Chas Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 Art Mardigan and Joe Mondragon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 Carl Perkins and Carl Perkins. I know I never did, but I remember one or two (who were familiar with the guitar-playing Carl only) who were really baffled to "find out" he "also played piano" and recorded on a DOO-WOP R&B label. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 Another pair easy to confuse (if you go way back in jazz). Corky CORCORAN and Corky CORNELIUS Makes me wonder, though, if this was intentional to a a degree in that the Corcoran one maybe picked his nickname (or "inherited" it by way of third parties) from the Cornelius one as that one died rather young and at a time when the Corcoran one just abut made his first impressions on the swing scene. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swinging Swede Posted December 31, 2012 Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 Bill Dillard & Bill Dillard (trumpeter and guitarist respectively) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swinging Swede Posted July 26, 2013 Report Share Posted July 26, 2013 trombonists Milt Bernhart & Clyde Bernhardt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.:.impossible Posted July 26, 2013 Report Share Posted July 26, 2013 I was in a conversation yesterday with a friend who had mixed up Connie Kay and Carol Kaye. It took me a few minutes, because I'd read that Kaye had done some jazz records over her lifetime. The misinformation that flies around a record store... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted July 26, 2013 Report Share Posted July 26, 2013 Have a look at for an embarrassing mixup of Larry Coryell and Larry Carlton ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swinging Swede Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Have a look at for an embarrassing mixup of Larry Coryell and Larry Carlton ... Close enough! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swinging Swede Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Elmer Snowden & Edward Snowden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Both are American heros. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Brown Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Bill Harris, trombone, and Bill Harris, guitar Willie Smith, alto sax, Willie "The Lion" Smith, piano, Little Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, drums Bennie Moten, Kansas City bandleader, Benny Moten, bass (Bennie's nephew I believe) Bennie Green, trombone, Benny Green, piano, and Benny Green, British alto saxophonist and jazz journalist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swinging Swede Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 Mike Mainieri & Mat Maneri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Litweiler Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 The two Sonny Boy Williamsons. John Lee Booker and John Lee Hooker. Theonious, Thelonius, Thelius. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted August 10, 2013 Report Share Posted August 10, 2013 I used to think there were two musicians called Mamadou Doumbia. Then I thought there were three. THEN I found another one in a discography. Now, after a bit of research, I know there are three: #1 Is Mamadou Doumbia, alias Percey, who was formerly lead singer with Super Biton, the great Bambara band from Segou, Mali. He has recorded (at least) 2 K7s under his own name, both for CK7: ‘Kelea diougou’ (CK7 047, about 1992) and ‘L’an 2000’ (CK7 443, about 1999). #2 Is Mamadou Doumbia, another Malian, a guitarist, quite a bit younger than Percey (born about 1966). He joined a late edition of Rail Band as a young man, then became part of Salif Keita’s band for a world tour. While in Japan, he became interested in the country and shortly afterwards emigrated there. He formed a band called Mandinke, with all Japanese musicians, and made (at least) two albums for JVC: ‘Independence’ and ‘Yafa’ (JVC 9013, 1996). #3 Is Mamadou Doumbia, another guitarist, who made an LP called ‘Conseil de l’entente’, apparently in the eighties, in California, which was released on the Eboni label in Cote D’Ivoire and which featured a number of jazz musicians, as well as a few West Africans. The American personnel is interesting and I know a few of the musicians are jazzmen; others are mysteries to me; are they jazz musicians or from some other field? Ben Francis – bass guitar Sir Gregg Middleton – bass & arranger Wes Blackman – guitar Quentin Dennard – drums Hiroshi Upshir – keyboards Ernie Fields Jr – saxophone Nolan Smith – trumpet Fred Wesley – trombone. #4 Is Mamadou Doumbia (oh, you guessed!), a singer who made several EPs and LPs in Guinea Conakry for the Safie Deen label in the sixties, which I saw on Graeme Cousel's Safie Deen discography. But his band on those albums was Trio de l'Entente, so I THINK that #3 and #4 are the same guy. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head Man Posted August 10, 2013 Report Share Posted August 10, 2013 I used to think there were two musicians called Mamadou Doumbia. Then I thought there were three. THEN I found another one in a discography. Now, after a bit of research, I know there are three: #1 Is Mamadou Doumbia, alias Percey, who was formerly lead singer with Super Biton, the great Bambara band from Segou, Mali. He has recorded (at least) 2 K7s under his own name, both for CK7: ‘Kelea diougou’ (CK7 047, about 1992) and ‘L’an 2000’ (CK7 443, about 1999). #2 Is Mamadou Doumbia, another Malian, a guitarist, quite a bit younger than Percey (born about 1966). He joined a late edition of Rail Band as a young man, then became part of Salif Keita’s band for a world tour. While in Japan, he became interested in the country and shortly afterwards emigrated there. He formed a band called Mandinke, with all Japanese musicians, and made (at least) two albums for JVC: ‘Independence’ and ‘Yafa’ (JVC 9013, 1996). #3 Is Mamadou Doumbia, another guitarist, who made an LP called ‘Conseil de l’entente’, apparently in the eighties, in California, which was released on the Eboni label in Cote D’Ivoire and which featured a number of jazz musicians, as well as a few West Africans. The American personnel is interesting and I know a few of the musicians are jazzmen; others are mysteries to me; are they jazz musicians or from some other field? Ben Francis – bass guitar Sir Gregg Middleton – bass & arranger Wes Blackman – guitar Quentin Dennard – drums Hiroshi Upshir – keyboards Ernie Fields Jr – saxophone Nolan Smith – trumpet Fred Wesley – trombone. #4 Is Mamadou Doumbia (oh, you guessed!), a singer who made several EPs and LPs in Guinea Conakry for the Safie Deen label in the sixties, which I saw on Graeme Cousel's Safie Deen discography. But his band on those albums was Trio de l'Entente, so I THINK that #3 and #4 are the same guy. MG Wow.....I didn't even know there was ONE Mamadou Doumbia........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeBop Posted August 10, 2013 Report Share Posted August 10, 2013 Okay, I'm not TOTALLY confused on this one, but... Ernie Andrews vs. Ernestine Anderson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmce Posted August 11, 2013 Report Share Posted August 11, 2013 Paul Lytton/Paul Lovens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xybert Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 Just realised that i've been getting Susana Santos Silva and Sara Serpa mixed up in my head... they even look similar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmce Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 You should rectify that once and for all: buy Camera Obscura and Aurora. You'll never forget who Sara Serpa is after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head Man Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 Don Friedman and David Friedman.... doh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xybert Posted August 2, 2014 Report Share Posted August 2, 2014 You should rectify that once and for all: buy Camera Obscura and Aurora. You'll never forget who Sara Serpa is after that. Will try to check them out. I listened to some stuff on Spotify (not the albums mentioned) and quite liked what i heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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