The coolest jazz name.

[clifford_thornton]

Bernard Hunnekink (IIRC, trombonist who worked with Breuker)

[marcello]

Putter Smith

With Bass:

As Mr. Kidd in Diamonds Are Forever

[Kari S]

My favorites:

- Pharoah Sanders

- Sonship Theus (even though his real name was Woody, I think)

- Jumma Santos (not really jazz though)

- Billy Bang

- Azar Lawrence

- Alphonse Mouzon

- Cecil McBee

I definitely second:

- Thelonius Sphere M. (well obviously)

- Grachan Moncur III

- Cyrus Chestnut

[nemo7]

sun ra

[Fer Urbina]

The small quota of Spaniards around here will agree that reedman Ralph LaPolla had quite a name.

F

[EKE BBB]

[Alfred]

Baby Dodds

Baby Face Willette

Arthur "Babe" Clarke

Avery "Kid" Howard

Bernhard "Pretty" Purdie

Oran "Hot lips" Page

Clarence "Sleepy" Anderson

David "Fathead" Newman

Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros

Alcide "Slow drag" Pavageau

Osvaldo "Chihuahua" Martinez

Arto Tuncboyaciyan

Lee Konitz aka "Zeke Tolin"

... to name a few!

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

I like the name of a German jazz drummer - Torsten Zwingenberger (citizen of swing).

But also Mickey Bass, whose real name was Lee Otis Bass III (credited as such on Timmons' Chicken & Dumplin's)

And Ray Pounds on the drums (oh does he?)

MG

[Brownian Motion]

Django

Chu Berry

Meade Lux Lewis

Blind Lemon Jefferson

Jelly Roll Morton

King Oliver

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

I just remembered the one who's totally off the scale - Kankawa122

He has a nice line in getups, as well.

And he is a seriously bad organist; check out his live albums with a) Jimmy Ponder and b) Jack McDuff.

MG