Just met someone named "Naima", she was named after the tune

[alankin]

A friend of mine named one of his sons "Miles."

I have a cat named Blakey.

[Elissa]

Thembi, Gigi, Dexter, Miles, Theo, Rahsaan, Ella, Mingus...

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[Z-Man]

A guy who worked for me several years ago was named Lateef, named after Yusef. I must admit that was part of the reason I hired him.

I've met several Miles. On a non-jazz note, how many Dylans do you know......?

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

A guy who worked for me several years ago was named Lateef, named after Yusef. I must admit that was part of the reason I hired him.

I've met several Miles. On a non-jazz note, how many Dylans do you know......?

Dylan is a VERY common name in Wales. Bob Dylan took his name from the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas.

MG

[Elissa]

My brother's daughter, due in two months, will be Ellington.

[ghost of miles]

Two really good musicians named Rahsaan and Roland Barber played for several years here in Bloomington while they were attending the IU School of Music; they're twin brothers, and they were indeed named after Mr. Kirk. (I believe either they or their mother actually met Kirk's widow and told her the story of their being named after RRK.) Ironically enough, Bloomington is where Kirk died after performing his final concert, where he said something along the lines of, "At midnight someone will go, but another will come along to take his place."

[slide_advantage_redoux]

This probably doesn't count. but a few years ago I named a cat Ceora after the Lee Morgan compostion.

[.:.impossible]

My brother's daughter, due in two months, will be Ellington.

A sophisticated lady.