JazzWax List: Giants of Jazz

Extra-large jazz artists typically wound up with colorful nicknames that suited their silhouettes. But what if we were to assemble an ensemble of musicians whose names fit the bill, forgetting about whether or not they were contemporaries or even that portly? Here's my list of entries for our playful Giants of Jazz sextet, complete with a vocalist and arranger...

• Fats Navarro (trumpet)
• Tubby Hayes (tenor)
• Porky Cohen (trombone)
• Fats Waller (piano)
• Chubby Jackson (bass)
• Big Sid Catlett (drums)
• Big Joe Turner (vocals)
• Neal Hefti (arranger)

If you have names of other musicians who belong in this “big" band, please add them to the Comments section.