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Jazz Musician Pseudonyms

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.

PseudonymReal NameAlbum
Shoeless Henry AaronHarry AllenBob Wilber "Budafora Blowup", Arbors 1996
Gabriel ArmstrongJon FaddisAl Grey "Live At The Floating Jazz Festival", Chiaroscuro, 1990
Bill BaileyCount BasieJoe Newman & the Boys in the Band, Storyville, 1954
Barbecue JoeWingy ManoneChampion, 1930
Kunst BauerArt FarmerTeo Macero "What's New?", Columbia, 1955
Buzzy BavarianAl GafaKai Winding, "Dirty Dog", Verve, 1966
Johnny BeecherPlas Johnson"Sax Fifth Avenue", Charter, 1962
Sam BeethovenJimmy RaneyCohn-Perkins-Kamuca "The Brothers", RCA, 1955
Blue BellsLouie BellsonSam Most, Debut, 1953
Ferris BenderJackie McLeanArt Blakey "Night in Tunisia", Vik, 1957
Ralph & Bert BergReinhold Svensson & Charles NormanMetronome, 1950
John BerksDizzy GillespieSlim Gaillard, Bel-Tone, 1945
Dju BerryStan GetzJimmy Gourley "No More", Musica, 1981
John BirksDizzy GillespieJazz At The Philharmonic, Disc, 1946
BlockbusterCannonball AdderleyJon Hendricks "A Good Git Together", Pacific Jazz, 1959
B. BopsteinDizzy GillespieTony Scott, Gotham, 1946
Tony Brazil Antonio Carlos Jobim Jack Wilson "Brazilian Mancini", Vault, 1965
Jud BrotherlyCannonball Adderley"Ray Brown With The All-Star Big Band", Verve, 1962
Pat BrotherlyNat Adderley"Ray Brown With The All-Star Big Band", Verve, 1962
Boots BrownShorty Rogers"Rock That Beat", Groove, 1952-53

RCA Victor singles, 1958
Tiger BrownMaynard FergusonBen Webster, Mercury, 1951

"Jazz Studio 4", Decca, 1955
John BurkDizzy GillespieWilbert Baranco, Black & White, 1946
Joe CallaghanAndré EkyanDucretet-Thomson, c. 1954
Lord CalvertNat King ColeThe Keynoters, Keynote, 1946
Steve CanyonStan Kenton 
Billy CartonBenny CarterVarsity Seven, Varsity, 1939
Unidentified CatGato BarbieriCarla Bley, Watt
Pete CeraPete JollyJon Eardley "Quartet", Prestige, 1955

Shorty Rogers "The Swinging Mr. Rogers", Atlantic, 1955
Charlie ChanCharlie Parker"Jazz At Massey Hall", Debut, 1953;

Miles Davis "Collector's Items", Prestige, 1953
Friendly ChapBuddy GuyJunior Wells "Hoodoo Man Blues, Delmark
Prince CharmingCount BasieKansas City Seven, Keynote, 1944
Cootie ChesterfieldPete CandoliPeggy Lee "Black Coffee", Decca, 1953
Joe ChevroletJoe DodgePaul Desmond "Quartet Featuring Don Elliott", Fantasy, 1956
Chicago FlashGene Krupa 
I ChingFreddie ReddHoward McGhee "The Connection", Felsted, 1960
Ronnie ClarkHerbie HancockRoy Ayers “Virgo Vibes”, Atlantic, 1968
Clarence ClumpBenny CarterCapitol, 1948
Sven CoolsonStan GetzJimmy Raney "Plays", Prestige, 1953
Little Miss CottShirley ScottStanley Turrentine "Dearly Beloved", Blue Note, 1961
G. Reat DaneKai WindingTony Scott “Septet”, RCA Victor, 1955
E. DankworthWynton MarsalisMarcus Roberts "Deep In The Shed", RCA

Eric Reed "It's Alright To Swing"
Guy DenisGuy LafitteTrummy Young, Ducretet-Thomson, 1955
Guy DenysGuy LafitteJean-Pierre Sasson, Ducretet-Thomson, 1954
Disco Kid ? Sun Ra "Lanquidity", Philly Jazz, 1978
John DoeHoward RobertsHoward Lucraft "Showcase For Modern Jazz", Decca, 1957
“Big Jeb” DooleyPee Wee Erwin“The Dixie Rebels”, Command, 1961
J. DoughJohnny GuarnieriLouis Armstrong, RCA Victor, 1946
Lonesome DragonBob MosesGary Burton "A Genuine Tong Funeral", RCA, 1967
Dan DrewElliot Lawrence"Rock That Beat", Groove, 1952-53
Blind Willie DunnEddie Langw/ Lonnie Johnson, 1928-29
Jules DupontAndré PersianyGuy Lafitte, Club Français du Disque, 1954
John DuranteBuck ClaytonBenny Goodman “Plays Selections Featured in the BG Story”, Capitol, 1955)
Sir EdwardHarold Vick"The Power of Feeling", Encounter
Darlene EdwardsJo Stafford"The Piano Artistry Of Jonathan Edwards", Columbia
Jonathan EdwardsPaul Weston 
Ly N. EllLionel HamptonEddie Condon, Commodore, 1938
Swede EnlovelyCharlie ShaversGeorge Williams "Rhythm Was His Business", RCA
Keats EnnamShelly Manne 
Maggsi EvonceHoward McGheeLeo Parker, Savoy, 1947
Gib FenderHoward RobertsJune Christy "The Cool School", Capitol, 1959
Homer FieldsRay BryantClark Terry “Tread Ye Lightly”, Cameo, 1963

Charlie Shavers, Jazz Vault, 1962
"Baron" FingusCharles MingusGeorge Wallington Trio, Prestige, 1952
Chicago FlashGene KrupaJATP, Asch, 1944

Town Hall Concert, Disc, 1945
Art FlickreiterAndre PrevinDave Pell "The Big Small Bands", Capitol, 1959
Phil ForestPhil WoodsNat Pierce "Jazz Romp", Keynote, 1955
Billy FranklinDon Goldie"Golden Horn", Design
"Wild Bill" FunaroWild Bill DavisonGeorge Wettling "Jazz Trios", Kapp, 1956
Phil FunkPhil Woods Billy Byers "Jazz Workshop", RCA 1955
Ernst Von FunkensteinErnie FreemanJimmy Witherspoon "Baby Baby Baby", Prestige, 1963
GabrielDizzy GillespieTempo Jazz Men, Dial, 1946
Irving GarnerPaul Smith"The Best Of Irving Garner", Verve, 1956

Buddy DeFranco "Plays Artie Shaw", Verve, 1957
Sir Jonathan GasserJohnny Smith"Jazz Studio 1", Decca, 1953
Hen GatesJimmy FormanAl Steele, Hi-Lite, 1947

James Moody, Blue Note, 1948
Hen GatesDizzy GillespieCharlie Parker, Savoy, 1945
Jimmy GloomyJames MoodyTubby Hayes "Tubby's Back In Town", Smash, 1962
Doc GoldbergMilt HintonGeorge Williams "We Could Make Such Beautiful Music", RCA
Izzie GoldbergDizzy GillespieBe Bop Boys, Savoy, 1946
Izzy GoldbergDizzy GillespieJoe Marsala, Black & White, 1945 
GoliathLou BennettJack Sels, Delahay, 1961
DaWilli GongaGeorge DukeCal Tjader "Amazonas", Fantasy; Joe Henderson "Black Miracle", Milestone, 1975; Tom Waits "Blue Valentine", 1978; others.
George GoodwinColeridge GoodeRay Nance, Esquire, 1948
Blue GrantGrant GreenDon Patterson "Tune Up", Prestige, 1971
Roy GreenRay BrownJoyce Collins "Girl Here Plays Mean Piano", Jazzland, 1960
Rod GregoryDick Hyman"Holiday For Lovers", Waldorf, c. 1955
Earl GreyLou LevyShorty Rogers "Martians Come Back", Atlantic, 1955
K. B. Groovington Kenny Burrell Jack McDuff "Steppin' Out", Prestige, 1966
Zane GrudgeDon LamondGuss Hoo "New York Land Dixie", RCA, 1956
Deorge GukeGeorge DukeJohn Klemmer "Touch", ABC, 1975
Aye GuyNat King Cole"Lester Young Trio", Mercury, 1946
Ruth HaagBetty GrableHarry James, Columbia, 1945
Sir Osbert HaberdasherJimmy RaneyAl Cohn, "Mr. Music", RCA, 1954
Half-ValveRex StewartBrick Fleagle’s Rhythmakers, HRS, 1947
Hendrie Hall Eli  Newberger Tin Rainbow Jazz Band
J. HarjesJohnny HodgesEarl Hines, Apollo, 1944
Carleton HarkinsColeman HawkinsVarsity Seven, Varsity, 1939
Bunny HarrisJimmy RaneyDick Collins "King Richard...", RCA, 1954
Bernie HartMilt BernhartJerry Fielding "Swingin' In Hi Fi", Decca, 1956
HarveyJohnny HodgesBilly Taylor, Keynote, 1944
Bert HerbertHerb Geller"Jazz Studio 4", Decca, 1955
Junior HifitzMilt HintonGus Hoo "New York Land Dixie", RCA 1956
Honeyboy HomerRay BryantGotham, 1955
Gus HooBilly Butterfield"New York Land Dixie", RCA, 1956
Ike HorowitzAl CohnUrbie Green "East Coast Jazz", Bethlehem, 1955
Shoeless Joe JacksonMel PowellJATP, Disc, 1946
Shoeless John JacksonBenny GoodmanMel Powell, Commodore, 1942
John JacksonBenny GoodmanTeddy Wilson, Brunswick, 1936
L. JacksonGéo DalyMichel de Villers, Decca, 1954
Sonny JacksonKing CurtisSue, 1961
Jo JaguarMartial SolalVogue EPs, 1956
Jesse James Zoot Sims Larry Sonn "Jazz Band Having A Ball", Dot, 1958
T-Bone JeffersonChris BarberCecil Scott, Columbia, 1959
Jinx JinglesTeddy CharlesDonald Byrd & Pepper Adams, Warwick, 1961
Phil JohnsonGeorge ShearingNight Blooming Jazzmen, Mainstream, 1973
Spider JohnsonCannonball AdderleyRiverside single, 1962
Little JazzRoy EldridgeLittle Jazz Ensemble, Keynote
JugGene AmmonsBennie Green "Soul Stirrin'", Blue Note, 1958
Stix KahnTeddy Charles"Mundell Lowe Quintet", RCA Victor, 1954
Joe KalamazooHubert RostaingPretoria
Ken KenneyRed Norvo"Jazz Studio 4", Decca, 1955
Chuck KiddeCharlie ShaversColeman Hawkins "Hawk in Hi Fi, RCA Victor, 1956
John KildareDizzy GillespieAlbinia Jones, National, 1945
Oliver KingThad JonesCharles Mingus/John LaPorta "Jazzical Moods", Period, 1954
Willie "The Rock" KnoxDick Hyman"Ragtime Piano", Waldorf, c. 1955
KokomoJimmy Wisner"Asia Minor", Felsted
Felix KrullHorace ParlanBooker Ervin "That's It", Candid, 1961
Buckshot La FunqueCannonball Adderley"Here Comes Louis Smith", Blue Note, 1958
Eddie LagunaNat King ColeHerbie Haymer, Sunset, 1945
Bob LandyBob Dylan"The Blues Project", Elektra
George LaneEric DolphyJohn Coltrane "Ole", Atlantic, 1961
Vera LaneHelen WardTeddy Wilson, Brunswick, 1936
Claude LaurenceAndré HodeirSwing, 1942
Kansas LawrenceCarmell JonesVi Redd "Bird Call", United Artists, 1962
Bengt LaxeauBengt HallbergMonica Zetterlund "Swedish Sensation", Columbia, 1958
L. LeeBenny CarterLionel Hampton, Victor, 1939
Bud LeggeBud ShankJune Christy "The Intimate June Christy", Capitol, 1963
Often LePowSeldon PowellGeorge Williams "We Could Make Such Beautiful Music", RCA
Paul LeslieLes PaulRed Callendar, Sunset, 1945
Hey LewisLouis HayesPepper Adams & Donald Byrd "Motor City Scene", Bethlehem
Jelly Roll LipschitzLeonard FeatherLeo Watson, Signature, 1946
Little BrotherNat AdderleyKing Curtis "The New Scene Of King Curtis", New Jazz, 1960
Red LoringRed NicholsJulia Lee, Capitol, 1947
Francis LoweBen WebsterMildred Bailey, Vocalion, 1936
Richard LowmanDick HymanBarbara Lea, Prestige, 1956
Jack MackJack McVeaSlim Gaillard, Bel-Tone, 1945
MauriceFats WallerEddie Condon, Commodore, 1940
Buddy MaynardMaynard FergusonJerry Fielding "Swingin' In Hi Fi", Decca, 1956
Henry McDodeHampton HawesJimmy Witherspoon "Singin' The Blues", World Pacific, 1958
Susan MeltonPeggy LeeMel Torme "California Suite", Capitol, 1949
Moe and JoeJ.J. Johnson & Kai WindingTony Aless "Long Island Suite", Roost, 1956
Lex MondBilly ByersTony Scott, RCA Victor, 1956
Wilmer MosbyDon PattersonSonny Stitt “Deuces Wild”, Atlantic, 1966
El MuchachoMahlon ClarkRay Linn’s Hollywood Swing Stars, Atomic, 1946
Rock MurphyBarney KesselVerve 45's
Shorty NadineNat King ColeJazz At The Philharmonic, Disc, 1944
Virgil NamelessJohnny DankworthCleo Laine, MGM, 1957
Virgil NamelessTommy WhittleCleo Laine, Nixa, 1955
Nature BoyNat "King" ColeStan Getz "Groovin' High", Crown, 1947
Lord NelsonSonny StittSensation, 1948
Geo NobyGeorge DalyTrummy Young, Ducretet-Thomson, 1955
Jimmy O'HeighoJimmy ClevelandGeorge Williams "Rhythm Was His Business", RCA, 1956;

Manny Albam/Ernie Wilkins "Drum Suite", RCA, 1956
Derek OlphyAllan ChaseJohn McNeil “Fortuity”, Steeplechase, 2001
Hammond OlsonReinhold SvenssonMetronome, 1952
Olson BrothersReinhold Svensson & Charles NormanEsquire?, 1950
A. N. OtherAllen Eager 
Knuckles O'TooleDick HymanWaldorf and other labels, 1950s
Pete PesciBobby HackettEddie Condon, "Bixieland", Columbia, 1955
Hunt PetersJ.J. JohnsonElvin Jones "And Then Again", Atlantic, 1965
Ronnie PetersCannonball AdderleyMilt Jackson "Plenty Plenty Soul", Atlantic, 1957
Fefe PhophumHal McKusickGus Hoo "New York Land Dixie", RCA 1956
Mac PierceHugh McCrackenKing Curtis "Trouble In Mind", Tru-Sound, 1961
Reggie PittsRay EllingtonRay Nance, Esquire, 1948
Buddy PoorBuddy RichHarry James "Wild About Harry", Capitol, 1957
Al PortchLaurindo AlmeidaPete Rugolo "Percussion At Work", Mercury, 1957
Al PortchJames StaglianoMax Roach “Boston Percussion Ensemble”, Mercury, 1958
Cue PorterJohnny HodgesBilly Strayhorn "Cue For Saxophone", Felsted, 1958

Booty Wood, English Columbia, 1960
Sam Pow Seldon Powell (?) Jimmy Nottingham, Seeco, 1960
Brother PowellDavid BeeJazz Club, 1965
Al PriceBill Berry 
Bubber PrinceSammy PriceAlbinia Jones, National, 1945
The PrinceShorty Rogers"Jazz Studio 4", Decca, 1955
Amanda B. ReckondwithRuth UnderwoodGeorge Duke
Manhattan RedUrbie GreenJimmy McPartland, Design, 1960
Low ReedMichel de VillersGuy Lafitte, Pathé, 1954

Jean-Pierre Sasson, Columbia, 1955

Guy Lafitte, Columbia, 1956
Ragtime ReinholdReinhold SvenssonMetronome, 1953 & 1955
Bill RichardDick KatzRay Nance, Esquire, 1948
Dirty RiversMuddy WatersOtis Spann "The Blues Never Die", Prestige, 1964
James RiversJimmy GiuffreJohn Lewis “Wonderful World Of Jazz”, Atlantic, 1960
Lawrence RixLauderic CatonRay Nance, Esquire, 1948
Little RockPharoah SandersLeon Thomas "Spirits Known and Unknown", Flying Dutchman, 1969
Jolly RogerShorty RogersTeddy Charles "New Directions", Prestige, 1953
Slim RomeroFats NavarroIllinois Jacquet, Aladdin, 1947
Swing RooCozy ColeTeddy Wilson, Brunswick, 1937
Frankie RossFrank RosolinoGene Krupa "Lemon Drop", Columbia, 1949
Martial RoyalMartial SolalJean-Pierre Sasson, Ducretet-Thomson, 1954
Art SaltArt PepperShorty Rogers "Cool & Crazy", RCA Victor, 1954

Shelly Manne & His Men, Contemporary, 1953
Steve SaxSteve LacyJoe 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 SchmaltzCharlie ShaversHerbie Haymer, Sunset, 1945
Sam Schmaltz Nat King Cole Sunset, 1945
Joe ScottWynton KellySonny Criss "At The Crossroads", Peacock, 1959
Sonny ScottHubert RostaingOdeon EPs, 1962
Little Miss SharecropperLavern BakerNational, c. 1950
Manny ShellShelly Manne"Wild One" soundtrack, Decca, 1954
Roger ShortShorty Rogers"Wild One" soundtrack, Decca, 1954
C.C. SiegelJ.J. JohnsonCharlie Parker 10th Memorial Concert", Limelight, 1965
Big SkolSonny Boy WilliamsonRoland Kirk "Kirk in Copenhagen", Mercury, 1963
Al SmithTeddy WilsonTimme Rosenkrantz, Jazz Star, 1945
Joe Smith Tom Scott Sarah Vaughan "Sings The Beatles", Atlantic, 1981
Brother SoulMilt JacksonQuincy Jones "This Is How I Feel About Jazz", ABC, 1956
George SpelvinBud ShankJune Christy "June’s Got Rhythm", Capitol, 1958
Joe SplinkClifford ScottRichard Groove Holmes "Somethin' Special", Pacific Jazz;

Carmell Jones "Business Meeting" Pacific Jazz
Kant StandhimStan Kenton 
Ken StantonStan Kenton 
Cinderella G. StumpJo StaffordRed Ingle, Capitol, 1947
Mad Milt SummerblouseBoomie RichmanGus Hoo "New York Land Dixie", RCA 1956
Theoshis TannisRoland KirkEddie Baccus "Feel Real", Smash, 1962
Erskine TearblotterLou McGarityGus Hoo "New York Land Dixie", RCA 1956
A TenormanBen WebsterCarmen McRae "Birds Of A Feather", Decca, 1958
Ed TheodoreProb. Teddy EdwardsMel Tormé "I Dig The Duke, I Dig The Count", Verve, 1960-61
Chuck ThomasWoody HermanWoody Herman, Capitol, 1949
Zeke Tolin (anagram of Lee Konitz)Lee Konitz"Gil Evans +10", Prestige, 1957
Blue TrainJohn ColtraneCecil Taylor "Hard Driving Jazz"/"Stereo Drive", United Artists, 1958
Bernard TrappsBuddy RichGeorge Freeman "Man & Woman ", Groove Merchant, 1974
Fanfan la TulipeAndré PersianyTrummy Young, Ducretet-Thomson, 1955
Flip TurnerFlip PhillipsJazz At The Philharmonic, Mercury, 1947
Shad TurnerJoe Joe JohnsonBoots Brown & His Blockbusters, Groove, 1952
Stan TurnerStanley TurrentineShirley Scott, “Hip Soul”, Prestige, 1961
Whelan TymeHal Schaefer“8 To The Bar”, United Artists, 1958
Peter UrbanArt FarmerTeddy Charles "Tentet", Atlantic, 1956
Bart Valve Thad Jones Al Cohn "The Jazz Workshop - Four Brass, One Tenor", RCA, 1955
James Van DykeJimmy ClevelandGigi Gryce, "Orchestra/Quartet", Signal, 1955
Herbie Verde Urbie Green Jim Tyler "Impact! Brass", Time, 1960
Jim Tyler "Twist", Time, 1962
Luke "The Wailer"Danny BankGeorge Handy "Handyland, U.S.A.", 1954
Wally WalesBobby HackettGeorge Wein, "George Wein Sings", Atlantic, 1955
Herb WalshHerb Geller"Best From The West", Blue Note, 1954-55
Billy WardBuster BaileyOriole, 1925
Roderick WardKenny GarrettKenny Kirkland, GRP, 1991
Jim WhatsmynameJimmy ClevelandLucky Thompson's ABC Paramount Lps, 1956
Papa Snow WhiteHot Lips PageMezzrow-Bechet Septet, King Jazz, 1945
The WizzardRaymond ChengFrank Lowe, "Black Beings", ESP
Eddie WoodEddie HeywoodRex Stewart, Capitol, 1945
Lion WrongLeo WrightAntonio Diaz Mena "Eso Es Latin Jazz...Man", Audio Fidelity, 1963
Baldy WynnMoe WechslerGus Hoo "New York Land Dixie", RCA 1956
Drummer XChico HamiltonJohn Pisano/Billy Bean "Makin' It, Decca, 1958
Trumpeter XHarry EdisonManny Albam "Jazz Greats...", Coral, 1957
Ennam YllehsShelly ManneDave Pell, "The Big Small Bands" Capitol, 1959
Ashby de la ZoochIrving AshbyCharles Mingus, Four Star, 1946
Jack ZootZoot SimsErnie 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

 

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