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Great Jazz names (apart from Thelonious Monk)


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I've heard that Irving Fazola took that name from solfeggio, particularly "fa-so-la". I wonder if he was after the do-re-mi? :rolleyes:

Royal Crown Revue, one of the major bands on the "Neo-Swing" musicians of the 90s (and beyond) includes one Mando Dorame, actually.

Toots Mondello

Tricky Sam Nanton

Bunny Berigan

Talking about great jazz names from that period, I've often wondered who inspired whom (if at all) or how some names came about.

There was one

Corky Cornelius

and a wee bit later there was one

Corky Corcoran

Coincidence?

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Did I miss it? This thread actually went this long with nobody mentioning.......................HOT LIPS PAGE !

True ... an inexcusable oversight. ;)

Do we therefore add Hot Lips Levine too?

(Yes, he actually existed too)

And while we're at facial details, how about:

GATEMOUTH BROWN

as well as his brother

WIDEMOUTH BROWN

Which of course leads to

Gatemouth Moore

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Blossom Dearie

The kind of name where you wonder whether "great" (or should I say weird) names are just as well found in other areas.

Or are

Hutch Davie

Tupper Saussy

really jazz people? ;)

FWIW this thread and the names that are rattled off here has me wondering anyhow where the line would be between "great" jazz names (that somehow evoke the personality of the person) and just ODDBALL names. ;)

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