Portch |
Laurindo Almeida |
Pete Rugolo “Percussion At Work”, Mercury, 1957 |
|
Cue Porter |
Johnny Hodges |
Billy Strayhorn “Cue For Saxophone”, Felsted, 1958
|
|
Al Price |
Bill Berry |
|
|
Bubber Prince |
Sammy Price |
Albinia Jones, National, 1945 |
|
The Prince |
Shorty Rogers |
“Jazz Studio 4”, Decca, 1955 |
|
Amanda B. Reckondwith |
Ruth Underwood |
George Duke |
|
Ragtime Reinhold |
Reinhold Svensson |
Metronome, 1953 & 1955 |
|
Dirty Rivers |
Muddy Waters |
Otis Spann “The Blues Never Die”, Prestige, 1964 |
|
Little Rock |
Pharoah Sanders |
Leon Thomas “Spirits Known and Unknown”, Flying Dutchman,
1969 |
|
Jolly Roger |
Shorty Rogers |
Teddy Charles “New Directions”, Prestige, 1953 |
|
Slim Romero |
Fats Navarro |
Illinois Jacquet, Aladdin, 1947 |
|
Swing Roo |
Cozy Cole |
Teddy Wilson, Brunswick, 1937 |
|
Art Salt |
Art Pepper |
Shorty Rogers “Cool & Crazy”, RCA Victor, 1954
|
|
Steve Sax |
Steve Lacy |
Joe Lee Wilson “Secrets From the Sun”, Sun, c. 1976
|
|
Joe Scott |
Wynton Kelly |
Sonny Criss “At The Crossroads”, Peacock, 1959 |
|
Manny Shell |
Shelly Manne |
“Wild One” soundtrack, Decca, 1954 |
|
Roger Short |
Shorty Rogers |
“Wild One” soundtrack, Decca, 1954 |
|
C.C. Siegel |
J.J. Johnson |
Charlie Parker 10th Memorial Concert”,
Limelight, 1965 |
|
Big Skol |
Sonny Boy Williamson |
Roland Kirk “Kirk in Copenhagen”, Mercury, 1963 |
|
Brother Soul |
Milt Jackson |
Quincy Jones “This Is How I Feel About Jazz”, ABC, 1956
|
|
George Spelvin |
Bud Shank |
|
|
Joe Splink |
Clifford Scott |
Richard Groove Holmes “Somethin' Special”, Pacific Jazz;
Carmell Jones “Business Meeting” Pacific Jazz |
|
Kant Standhim |
Stan Kenton |
|
|
Ken Stanton |
Stan Kenton |
|
|
Cinderella G. Stump |
Jo Stafford |
Red Ingle, Capitol, 1947 |
|
Mad Milt Summerblouse |
Boomie Richman |
Gus Hoo “New York Land Dixie”, RCA 1956 |
|
Theoshis Tannis |
Roland Kirk |
Eddie Baccus “Feel Real”, Smash, 1962 |
|
Erskine Tearblotter |
Lou McGarity |
Gus Hoo “New York Land Dixie”, RCA 1956 |
|
A Tenorman |
Ben Webster |
Carmen McRae “Birds Of A Feather”, Decca, 1958 |
|
Ed Theodore |
Prob. Teddy Edwards |
Mel Tormé “I Dig The Duke, I Dig The Count”, Verve,
1960-61 |
|
Zeke Tolin (anagram of Lee Konitz) |
Lee Konitz |
“Gil Evans +10”, Prestige, 1957 |
|
Blue Train |
John Coltrane |
Cecil Taylor “Stereo Drive”, United Artists, 1958
|
|
Bernard Trapps |
Buddy Rich |
George Freeman “Man & Woman “, Groove Merchant,
1974 |
|
Flip Turner |
Flip Phillips |
Jazz At The Philharmonic, Mercury, 1947 |
|
Shad Turner |
Jay Johnson |
|
|
Peter Urban |
Art Farmer |
Teddy Charles “Tentet”, Atlantic, 1956 |
|
James Van Dyke |
Jimmy Cleveland |
Gigi Gryce, “Orchestra/Quartet”, Signal, 1955 |
|
Luke “The Wailer” |
Danny Bank |
George Handy “Handyland, U.S.A.”, 1954 |
|
Wally Wales |
Bobby Hackett |
George Wein, “George Wein Sings”, Atlantic, 1955 |
|
Herb Walsh |
Herb Geller |
“Best From The West”, Blue Note, 1954-55 |
|
Billy Ward |
Buster Bailey |
Oriole, 1925 |
|
Jim Whatsmyname |
Jimmy Cleveland |
Lucky Thompson's ABC Paramount Lps, 1956 |
|
The Wizzard |
Raymond Cheng |
Frank Lowe, “Black Beings”, ESP |
|
Eddie Wood |
Eddie Heywood |
Rex Stewart, Capitol, 1945 |
|
Baldy Wynn |
Moe Wechsler |
Gus Hoo “New York Land Dixie”, RCA 1956 |
|
Drummer X |
Chico Hamilton |
John Pisano/Billy Bean “Makin' It, Decca, 1958 |
|
Trumpeter X |
Harry Edison |
Manny Albam “Jazz Greats...”, Coral, 1957 |
|
Ennam Yllehs |
Shelly Manne |
Dave Pell, “The Big Small Bands” Capitol, 1959 |
|
Ashby de la Zooch |
Irving Ashby |
Charles Mingus, Four Star, 1946 |
|
Jack Zoot |
Zoot Sims |
Ernie Wilkins, RCA, 1955 |
