Jazz Humor

Jazz Musician Pseudonyms

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 Tenor man

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

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