List of nicknames of jazz musicians

List of nicknames of jazz musicians

Nicknames are common among jazz musicians. Nicknames and sobriquets can also sometimes become stage names, and there are several cases of performers being known almost exclusively by their nicknames as opposed to their given names. Some of the most notable are listed here.

Although the term Jazz royalty exists for "Kings" and similar royal or aristocratic nicknames, there is a wide range of other terms, many of them obscure. Where the origin of the nickname is known, this is explained at each artist's corresponding article.

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List of jazz nicknames

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See also

References

  1. ^ "Jazz Nicknames" All About Jazz
  2. ^ http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/A/AN004.html Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Oklahoma Historical Society at Oklahoma State University.
  3. ^ allmusic

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