Rooster_Ties Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 (edited) She said her father loved the song Naima so much - he named his first daughter for the song (sounds like she was born in the mid-70's). What a lovely, lovely thing. Any other "jazz names" you've encountered in non-jazz contexts?? Edited January 28, 2006 by Rooster_Ties Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 Thirty-four years ago, I persuaded my pregnant wife to call our son Leon Spencer, after the organist - but we had a daughter. Call that a near miss... MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalo Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 Not exactly on topic, but at the wine store where I work I have a customer named Guy Lombardo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 I know I've mentioned Coltrane before: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted January 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 (edited) I started a thread back on the old BNBB (just before it closed) to name a cat we had just gotten at the pound. Lots of names were suggested, and I finally went with "Pepper" -- after Pepper Adams. Edited January 28, 2006 by Rooster_Ties Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Gray Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 Not quite what this thread is about but interesting never the less .... I met 'Daphne' as in the Django tune, a few years ago. I believe she is still alive and living in my neighbourhood, that's Wimbledon in London. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 Naima has been among the favorite names in France in recent years. Its popularity soared from the '60s, rose during the '70s and peaked during the '80s. 243 girls were named Naima in 1977 according to the statistics! And yes, Coltrane's tune did this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brownian Motion Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 Didn't Woody Allen name his son Satch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyJazz Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 I once met a young woman who had the name of another tune Coltrane did: Aisha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 I once met a young woman who had the name of another tune Coltrane did: Aisha. Aisha (sometimes spelt Aicha) is a very common name in West Africa. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted January 29, 2006 Report Share Posted January 29, 2006 Didn't Woody Allen name his son Satch? Woody's son is named Satchel after baseball player Leroy "Satchel" Paige, not after Louis "Satchel Mouth" Armstrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted January 29, 2006 Report Share Posted January 29, 2006 Incidentally, there was a contestant on that America's Next Top Model TV show a few years back named Naima. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeCity Posted January 29, 2006 Report Share Posted January 29, 2006 I went to high school with a kid named Upper Manhattan Medical Group. I seem to recall that it was just a family name, and had nothing to do with the tune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted January 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2006 I went to high school with a kid named Upper Manhattan Medical Group. I seem to recall that it was just a family name, and had nothing to do with the tune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Andresen Posted January 29, 2006 Report Share Posted January 29, 2006 My father claims my parents nameds me Daniel after Lars Gullin's Danny's Dream, When I'm asked about my kids I explain that Michal (or Michelle) is named after the Beatles song and that Jonathan (Johnny) is actually Johnny Hodges... Whoody Shaw III full name is Woody Louis Armstrong Shaw III Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemo7 Posted January 29, 2006 Report Share Posted January 29, 2006 jasmine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vibes Posted January 29, 2006 Report Share Posted January 29, 2006 An aspiring jazz artist in my parents' church congregation, Aimee Nolte, named her kids Miles, Ella and Charlie, which I think is pretty interesting. My mother bought me Aimee's CD for Christmas. It's not too bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted January 29, 2006 Report Share Posted January 29, 2006 My cat was named Silva, after the bass player-violinist-cellist-composer Alan Silva. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 When I was in college, I saw a neon sign above a bar. From a distance, I thought that the name of the bar was Ornette's. I thought, "damn, that's cool." Then, I got a little closer and saw that the name was Onetto's. Ah, well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 The actress Natascha McElhone has a son she calls Theo which she says is short for Thelonious as in Monk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cali Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 I've had a few cats over the years named after musicians or jazz tunes. Names have been Max, Prez, Lady Day and Stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzmessenger Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 Incidentally, there was a contestant on that America's Next Top Model TV show a few years back named Naima. She was also named after the Coltrane song, I believe. She was my favorite to win the America's Next Top Model from the beginning, and shd indeed won that season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 I once met a young woman who had the name of another tune Coltrane did: Aisha. Aisha (sometimes spelt Aicha) is a very common name in West Africa. MG Aicha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 I once met a young woman who had the name of another tune Coltrane did: Aisha. Aisha (sometimes spelt Aicha) is a very common name in West Africa. MG Aicha Gawd blesher MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValerieB Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 She said her father loved the song Naima so much - he named his first daughter for the song (sounds like she was born in the mid-70's). What a lovely, lovely thing. Any other "jazz names" you've encountered in non-jazz contexts?? Justo Almario's daughter's name is Naima, and she was named for the tune. And I believe she was born in the early to mid-seventies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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