List of nicknames of jazz musicians

List of name variants of jazz musicians

This list initially contains the nicknames known jazz musicians and to have exemplary character. Many famous jazz musicians are often only known by their nicknames ( such as " Satchmo " for Louis Armstrong or "Bird" Charlie Parker). The usual in English diminutives of first names ( such as Arthur = Art, William = Bill, James = Jim, Jimmy, Robert = Bobby, etc.) are not considered. Also honorary titles such as " First Lady of Jazz" ( Ella Fitzgerald ) or "The King of Jazz" ( Benny Goodman) are left out. Artist name i.e.S. are the subject of another list; followed by the African, Islamic names and Indian names of some jazz musicians.

Nicknames

On the basis of the categories will be seen that the largest group of those musicians who have made their nickname for artist names, like Pepper Adams. Nicknames were also used in addition to the real or stage name, such as " Lady Day " in Billie Holiday, " Bean" at Coleman Hawkins or " Brownie " with Clifford Brown. Another category is the names of additives; some were also used, such as " Clean Head " Eddie Vinson, others were part of the artist's name, as with Eddie " Lockjaw " Davis and Harry "Sweets " Edison. Another smaller category are nicknames that were formed from the initials; the best known example is probably Jay Jay Johnson.

More artist name

This list contains names of other artists. Partial artists' names are already listed in the previous list, if they originated from a nickname that last name was not changed. A large proportion of the English equalized last name in the list. Excluded from this list are assumed married name, even those that were continued after a breakup as an artist name (examples: Carla Bley / Carla Borg and Mary Lou Williams / Mary Elfrieda Scuggs ). Another non- recorded group is the pseudonym adopted for certain recording sessions due to conflicting record contract agreements ( the best known example: Charlie Parker aka Charlie Chan in Jazz at Massey Hall 1953).

Islamic names

Against the backdrop of racial discrimination in the United States found a number of musicians in Islam a religion without racial arrogance. This turn took place even at the time of decolonization in many African and Asian countries. Some of the musicians then took to Islamic names; some musicians as Art Blakey and Kenny Clarke gave them again later on, others held on to them, such as Abdullah Ibrahim, Ahmad Jamal, Yusef Lateef Idrees Sulieman or.

African names and names of additives

Similar to the turn to Islam since the 1950s, there were in the next decade under the influence of the civil rights movement among African-American musicians with a turn to African (music) traditions; This also led to the adoption of African names and names of additives. Strong contribution to this movement also had the musicians collective Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians ( AACM ) in Chicago.

Indian names and names of additives

As in the two decades before in the 1970s a move from jazz musicians to gurus with an Indian background, from which the musicians were given new names that had a spiritual significance. Some of the musicians performed this name until about 1975.