Jazz Name Pronunciation

[Brad]

The t should be silent, if that’s at all helpful.  Sort of think of Mark Messier and it’s sort of the same pronunciation. 

[king ubu]

On 24.3.2004 at 11:04 PM, Don Brown said:

Chrome asks about the pronunciation off Betty Roche. Her name was actually Betty "Roach", but Duke Ellington decided to make it more classy by changing the spelling to "Roche" with an accent on the final "E". It was pronounced "Roe-Shay".

Well, with the  accent in the e, it's indeed and actually "Roe-Shay"

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Oops, that was from 2004? Sorry ... smartphone playing tricks on me ...

[ghost of miles]

WFIU colleague is putting together a Lou-Rawls-in-the-60s show and just asked me how to pronounce Onzy Matthews' first name.  I've always said "ON-zee," but is that correct?

[JSngry]

46 minutes ago, ghost of miles said:

WFIU colleague is putting together a Lou-Rawls-in-the-60s show and just asked me how to pronounce Onzy Matthews' first name.  I've always said "ON-zee," but is that correct?

That how the people who worked with him when he was around here said it. "AHN-zee", same as you have it, depending on how you pronounce "on".

[ghost of miles]

29 minutes ago, JSngry said:

That how the people who worked with him when he was around here said it. "AHN-zee", same as you have it, depending on how you pronounce "on".

Thank you much, sir!  You're good people.  

[JSngry]

6 minutes ago, ghost of miles said:

Thank you much, sir!  You're good people.  

One person, many people, ex uno plures (and yes, I had to look that one up).

[JSngry]