Don Brown Posted July 5, 2012 Report Posted July 5, 2012 Irving Fazola, who'd had his name legally changed from Irving Prestopnick Buddy Featherstonhaugh (pronounced in England as Fanshaw) Slam Stewart Bam Brown Ziggy Elman Alcide 'Slow Drag' Pavageau Tadd Dameron Budd Johnson Sun Ra T-Bone Walker Ornette Coleman Arnett Cobb Quote
Cyril Posted July 5, 2012 Report Posted July 5, 2012 (edited) Peter Apfelbaum Slim Gaillard Edited July 5, 2012 by Cyril Quote
Don Brown Posted July 5, 2012 Report Posted July 5, 2012 Zoot Sims Lightnin' Hopkins Muddy Waters Howlin' Wolf Toots Mondello Mousey Alexander Tricky Sam Nanton Bunny Berigan Quote
JSngry Posted July 5, 2012 Report Posted July 5, 2012 Foots ThomasWilton FelderMalachi Favors MaghostutWilbur WareRoscoe MitchellJulius HemphillMal WaldronHorace ParlanNico BunickBritt WoodmanPaul Bley Quote
cih Posted July 5, 2012 Report Posted July 5, 2012 Hip Linkchain Robert Night Hawk Bobbie Cadillac Meade Lux Lewis Doug Suggs Quote
Ted O'Reilly Posted July 5, 2012 Report Posted July 5, 2012 I've heard that Irving Fazola took that name from solfeggio, particularly "fa-so-la". I wonder if he was after the do-re-mi? Kenny Davern once told me he had a chance to play Fazola's clarinet, and that when the horn warmed up, it stank of garlic... Quote
.:.impossible Posted July 5, 2012 Report Posted July 5, 2012 Grachan Moncur No. No. Grachan Moncur the Third Quote
.:.impossible Posted July 5, 2012 Report Posted July 5, 2012 Baby Dodds hasn't been listed yet right? Some great names in jazz. Art Blakey Miles Davis Billie Holiday Major figures, household names as they are, they are great jazz names. Does Gil-Scott Heron count? Curtis Counce Yeah, Bubber Miley and Spankey DeBreast are tops. Buckshot... Cannonball... Quote
BeBop Posted July 5, 2012 Report Posted July 5, 2012 (edited) Norwood "Pony" Poindexter John Handy Phineas Newborn Cootie Williams I'm thankful no one has mentioned (that I noticed anyway), the pianist last-named "Hyman" Edited July 5, 2012 by BeBop Quote
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