unique and uncommon first names in jazz

[Aggie87]

Esbjorn

Terje

Trygve

Actually, these actually shouldn't probably count, as they are probably a bit more common in Norway/Sweden than the rest of the world...

edit - is "Bobo" actualy Stenson's given name?

Edited February 5, 2007 by Aggie87

[king ubu]

Fortunatus

[Aggie87]

Ubu

[king ubu]

huh? Fortunatus "Fip" Ricard, trumpet player with Basie...

there he is, along with Hobart and a chap on baritone who's first name is McKinley: http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~campber/ping.html

[king ubu]

edit - is "Bobo" actualy Stenson's given name?

Bo Gustav, says Wiki, but Wiki's not that much of my friend...

[king ubu]

Ornette is obvious -- did that name even exist before he got it?

Then how about Denardo? Is that a common name anywhere?

[Man with the Golden Arm]

re: Hobart ... uh, dude... i take it ya'll never worked in a kitchen or had a pals who did?

heh...

my dad used to call me "Hobart" ... i was a tad chubby as a kid and put away all that didn't move.

[J Larsen]

Ornette is obvious -- did that name even exist before he got it?

Then how about Denardo? Is that a common name anywhere?

It seems to be a very common Italian last name, but I've never heard of it as a first name except for Ornette's son.

[BruceH]

Frankly, I never really considered Ornette an unusual name, though upon further consideration I am hard pressed to think of other Ornettes.

Same here. Though I've heard the name "Hobart" before.

[JSngry]

http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlib...drith_Hobie.stm

[Dig'Em]

What the hell kinda name is Norah? Seriously, I kinda like Eubie. I guess Wardell isn't terribly uncommon...of course that wasn't Gray's given first name anyway.

Bummer to learn that "Miff" was really "Irving", Mugsy just "Joseph" and "Turk" an uninsipred "Melvin".

Undoubtedly, jazz needs more Dweezils and Moon Units.

[JSngry]

Ornette Gardenshire

[JSngry]

ORNAH: "cedar tree." Also Orna, Ornetta, and Ornette.

http://britam.org/genealogy/Hebrew-Names.html

[Dig'Em]

ORNAH: "cedar tree." Also Orna, Ornetta, and Ornette.

http://britam.org/genealogy/Hebrew-Names.html

ORNAH is, like, an anagram for NORAH. And if ORNAH is Cedar Tree, then NORAH and CEDAR Walton are, like, kinfolk. Damn.

[Chas]

Vernice "Bunky" Green

Norwood "Pony" Poindexter

[brownie]

Ebenezer Paul, a bass player who took part in those famous jam sessions at Clark Monroe's!

[paul secor]

Never thought about it before, but listening to the introduction of Ornette on Sound Grammar made me wonder if Ornette is a variation of Arnett.

(Not that there are a lot of Arnetts around - at least not in my experience.)

[Sundog]

A cool jazz name if there ever was one, Remo Palmieri

[B. Clugston]

Charnett

Delfeayo

[zen archer]

Jutta Hipp

[Niko]

Jutta Hipp

maybe the right moment to remark that "Bismark" seems about as uncommon to me as "Bix"... "Bismarck", the historical figures second name, i would call already uncommon, even if 120 years ago a bunch of people decided to call their children that way, it has not aged very well... and "Bismark"... Jutta on the other hand is rather common

[Niko]

illinois

[zen archer]

Jutta Hipp

maybe the right moment to remark that "Bismark" seems about as uncommon to me as "Bix"... "Bismarck", the historical figures second name, i would call already uncommon, even if 120 years ago a bunch of people decided to call their children that way, it has not aged very well... and "Bismark"... Jutta on the other hand is rather common

Jutta may be common in Germany ...but not in my neck of the wood's .

[PHILLYQ]

illinois

IIRC, his actual name is Jean-Baptiste Jacquet.

[zen archer]

Bulee ( Slim ) Gaillard