compiled by Jack Woker
rev. July 3, 2005
Contributors: Chuck Nessa, Dave Royko, Francois Ziegler, Martin Milgrim, John Hood, Tim Brockett, Anthony Agostinelli, Linda Shank, Ed Barr, John Pickworth, Peter Friedman, Michael Fitzgerald, Doug Norwood, Luca Conti, David Toman, Henry Schmidt, Dennis Whitling, Ed Berger, M. Heckman, Steve Schwartz, Jonathan Kutler, Danny D’Imperio, Tim Hume, Phil Stein, Lenny Mazel, Bob Roberts, Paul Costuros, Larry Israel, Bill Gallagher, Don Frese, Thomas Matta, Michael Weil, Wellington Choy, Phil Grenadier, Don Ingle, Big Joe, Paul Wells, Ken Dryden, Carlos Schvartzman, Mark Ladenson, Chris Sheridan, Tom Tsotsi, Jim Rowan, Art Zimmerman, Chris Albertson, David Langner, Joel Pitcoff, Barry Velleman
And thanks to many others who made contributions I already had.
| 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 |
| Bill Bailey | Count Basie | Joe Newman & the Boys in the Band, Storyville, 1954 |
| 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 |
| Blue Bells | Louie Bellson | Sam Most, Debut, 1953 |
| Ferris Bender | Jackie McLean | Art Blakey "Night in Tunisia", Vik, 1957 |
| Ralph & Bert Berg | Reinhold Svensson & Charles Norman | Metronome, 1950 |
| John Berks | Dizzy Gillespie | Slim Gaillard, Bel-Tone, 1945 |
| 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 |
| Tony Brazil | Antonio Carlos Jobim | Jack Wilson "Brazilian Mancini", Vault, 1965 |
| Jud Brotherly | Cannonball Adderley | "Ray Brown With The All-Star Big Band", Verve, 1962 |
| Pat Brotherly | Nat 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 | Ben Webster, Mercury, 1951 "Jazz Studio 4", Decca, 1955 |
| John Burk | Dizzy Gillespie | Wilbert Baranco, Black & White, 1946 |
| Joe Callaghan | André Ekyan | Ducretet-Thomson, c. 1954 |
| 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 | |
| I Ching | Freddie Redd | Howard McGhee "The Connection", Felsted, 1960 |
| Ronnie Clark | Herbie Hancock | Roy Ayers “Virgo Vibes”, Atlantic, 1968 |
| 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 |
| G. Reat Dane | Kai Winding | Tony Scott “Septet”, RCA Victor, 1955 |
| E. Dankworth | Wynton Marsalis | Marcus Roberts "Deep In The Shed", RCA Eric Reed "It's Alright To Swing" |
| Guy Denis | Guy Lafitte | Trummy Young, Ducretet-Thomson, 1955 |
| Guy Denys | Guy Lafitte | Jean-Pierre Sasson, Ducretet-Thomson, 1954 |
| Disco Kid | ? | Sun Ra "Lanquidity", Philly Jazz, 1978 |
| John Doe | Howard Roberts | Howard Lucraft "Showcase For Modern Jazz", Decca, 1957 |
| “Big Jeb” Dooley | Pee Wee Erwin | “The Dixie Rebels”, Command, 1961 |
| J. Dough | Johnny Guarnieri | Louis Armstrong, RCA Victor, 1946 |
| 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 |
| Jules Dupont | André Persiany | Guy Lafitte, Club Français du Disque, 1954 |
| John Durante | Buck Clayton | Benny Goodman “Plays Selections Featured in the BG Story”, Capitol, 1955) |
| 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 |
| Homer Fields | Ray Bryant | Clark Terry “Tread Ye Lightly”, Cameo, 1963 Charlie Shavers, Jazz Vault, 1962 |
| "Baron" Fingus | Charles Mingus | George Wallington Trio, Prestige, 1952 |
| Chicago Flash | Gene Krupa | JATP, Asch, 1944 Town Hall Concert, Disc, 1945 |
| 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 |
| "Wild Bill" Funaro | Wild Bill Davison | George Wettling "Jazz Trios", Kapp, 1956 |
| Phil Funk | Phil Woods | Billy Byers "Jazz Workshop", RCA 1955 |
| 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 | Al Steele, Hi-Lite, 1947 James Moody, Blue Note, 1948 |
| 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 |
| Izzie Goldberg | Dizzy Gillespie | Be Bop Boys, Savoy, 1946 |
| Izzy Goldberg | Dizzy Gillespie | Joe Marsala, Black & White, 1945 |
| 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. |
| George Goodwin | Coleridge Goode | Ray Nance, Esquire, 1948 |
| 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 |
| K. B. Groovington | Kenny Burrell | Jack McDuff "Steppin' Out", Prestige, 1966 |
| Zane Grudge | Don Lamond | Guss Hoo "New York Land Dixie", RCA, 1956 |
| Deorge Guke | George Duke | John Klemmer "Touch", ABC, 1975 |
| Aye Guy | Nat King Cole | "Lester Young Trio", Mercury, 1946 |
| Ruth Haag | Betty Grable | Harry James, Columbia, 1945 |
| Sir Osbert Haberdasher | Jimmy Raney | Al Cohn, "Mr. Music", RCA, 1954 |
| Half-Valve | Rex Stewart | Brick Fleagle’s Rhythmakers, HRS, 1947 |
| Hendrie Hall | Eli Newberger | Tin Rainbow Jazz Band |
| J. Harjes | Johnny Hodges | Earl Hines, Apollo, 1944 |
| 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 |
| Honeyboy Homer | Ray Bryant | Gotham, 1955 |
| 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 |
| L. Jackson | Géo Daly | Michel de Villers, Decca, 1954 |
| Sonny Jackson | King Curtis | Sue, 1961 |
| Jo Jaguar | Martial Solal | Vogue EPs, 1956 |
| Jesse James | Zoot Sims | Larry Sonn "Jazz Band Having A Ball", Dot, 1958 |
| T-Bone Jefferson | Chris Barber | Cecil Scott, Columbia, 1959 |
| 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 |
| Joe Kalamazoo | Hubert Rostaing | Pretoria |
| 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 Funque | Cannonball Adderley | "Here Comes Louis Smith", Blue Note, 1958 |
| Eddie Laguna | Nat King Cole | Herbie Haymer, Sunset, 1945 |
| 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 |
| Claude Laurence | André Hodeir | Swing, 1942 |
| 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 |
| Paul Leslie | Les Paul | Red Callendar, Sunset, 1945 |
| Hey Lewis | Louis Hayes | Pepper Adams & Donald Byrd "Motor City Scene", Bethlehem |
| 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 |
| Francis Lowe | Ben Webster | Mildred Bailey, Vocalion, 1936 |
| Richard Lowman | Dick Hyman | Barbara Lea, Prestige, 1956 |
| Jack Mack | Jack McVea | Slim Gaillard, Bel-Tone, 1945 |
| 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 |
| Susan Melton | Peggy Lee | Mel Torme "California Suite", Capitol, 1949 |
| Moe and Joe | J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding | Tony Aless "Long Island Suite", Roost, 1956 |
| Lex Mond | Billy Byers | Tony Scott, RCA Victor, 1956 |
| Wilmer Mosby | Don Patterson | Sonny Stitt “Deuces Wild”, Atlantic, 1966 |
| El Muchacho | Mahlon Clark | Ray Linn’s Hollywood Swing Stars, Atomic, 1946 |
| Rock Murphy | Barney Kessel | Verve 45's |
| Shorty Nadine | Nat King Cole | Jazz At The Philharmonic, Disc, 1944 |
| Virgil Nameless | Johnny Dankworth | Cleo Laine, MGM, 1957 |
| Virgil Nameless | Tommy Whittle | Cleo Laine, Nixa, 1955 |
| Nature Boy | Nat "King" Cole | Stan Getz "Groovin' High", Crown, 1947 |
| Lord Nelson | Sonny Stitt | Sensation, 1948 |
| Geo Noby | George Daly | Trummy Young, Ducretet-Thomson, 1955 |
| Jimmy O'Heigho | Jimmy Cleveland | George Williams "Rhythm Was His Business", RCA, 1956; Manny Albam/Ernie Wilkins "Drum Suite", RCA, 1956 |
| Derek Olphy | Allan Chase | John McNeil “Fortuity”, Steeplechase, 2001 |
| 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 |
| Reggie Pitts | Ray Ellington | Ray Nance, Esquire, 1948 |
| Buddy Poor | Buddy Rich | Harry James "Wild About Harry", Capitol, 1957 |
| Al Portch | Laurindo Almeida | Pete Rugolo "Percussion At Work", Mercury, 1957 |
| Al Portch | James Stagliano | Max Roach “Boston Percussion Ensemble”, Mercury, 1958 |
| Cue Porter | Johnny Hodges | Billy Strayhorn "Cue For Saxophone", Felsted, 1958 Booty Wood, English Columbia, 1960 |
| Sam Pow | Seldon Powell (?) | Jimmy Nottingham, Seeco, 1960 |
| Brother Powell | David Bee | Jazz Club, 1965 |
| 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 |
| Manhattan Red | Urbie Green | Jimmy McPartland, Design, 1960 |
| Low Reed | Michel de Villers | Guy Lafitte, Pathé, 1954 Jean-Pierre Sasson, Columbia, 1955 Guy Lafitte, Columbia, 1956 |
| Ragtime Reinhold | Reinhold Svensson | Metronome, 1953 & 1955 |
| Bill Richard | Dick Katz | Ray Nance, Esquire, 1948 |
| Dirty Rivers | Muddy Waters | Otis Spann "The Blues Never Die", Prestige, 1964 |
| James Rivers | Jimmy Giuffre | John Lewis “Wonderful World Of Jazz”, Atlantic, 1960 |
| Lawrence Rix | Lauderic Caton | Ray Nance, Esquire, 1948 |
| 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 |
| Frankie Ross | Frank Rosolino | Gene Krupa "Lemon Drop", Columbia, 1949 |
| Martial Royal | Martial Solal | Jean-Pierre Sasson, Ducretet-Thomson, 1954 |
| Art Salt | Art Pepper | Shorty Rogers "Cool & Crazy", RCA Victor, 1954 Shelly Manne & His Men, Contemporary, 1953 |
| Steve Sax | Steve Lacy | Joe Lee Wilson "Secrets From the Sun", Sun, c. 1976 |
| Anthony/A. J. Sciacca | Tony Scott [using real name] | Milt Hinton "East Coast Jazz", Bethlehem, 1955 "Modern Jazz Society", Norgran, 1955 |
| Joe Schmaltz | Charlie Shavers | Herbie Haymer, Sunset, 1945 |
| Sam Schmaltz | Nat King Cole | Sunset, 1945 |
| Joe Scott | Wynton Kelly | Sonny Criss "At The Crossroads", Peacock, 1959 |
| Sonny Scott | Hubert Rostaing | Odeon EPs, 1962 |
| Little Miss Sharecropper | Lavern Baker | National, c. 1950 |
| 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 |
| Al Smith | Teddy Wilson | Timme Rosenkrantz, Jazz Star, 1945 |
| Joe Smith | Tom Scott | Sarah Vaughan "Sings The Beatles", Atlantic, 1981 |
| Brother Soul | Milt Jackson | Quincy Jones "This Is How I Feel About Jazz", ABC, 1956 |
| George Spelvin | Bud Shank | June Christy "June’s Got Rhythm", Capitol, 1958 |
| 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 |
| Chuck Thomas | Woody Herman | Woody Herman, Capitol, 1949 |
| Zeke Tolin (anagram of Lee Konitz) | Lee Konitz | "Gil Evans +10", Prestige, 1957 |
| Blue Train | John Coltrane | Cecil Taylor "Hard Driving Jazz"/"Stereo Drive", United Artists, 1958 |
| Bernard Trapps | Buddy Rich | George Freeman "Man & Woman ", Groove Merchant, 1974 |
| Fanfan la Tulipe | André Persiany | Trummy Young, Ducretet-Thomson, 1955 |
| Flip Turner | Flip Phillips | Jazz At The Philharmonic, Mercury, 1947 |
| Shad Turner | Joe Joe Johnson | Boots Brown & His Blockbusters, Groove, 1952 |
| Stan Turner | Stanley Turrentine | Shirley Scott, “Hip Soul”, Prestige, 1961 |
| Whelan Tyme | Hal Schaefer | “8 To The Bar”, United Artists, 1958 |
| Peter Urban | Art Farmer | Teddy Charles "Tentet", Atlantic, 1956 |
| Bart Valve | Thad Jones | Al Cohn "The Jazz Workshop - Four Brass, One Tenor", RCA, 1955 |
| James Van Dyke | Jimmy Cleveland | Gigi Gryce, "Orchestra/Quartet", Signal, 1955 |
| Herbie Verde | Urbie Green | Jim Tyler "Impact! Brass", Time, 1960 Jim Tyler "Twist", Time, 1962 |
| 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 |
| Roderick Ward | Kenny Garrett | Kenny Kirkland, GRP, 1991 |
| Jim Whatsmyname | Jimmy Cleveland | Lucky Thompson's ABC Paramount Lps, 1956 |
| Papa Snow White | Hot Lips Page | Mezzrow-Bechet Septet, King Jazz, 1945 |
| The Wizzard | Raymond Cheng | Frank Lowe, "Black Beings", ESP |
| Eddie Wood | Eddie Heywood | Rex Stewart, Capitol, 1945 |
| Lion Wrong | Leo Wright | Antonio Diaz Mena "Eso Es Latin Jazz...Man", Audio Fidelity, 1963 |
| 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 |
Correction: I heard from Red Ingle’s son, who informed me that Tedder (correct spelling) was a real person.
| Karen Teddler | Jo Stafford | Red Ingle & The Natural Seven, Capitol, 1951 |