slide_advantage_redoux Posted January 8, 2005 Report Posted January 8, 2005 Forwarded to me. I take no responsibility for the accuracy of these, but they are interesting nonetheless....slide_advantage Hi All.... Below is correspondence between George Avakian and his son, Greg...if you forgot G. Avakian's importance to the jazz and record industry, go to: http://www.cilicia.com/armo_article_george_avakian.html Enjoy the comments at the end of the grid. Alan K. Subject: Jazz players' pseudonyms - Great fun! Dear Greg: (and I will send this also to some friends who may enjoy the added comments) Thank you for emailing me the print-out of the Jazz Musician Pseudonyms that I couldn't download. Great fun indeed! They were forwarded to me by Wayne Wright, Woody Herman's guitarist for decades, who is a delightful wit - as was Woody himself. Love from Mom also - Dad P. S. - You might enjoy knowing about how some of them came about, so I added some comments at the end about those names that I numbered in bold type within the chart itself. ============================= Jazz Musician Pseudonyms compiled by Jack Woker ------------------------------------------------------------------------ __________________________________ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------ (1) 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 ------------------------------------------------------- (2) John Berks Dizzy Gillespie Slim Gaillard, Bel-Tone, 1945 ------------------------------------------------------ Dju Berry Stan Getz Jimmy Gourley "No More", Musica, 1981 ---------------------------------------------------------- (2) 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 --------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- (2) John Burk Dizzy Gillespie Wilbert Baranco, Black & White, 1946 ------------------------------------------------------------ Joe Callaghan AndrC) 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 ------------------------------------------------------------ (3) 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 bVirgo Vibesb, 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 bSeptetb, 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 ------------------------------------------------------------- John Doe Howard Lucraft Howard Lucraft "Showcase For Modern Jazz", Decca, 1957 -------------------------------------------------------------- bBig Jebb Dooley Pee Wee Erwin bThe Dixie Rebelsb, 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 AndrC) Persiany Guy Lafitte, Club FranC'ais du Disque, 1954 ------------------------------------------------------------ John Durante Buck Clayton Benny Goodman bPlays Selections Featured in the BG Storyb, Capitol, 1955) ------------------------------------------------------------- Sir Edward Harold Vick "The Power of Feeling", Encounter ------------------------------------------------------------ (4) Darlene Edwards Jo Stafford "The Piano Artistry Of Jonathan Edwards", Columbia --------------------------------------------------------------- (4) 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 bTread Ye Lightlyb, 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 ------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------ (5) 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 ------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ---------------------------------------------------------- (6) Ruth Haag Betty Grable Harry James, Columbia, 1945 ------------------------------------------------------------- Sir Osbert Haberdasher Jimmy Raney Al Cohn, "Mr. Music", RCA, 1954 ------------------------------------------------------------------- (7) Half-Valve Rex Stewart Brick Fleaglebs Rhythmakers, HRS, 1947 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 GC)o Daly Michel de Villers, Decca, 1954 ------ Sonny Jackson King Curtis Sue, 1961 ---- Jo Jaguar Martial Solal Vogue EPs, 1956 ---------- 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 AndrC) 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 ---------- (8) 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 bDeuces Wildb, Atlantic, 1966 ---------- El Muchacho Mahlon Clark Ray Linnbs 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 bFortuityb, 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 ---------- (9) 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 bBoston Percussion Ensembleb, Mercury, 1958 ---------- (10) Cue Porter Johnny Hodges Billy Strayhorn "Cue For Saxophone", Felsted, 1958 Booty Wood, English Columbia, 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, PathC), 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 ---------- (11) James Rivers Jimmy Giuffre John Lewis bWonderful World Of Jazzb, 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 ---------- Joe Schmaltz Charlie Shavers Herbie Haymer, 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 ---------- Brother Soul Milt Jackson Quincy Jones "This Is How I Feel About Jazz", ABC, 1956 ---------- (12) George Spelvin Bud Shank June Christy "Junebs 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 -------- (13) 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 Torme "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 "Stereo Drive", United Artists, 1958 ---------- Bernard Trapps Buddy Rich George Freeman "Man & Woman ", Groove Merchant, 1974 ---------- Fanfan la Tulipe AndrC) 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, bHip Soulb, Prestige, 1961 ---------- Whelan Tyme Hal Schaefer b8 To The Barb, United Artists, 1958 ---------- Peter Urban Art Farmer Teddy Charles "Tentet", Atlantic, 1956 ---------- James Van Dyke Jimmy Cleveland Gigi Gryce, "Orchestra/Quartet", Signal, 1955 ---------- 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 ---------- (14) Roderick Ward Branford Marsalis 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 Lalo Schifrin, 1960s -------------------- 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 ---------- Greg: Here are the comments. The numbers are keyed to the numbers in the list above: (1) Kunst Bauer is an exact German translation of Art Farmer's name; he was under contract to Prestige, but assured me it was OK if his name was not used. The album, "What's New," didn't sell much but was an extraordinary success for the two completely unknown composers of its contents, Teo Macero and Bob Prince. I asked them each to create and conduct a suite of about 20 minutes - the length of an LP side at that time. Although both were completely unknown, Teo's side caught the attention of Leonard Bernstein, who commissioned him to write a concerto for jazz sextet and symphony orchestra, which was premiered by the New York Philharmonic. Bob's side caught the ear of Jerome Robbins, who commissioned him add two new movements to three of the compositions for a ballet which Robbins called NY Export: Op. Jazz, that was a long-running smash on Broadway, followed by two world tours, with Bob conducting. A kind of pseudonymic reverse happened on Teo's session. For the personnel credits, I simply told my secretary to take the information on the W-4 slips (which musicians filled out on each date, from which the AFM Form B was prepared and a copy sent to the accounting department for payments). When the album appeared, I was startled to find that one musician, Lanny DiJay, had signed his real name as it appeared on his Social Security card, which is why his album credit read "Orlando DiGirolamo." That was the last time I failed to proof-read liner copy myself. (2) Note the three variations on John Birks Gillespie (Dizzy's full name). . (3) Charlie Chan: Remember your music teacher at the Solebury School? She was Mrs.Chan Parker (Bird's common-law wife). (4) Jonathan Edwards is a convoluted story that goes back to my college days. Around 1957, at a sales and promotion meeting at Columbia spread over 2 or 3 days, Paul Weston sat down at the piano after dinner, demonstrating how he and his wife Jo Stafford had been entertaining at parties with a spoof - Jo as Darlene Edwards, a housewife who had "sacrificed a singing career for marriage," accompanied by her husband - both of them incredibly inept. Jo, a great singer with dead-on pitch and time, mastered the difficult feat of singing sharp at all times (flat is easier), while Paul dropped and added bars, created dreadful harmonies and missed notes magnificently -always out of time with Jo. So we persuaded Paul to prepare an LP (first of a series of perhaps 4 or 5, which are still available on CD). "Mr. Edwards" did not have a first name, so I proposed "Jonathan," and here's why. Kapp Records had successfully launched a pop pianist named Roger Williams, to rival our entry in the field, Liberace. Roger Williams was also the name of a Revolutionary era New England preacher, who with his followers founded the state of Rhode Island. Jonathan Edwards was another clerical leader (in Connecticut) of the time, and my residential college at Yale was named after him. And so the careers of Darlene and Jonathan Edwards was launched. Speaking of Paul and Liberace, here's how we signed Liberace. Paul was in charge of A&R on the coast, and one day he called me to say he was going to sign a pianist who used only his surname, but before he sent any tapes to New York, Paul wanted me to know why he was sold on the guy. An artist manager whose name I can't remember at the moment (he handled folk groups including a very successful singing group we had just signed called the Hi-Lo's) had asked Paul to tune in on a small Los Angeles TV station at 12 noon to catch another client he thought Paul should sign up. Paul naturally wondered why a guy playing piano for 15 minutes on a one-lung TV station in the middle of the day should interest Columbia Records. "At the start of every broadcast," Paul was told, "he lights a candlebra on the piano top, talks to the listeners between songs, tells them how happy he is that they tuned in, asks them to tune in again tomorrow and blows them a kiss" "So?" asked Paul. "Well, since he started broadcasting a few weeks ago, the bank that sponsors him says they've had about a thousand little old tennis-shoe ladies come in to transfer their savings accounts from other banks." (5) When he needed a nom-de-disque, Milt Hinton remembered the real Doc Goldberg who played bass with the Hudson-Delange Orchestra, a very good swing band of the middle thirties. Doc was good enough to be invited to round out the Metronome Magazine All-Stars session of 1941. (6) Ruth Haag was the maiden name of Mrs. Harry James, and her one recording establishes that Betty Grable should have sung more often in her films. (7) "Half-Valve" is an apt pseudonym that describes one of the techniques by which Rex Stewart, a great cornetist, created new sounds on his horn, to the extent that 70 years ago I saw him onstage with Duke Ellington, carrying on a very understandable telephone conversation with vocalist Ivie Anderson - "Hello, John, is that you?" "Yes," etc., ending with them having a spat, and then Ivie goes into Duke's song, "I'm Checkin' Out, Goombye." (8) Maurice was the name of Fats Waller's son. (9) Pete Pesci was the manager of Eddie Condon's first jazz club on West 3rd Street in the Village. Bobby Hackett, one of Condon's regulars, was under contract with capital as featured solist inn Jackie Gleason's enormously successful "mood" albums. Gleason agreed to let me used the pseudonym - and a Down Beat reviewer hailed my discovery of a great new trumpet player. On another Condon LP, I commented in the annotation that a Mr. Chivas was a great help in getting the results of the session, and another Down Beat reviewer (obviously not a connoisseur of Scotch whiskeys) wanted to know what instrument he had played. (10) Cue Porter was the maiden name of Mrs. Johnny Hodges. (11) There is a real James Rivers, who also plays saxophone (as does Jimmy Guiffre). He is a later-generation New Orleans musician. (12) George Spelvin is a generic pseudonym established about 150 years ago in the American theater, to be used whenever an actor doubles in a second role. (13) Cinderella G. Stump is a pre-Darlene Jo Stafford incarnation, spoofing a screechy country singer of dubious pitch and a mistress of the missing bar at the end of a phrase. (14) Roderick Ward was (and may still be) Branford Marsalis's offstage right-hand man. http://www.incredimail.com/index.asp?id=54475> Quote
Michael Fitzgerald Posted January 8, 2005 Report Posted January 8, 2005 The current version of the pseudonyms list is on my website. This is the one and only. Accept no imitations (it has been ripped off and then left not-updated at other sites) - though it is nice to see George Avakian's comments. And Jack Woker does take responsibility for the accuracy and will update and correct periodically. Mike Quote
Christiern Posted January 8, 2005 Report Posted January 8, 2005 George e-mailed this to me the other day, and it came up on my screen as a perfect, very readable grid. I subsequently attempted to pass it on, but gave up since it always ended up looking like the post at the top of this thread. Quote
Michael Fitzgerald Posted January 8, 2005 Report Posted January 8, 2005 Suggest you just pass along his comments with this URL http://www16.brinkster.com/fitzgera/pseudo.htm Mike Quote
slide_advantage_redoux Posted January 8, 2005 Author Report Posted January 8, 2005 (edited) I hope someone enjoyed it. Some of these I knew, but most of them were new to me. Edited January 8, 2005 by slide_advantage_redoux Quote
Christiern Posted January 8, 2005 Report Posted January 8, 2005 (edited) Sorry, sar, that it appeared that way, but I wasn't putting your post down, just bemoaning the fact that the grid, which looked so perfect in my e-mail, couldn't be moved intact. Thanks for the URL, Michael--that's what I was talking about. Edited January 8, 2005 by Christiern Quote
slide_advantage_redoux Posted January 8, 2005 Author Report Posted January 8, 2005 I checked that URL too; much easier to decipher I admit! Quote
Larry Kart Posted January 8, 2005 Report Posted January 8, 2005 The Hi-Los were a folk group? Ah, yes -- those field recordings they made at the Cafe Bon Soir. Quote
Jim R Posted January 8, 2005 Report Posted January 8, 2005 (edited) I didn't see a certain old favorite here, nor on Mike's website. On Jack McDuff's "Steppin' Out" (Prestige PRST-7666), Kenny Burrell was listed as "K.B. Groovington". ===== Oh, and one other- On Jack Wilson's "Brazilian Mancini" (Vault 1001), Antonio Carlos Jobim went by "Tony Brazil". Edited January 8, 2005 by Jim R Quote
Michael Fitzgerald Posted January 8, 2005 Report Posted January 8, 2005 Please do send all additions/corrections to Jack Woker via his address on my website. Mike Quote
Michael Fitzgerald Posted January 8, 2005 Report Posted January 8, 2005 Jack just sent me the latest updates, about a dozen items. Now online. Mike Quote
Christiern Posted January 8, 2005 Report Posted January 8, 2005 (edited) ...if you forgot G. Avakian's importance to the jazz and record industry, go to: http://www.cilicia.com/armo_article_george_avakian.html I am so glad that Down Beat didn't forget Rudy Van Fielder (see sidebar). He really deserved this award. Edited January 8, 2005 by Christiern Quote
Christiern Posted January 8, 2005 Report Posted January 8, 2005 BTW Mike, has anyone done a similar (albeit much shorter) list of jazz writers' pseudonyms? I seem to recall that Dan Morgenstern was Michael Morgan. I was Fred Nurdley, and there were quite a few more. Quote
Michael Fitzgerald Posted January 8, 2005 Report Posted January 8, 2005 No - not to my knowledge. I myself have used "Gerry Michaelson" for composing on occasion. (Mostly so when I put the pieces in front of my students they don't freak out and I can get some honest opinions.) Mike Quote
Eloe Omoe Posted January 9, 2005 Report Posted January 9, 2005 Anyway, "Roderick Ward*" was Kenny Garrett, not Branford Marsalis (who appears on the Kenny Kirkland Cd under his real name). Best, Luca Quote
ghost of miles Posted January 10, 2005 Report Posted January 10, 2005 What about Lady Will Carr? I know she was a real musician (see booklet to the Uptown Mingus collection)--however, the booklet says some claim her name was used at times by Billy Strayhorn and Mingus himself. My DJ colleague says he was told that Nat King Cole also used it on occasion--any truth to these rumors? As for the real Lady Will Carr, I hope to run across that 4 V's Jubilee broadcast some day--sounds as if it was an interesting quartet. Quote
couw Posted January 18, 2005 Report Posted January 18, 2005 Is the mention of Earl Mabley on the Diz & Getz album nothing but a mistake as the liners to the CD reissue want us believe, or was there more behind it? It seems a bit of a stretch to get from "Hank" to "Earl." Never saw mention of it being a middle name either. Or was it a bit of a joke in line with the Kings and Counts and Barons already around? Quote
johnlitweiler Posted January 19, 2005 Report Posted January 19, 2005 Virgil Pumphrey changed his name to Absholom Benschlomo and moved to Israel many years ago. A few years ago he was back in town for a visit and played some of his new smooth-jazz, or at least fusion music, recordings on WHPK. (sigh) Quote
clifford_thornton Posted February 15, 2015 Report Posted February 15, 2015 That record looks very cool. Quote
JSngry Posted February 15, 2015 Report Posted February 15, 2015 I think it is very very cool. I mean, yeah, ok, yeahyeahyeah, but listen to that man play that melody, geez. Harold Vick! Quote
uli Posted February 20, 2015 Report Posted February 20, 2015 (edited) Albert Golowin is an interesting one. It was an alter ego invented by Friedrich Gulda which he used for recording himself as a singer. apparently he did live gigs as well with false beards and so and the public apparently took quite a while to discover. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO_H8kPt1T4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB9tJOUFpdo Edited February 20, 2015 by uli Quote
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