I have it formatted in a grid. If anyone is interested enough I will e-mail it to you in Word.
Edit: Highlighted numbers have added commentary from my Dad below (3rd post)
Jazz Musician Pseudonyms
compiled by Jack Woker
rev. February 10, 2004
Contributors: Chuck Nessa, Dave Royko, Francois Ziegler, Martin Milgrim, John Hood, Tim Brockett, Anthony Agostinelli, Linda Shank, Ed Barr, John Pickworth, Peter Friedman, Michael Fitzgerald, Doug Norwood, Luca Conti, David Toman, Henry Schmidt, Dennis Whitling, Ed Berger, M. Heckman, Steve Schwartz, Jonathan Kutler, Danny D’Imperio, Tim Hume, Phil Stein, Lenny Mazel, Bob Roberts, Paul Costuros, Larry Israel, Bill Gallagher, Don Frese, Thomas Matta, Michael Weil, Wellington Choy, Phil Grenadier, Don Ingle, Big Joe, Paul Wells, Ken Dryden, Carlos Schvartzman, Mark Ladenson, Chris Sheridan
And thanks to many others who made contributions I already had.
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Pseudonym
Real Name
Album
Shoeless Henry Aaron
Harry Allen
Bob Wilber "Budafora Blowup", Arbors 1996
Gabriel Armstrong
Jon Faddis
Al Grey "Live At The Floating Jazz Festival", Chiaroscuro, 1990
Bill Bailey
Count Basie
Joe Newman & the Boys in the Band, Storyville, 1954
Barbecue Joe
Wingy Manone
Champion, 1930
Kunst Bauer [1]
Art Farmer
Teo Macero "What's New?", Columbia, 1955
Buzzy Bavarian
Al Gafa
Kai Winding, "Dirty Dog", Verve, 1966
Johnny Beecher
Plas Johnson
"Sax Fifth Avenue", Charter, 1962
Sam Beethoven
Jimmy Raney
Cohn-Perkins-Kamuca "The Brothers", RCA, 1955
Blue Bells
Louie Bellson
Sam Most, Debut, 1953
Ferris Bender
Jackie McLean
Art Blakey "Night in Tunisia", Vik, 1957
Ralph & Bert Berg
Reinhold Svensson & Charles Norman
Metronome, 1950
John Berks [2]
Dizzy Gillespie
Slim Gaillard, Bel-Tone, 1945
Dju Berry
Stan Getz
Jimmy Gourley "No More", Musica, 1981
John Birks [2]
Dizzy Gillespie
Jazz At The Philharmonic, Disc, 1946
Blockbuster
Cannonball Adderley
Jon Hendricks "A Good Git Together", Pacific Jazz, 1959
B. Bopstein
Dizzy Gillespie
Tony Scott, Gotham, 1946
Jud Brotherly
Cannonball Adderley
"Ray Brown With The All-Star Big Band", Verve, 1962
Pat Brotherly
Nat Adderley
"Ray Brown With The All-Star Big Band", Verve, 1962
Boots Brown
Shorty Rogers
"Rock That Beat", Groove, 1952-53
RCA Victor singles, 1958
Tiger Brown
Maynard Ferguson
Ben Webster, Mercury, 1951
"Jazz Studio 4", Decca, 1955
John Burk [2]
Dizzy Gillespie
Wilbert Baranco, Black & White, 1946
Joe Callaghan
André Ekyan
Ducretet-Thomson, c. 1954
Lord Calvert
Nat King Cole
The Keynoters, Keynote, 1946
Steve Canyon
Stan Kenton
Billy Carton
Benny Carter
Varsity Seven, Varsity, 1939
Unidentified Cat
Gato Barbieri
Carla Bley, Watt
Pete Cera
Pete Jolly
Jon Eardley "Quartet", Prestige, 1955
Shorty Rogers "The Swinging Mr. Rogers", Atlantic, 1955
Charlie Chan [3]
Charlie Parker
"Jazz At Massey Hall", Debut, 1953;
Miles Davis "Collector's Items", Prestige, 1953
Friendly Chap
Buddy Guy
Junior Wells "Hoodoo Man Blues, Delmark
Prince Charming
Count Basie
Kansas City Seven, Keynote, 1944
Cootie Chesterfield
Pete Candoli
Peggy Lee "Black Coffee", Decca, 1953
Joe Chevrolet
Joe Dodge
Paul Desmond "Quartet Featuring Don Elliott", Fantasy, 1956
Chicago Flash
Gene Krupa
I Ching
Freddie Redd
Howard McGhee "The Connection", Felsted, 1960
Ronnie Clark
Herbie Hancock
Roy Ayers “Virgo Vibes”, Atlantic, 1968
Clarence Clump
Benny Carter
Capitol, 1948
Sven Coolson
Stan Getz
Jimmy Raney "Plays", Prestige, 1953
Little Miss Cott
Shirley Scott
Stanley Turrentine "Dearly Beloved", Blue Note, 1961
G. Reat Dane
Kai Winding
Tony Scott “Septet”, RCA Victor, 1955
E. Dankworth
Wynton Marsalis
Marcus Roberts "Deep In The Shed", RCA
Eric Reed "It's Alright To Swing"
Guy Denis
Guy Lafitte
Trummy Young, Ducretet-Thomson, 1955
Guy Denys
Guy Lafitte
Jean-Pierre Sasson, Ducretet-Thomson, 1954
John Doe
Howard Lucraft
Howard Lucraft "Showcase For Modern Jazz", Decca, 1957
“Big Jeb” Dooley
Pee Wee Erwin
“The Dixie Rebels”, Command, 1961
J. Dough
Johnny Guarnieri
Louis Armstrong, RCA Victor, 1946
Lonesome Dragon
Bob Moses
Gary Burton "A Genuine Tong Funeral", RCA, 1967
Dan Drew
Elliot Lawrence
"Rock That Beat", Groove, 1952-53
Blind Willie Dunn
Eddie Lang
w/ Lonnie Johnson, 1928-29
Jules Dupont
André Persiany
Guy Lafitte, Club Français du Disque, 1954
John Durante
Buck Clayton
Benny Goodman “Plays Selections Featured in the BG Story”, Capitol, 1955)
Sir Edward
Harold Vick
"The Power of Feeling", Encounter
Darlene Edwards [4]
Jo Stafford
"The Piano Artistry Of Jonathan Edwards", Columbia
Jonathan Edwards [4]
Paul Weston
Ly N. Ell
Lionel Hampton
Eddie Condon, Commodore, 1938
Swede Enlovely
Charlie Shavers
George Williams "Rhythm Was His Business", RCA
Keats Ennam
Shelly Manne
Maggsi Evonce
Howard McGhee
Leo Parker, Savoy, 1947
Gib Fender
Howard Roberts
June Christy "The Cool School", Capitol, 1959
Homer Fields
Ray Bryant
Clark Terry “Tread Ye Lightly”, Cameo, 1963
Charlie Shavers, Jazz Vault, 1962
"Baron" Fingus
Charles Mingus
George Wallington Trio, Prestige, 1952
Chicago Flash
Gene Krupa
JATP, Asch, 1944
Town Hall Concert, Disc, 1945
Art Flickreiter
Andre Previn
Dave Pell "The Big Small Bands", Capitol, 1959
Phil Forest
Phil Woods
Nat Pierce "Jazz Romp", Keynote, 1955
Billy Franklin
Don Goldie
"Golden Horn", Design
"Wild Bill" Funaro
Wild Bill Davison
George Wettling "Jazz Trios", Kapp, 1956
Phil Funk
Phil Woods
Ernst Von Funkenstein
Ernie Freeman
Jimmy Witherspoon "Baby Baby Baby", Prestige, 1963
Gabriel
Dizzy Gillespie
Tempo Jazz Men, Dial, 1946
Irving Garner
Paul Smith
"The Best Of Irving Garner", Verve, 1956
Buddy DeFranco "Plays Artie Shaw", Verve, 1957
Sir Jonathan Gasser
Johnny Smith
"Jazz Studio 1", Decca, 1953
Hen Gates
Jimmy Forman
Al Steele, Hi-Lite, 1947
James Moody, Blue Note, 1948
Hen Gates
Dizzy Gillespie
Charlie Parker, Savoy, 1945
Jimmy Gloomy
James Moody
Tubby Hayes "Tubby's Back In Town", Smash, 1962
Doc Goldberg [5]
Milt Hinton
George Williams "We Could Make Such Beautiful Music", RCA
Izzie Goldberg
Dizzy Gillespie
Be Bop Boys, Savoy, 1946
Izzy Goldberg
Dizzy Gillespie
Joe Marsala, Black & White, 1945
Goliath
Lou Bennett
Jack Sels, Delahay, 1961
DaWilli Gonga
George Duke
Cal Tjader "Amazonas", Fantasy; Joe Henderson "Black Miracle", Milestone, 1975; Tom Waits "Blue Valentine", 1978; others.
George Goodwin
Coleridge Goode
Ray Nance, Esquire, 1948
Blue Grant
Grant Green
Don Patterson "Tune Up", Prestige, 1971
Roy Green
Ray Brown
Joyce Collins "Girl Here Plays Mean Piano", Jazzland, 1960
Rod Gregory
Dick Hyman
"Holiday For Lovers", Waldorf, c. 1955
Earl Grey
Lou Levy
Shorty Rogers "Martians Come Back", Atlantic, 1955
Zane Grudge
Don Lamond
Guss Hoo "New York Land Dixie", RCA, 1956
Deorge Guke
George Duke
John Klemmer "Touch", ABC, 1975
Aye Guy
Nat King Cole
"Lester Young Trio", Mercury, 1946
Ruth Haag [4]
Betty Grable
Harry James, Columbia, 1945
Sir Osbert Haberdasher
Jimmy Raney
Al Cohn, "Mr. Music", RCA, 1954
Half-Valve [7]
Rex Stewart
Brick Fleagle’s Rhythmakers, HRS, 1947
J. Harjes
Johnny Hodges
Earl Hines, Apollo, 1944
Carleton Harkins
Coleman Hawkins
Varsity Seven, Varsity, 1939
Bunny Harris
Jimmy Raney
Dick Collins "King Richard...", RCA, 1954
Bernie Hart
Milt Bernhart
Jerry Fielding "Swingin' In Hi Fi", Decca, 1956
Harvey
Johnny Hodges
Billy Taylor, Keynote, 1944
Bert Herbert
Herb Geller
"Jazz Studio 4", Decca, 1955
Junior Hifitz
Milt Hinton
Gus Hoo "New York Land Dixie", RCA 1956
Honeyboy Homer
Ray Bryant
Gotham, 1955
Gus Hoo
Billy Butterfield
"New York Land Dixie", RCA, 1956
Ike Horowitz
Al Cohn
Urbie Green "East Coast Jazz", Bethlehem, 1955
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Mel Powell
JATP, Disc, 1946
Shoeless John Jackson
Benny Goodman
Mel Powell, Commodore, 1942
John Jackson
Benny Goodman
Teddy Wilson, Brunswick, 1936
L. Jackson
Géo Daly
Michel de Villers, Decca, 1954
Sonny Jackson
King Curtis
Sue, 1961
Jo Jaguar
Martial Solal
Vogue EPs, 1956
T-Bone Jefferson
Chris Barber
Cecil Scott, Columbia, 1959
Jinx Jingles
Teddy Charles
Donald Byrd & Pepper Adams, Warwick, 1961
Phil Johnson
George Shearing
Night Blooming Jazzmen, Mainstream, 1973
Spider Johnson
Cannonball Adderley
Riverside single, 1962
Little Jazz
Roy Eldridge
Little Jazz Ensemble, Keynote
Jug
Gene Ammons
Bennie Green "Soul Stirrin'", Blue Note, 1958
Stix Kahn
Teddy Charles
"Mundell Lowe Quintet", RCA Victor, 1954
Joe Kalamazoo
Hubert Rostaing
Pretoria
Ken Kenney
Red Norvo
"Jazz Studio 4", Decca, 1955
Chuck Kidde
Charlie Shavers
Coleman Hawkins "Hawk in Hi Fi, RCA Victor, 1956
John Kildare
Dizzy Gillespie
Albinia Jones, National, 1945
Oliver King
Thad Jones
Charles Mingus/John LaPorta "Jazzical Moods", Period, 1954
Willie "The Rock" Knox
Dick Hyman
"Ragtime Piano", Waldorf, c. 1955
Kokomo
Jimmy Wisner
"Asia Minor", Felsted
Felix Krull
Horace Parlan
Booker Ervin "That's It", Candid, 1961
Buckshot La Funque
Cannonball Adderley
"Here Comes Louis Smith", Blue Note, 1958
Eddie Laguna
Nat King Cole
Herbie Haymer, Sunset, 1945
Bob Landy
Bob Dylan
"The Blues Project", Elektra
George Lane
Eric Dolphy
John Coltrane "Ole", Atlantic, 1961
Vera Lane
Helen Ward
Teddy Wilson, Brunswick, 1936
Claude Laurence
André Hodeir
Swing, 1942
Kansas Lawrence
Carmell Jones
Vi Redd "Bird Call", United Artists, 1962
Bengt Laxeau
Bengt Hallberg
Monica Zetterlund "Swedish Sensation", Columbia, 1958
L. Lee
Benny Carter
Lionel Hampton, Victor, 1939
Bud Legge
Bud Shank
June Christy "The Intimate June Christy", Capitol, 1963
Often LePow
Seldon Powell
George Williams "We Could Make Such Beautiful Music", RCA
Paul Leslie
Les Paul
Red Callendar, Sunset, 1945
Hey Lewis
Louis Hayes
Pepper Adams & Donald Byrd "Motor City Scene", Bethlehem
Jelly Roll Lipschitz
Leonard Feather
Leo Watson, Signature, 1946
Little Brother
Nat Adderley
King Curtis "The New Scene Of King Curtis", New Jazz, 1960
Red Loring
Red Nichols
Julia Lee, Capitol, 1947
Francis Lowe
Ben Webster
Mildred Bailey, Vocalion, 1936
Richard Lowman
Dick Hyman
Barbara Lea, Prestige, 1956
Jack Mack
Jack McVea
Slim Gaillard, Bel-Tone, 1945
Maurice [8]
Fats Waller
Eddie Condon, Commodore, 1940
Buddy Maynard
Maynard Ferguson
Jerry Fielding "Swingin' In Hi Fi", Decca, 1956
Henry McDode
Hampton Hawes
Jimmy Witherspoon "Singin' The Blues", World Pacific, 1958
Susan Melton
Peggy Lee
Mel Torme "California Suite", Capitol, 1949
Moe and Joe
J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding
Tony Aless "Long Island Suite", Roost, 1956
Lex Mond
Billy Byers
Tony Scott, RCA Victor, 1956
Wilmer Mosby
Don Patterson
Sonny Stitt “Deuces Wild”, Atlantic, 1966
El Muchacho
Mahlon Clark
Ray Linn’s Hollywood Swing Stars, Atomic, 1946
Rock Murphy
Barney Kessel
Verve 45's
Shorty Nadine
Nat King Cole
Jazz At The Philharmonic, Disc, 1944
Virgil Nameless
Johnny Dankworth
Cleo Laine, MGM, 1957
Virgil Nameless
Tommy Whittle
Cleo Laine, Nixa, 1955
Nature Boy
Nat "King" Cole
Stan Getz "Groovin' High", Crown, 1947
Lord Nelson
Sonny Stitt
Sensation, 1948
Geo Noby
George Daly
Trummy Young, Ducretet-Thomson, 1955
Jimmy O'Heigho
Jimmy Cleveland
George Williams "Rhythm Was His Business", RCA, 1956;
Manny Albam/Ernie Wilkins "Drum Suite", RCA, 1956
Derek Olphy
Allan Chase
John McNeil “Fortuity”, Steeplechase, 2001
Hammond Olson
Reinhold Svensson
Metronome, 1952
Olson Brothers
Reinhold Svensson & Charles Norman
Esquire?, 1950
A. N. Other
Allen Eager
Knuckles O'Toole
Dick Hyman
Waldorf and other labels, 1950s
Pete Pesci [9]
Bobby Hackett
Eddie Condon, "Bixieland", Columbia, 1955
Hunt Peters
J.J. Johnson
Elvin Jones "And Then Again", Atlantic, 1965
Ronnie Peters
Cannonball Adderley
Milt Jackson "Plenty Plenty Soul", Atlantic, 1957
Fefe Phophum
Hal McKusick
Gus Hoo "New York Land Dixie", RCA 1956
Mac Pierce
Hugh McCracken
King Curtis "Trouble In Mind", Tru-Sound, 1961
Reggie Pitts
Ray Ellington
Ray Nance, Esquire, 1948
Buddy Poor
Buddy Rich
Harry James "Wild About Harry", Capitol, 1957
Al Portch
Laurindo Almeida
Pete Rugolo "Percussion At Work", Mercury, 1957
Al Portch
James Stagliano
Max Roach “Boston Percussion Ensemble”, Mercury, 1958
Cue Porter [10]
Johnny Hodges
Billy Strayhorn "Cue For Saxophone", Felsted, 1958
Booty Wood, English Columbia, 1960
Brother Powell
David Bee
Jazz Club, 1965
Al Price
Bill Berry
Bubber Prince
Sammy Price
Albinia Jones, National, 1945
The Prince
Shorty Rogers
"Jazz Studio 4", Decca, 1955
Amanda B. Reckondwith
Ruth Underwood
George Duke
Manhattan Red
Urbie Green
Jimmy McPartland, Design, 1960
Low Reed
Michel de Villers
Guy Lafitte, Pathé, 1954
Jean-Pierre Sasson, Columbia, 1955
Guy Lafitte, Columbia, 1956
Ragtime Reinhold
Reinhold Svensson
Metronome, 1953 & 1955
Bill Richard
Dick Katz
Ray Nance, Esquire, 1948
Dirty Rivers
Muddy Waters
Otis Spann "The Blues Never Die", Prestige, 1964
James Rivers [11]
Jimmy Giuffre
John Lewis “Wonderful World Of Jazz”, Atlantic, 1960
Lawrence Rix
Lauderic Caton
Ray Nance, Esquire, 1948
Little Rock
Pharoah Sanders
Leon Thomas "Spirits Known and Unknown", Flying Dutchman, 1969
Jolly Roger
Shorty Rogers
Teddy Charles "New Directions", Prestige, 1953
Slim Romero
Fats Navarro
Illinois Jacquet, Aladdin, 1947
Swing Roo
Cozy Cole
Teddy Wilson, Brunswick, 1937
Frankie Ross
Frank Rosolino
Gene Krupa "Lemon Drop", Columbia, 1949
Martial Royal
Martial Solal
Jean-Pierre Sasson, Ducretet-Thomson, 1954
Art Salt
Art Pepper
Shorty Rogers "Cool & Crazy", RCA Victor, 1954
Shelly Manne & His Men, Contemporary, 1953
Steve Sax
Steve Lacy
Joe Lee Wilson "Secrets From the Sun", Sun, c. 1976
Joe Schmaltz
Charlie Shavers
Herbie Haymer, Sunset, 1945
Joe Scott
Wynton Kelly
Sonny Criss "At The Crossroads", Peacock, 1959
Sonny Scott
Hubert Rostaing
Odeon EPs, 1962
Little Miss Sharecropper
Lavern Baker
National, c. 1950
Manny Shell
Shelly Manne
"Wild One" soundtrack, Decca, 1954
Roger Short
Shorty Rogers
"Wild One" soundtrack, Decca, 1954
C.C. Siegel
J.J. Johnson
Charlie Parker 10th Memorial Concert", Limelight, 1965
Big Skol
Sonny Boy Williamson
Roland Kirk "Kirk in Copenhagen", Mercury, 1963
Al Smith
Teddy Wilson
Timme Rosenkrantz, Jazz Star, 1945
Brother Soul
Milt Jackson
Quincy Jones "This Is How I Feel About Jazz", ABC, 1956
George Spelvin [12]
Bud Shank
June Christy "June’s Got Rhythm", Capitol, 1958
Joe Splink
Clifford Scott
Richard Groove Holmes "Somethin' Special", Pacific Jazz;
Carmell Jones "Business Meeting" Pacific Jazz
Kant Standhim
Stan Kenton
Ken Stanton
Stan Kenton
Cinderella G. Stump [13]
Jo Stafford
Red Ingle, Capitol, 1947
Mad Milt Summerblouse
Boomie Richman
Gus Hoo "New York Land Dixie", RCA 1956
Theoshis Tannis
Roland Kirk
Eddie Baccus "Feel Real", Smash, 1962
Erskine Tearblotter
Lou McGarity
Gus Hoo "New York Land Dixie", RCA 1956
A Tenorman
Ben Webster
Carmen McRae "Birds Of A Feather", Decca, 1958
Ed Theodore
Prob. Teddy Edwards
Mel Tormé "I Dig The Duke, I Dig The Count", Verve, 1960-61
Chuck Thomas
Woody Herman
Woody Herman, Capitol, 1949
Zeke Tolin (anagram of Lee Konitz)
Lee Konitz
"Gil Evans +10", Prestige, 1957
Blue Train
John Coltrane
Cecil Taylor "Stereo Drive", United Artists, 1958
Bernard Trapps
Buddy Rich
George Freeman "Man & Woman ", Groove Merchant, 1974
Fanfan la Tulipe
André Persiany
Trummy Young, Ducretet-Thomson, 1955
Flip Turner
Flip Phillips
Jazz At The Philharmonic, Mercury, 1947
Shad Turner
Joe Joe Johnson
Boots Brown & His Blockbusters, Groove, 1952
Stan Turner
Stanley Turrentine
Shirley Scott, “Hip Soul”, Prestige, 1961
Whelan Tyme
Hal Schaefer
“8 To The Bar”, United Artists, 1958
Peter Urban
Art Farmer
Teddy Charles "Tentet", Atlantic, 1956
James Van Dyke
Jimmy Cleveland
Gigi Gryce, "Orchestra/Quartet", Signal, 1955
Luke "The Wailer"
Danny Bank
George Handy "Handyland, U.S.A.", 1954
Wally Wales
Bobby Hackett
George Wein, "George Wein Sings", Atlantic, 1955
Herb Walsh
Herb Geller
"Best From The West", Blue Note, 1954-55
Billy Ward
Buster Bailey
Oriole, 1925
Roderick Ward [14]
Branford Marsalis
Kenny Kirkland, GRP, 1991
Jim Whatsmyname
Jimmy Cleveland
Lucky Thompson's ABC Paramount Lps, 1956
Papa Snow White
Hot Lips Page
Mezzrow-Bechet Septet, King Jazz, 1945
The Wizzard
Raymond Cheng
Frank Lowe, "Black Beings", ESP
Eddie Wood
Eddie Heywood
Rex Stewart, Capitol, 1945
Lion Wrong
Leo Wright
Lalo Schifrin, 1960s
Baldy Wynn
Moe Wechsler
Gus Hoo "New York Land Dixie", RCA 1956
Drummer X
Chico Hamilton
John Pisano/Billy Bean "Makin' It, Decca, 1958
Trumpeter X
Harry Edison
Manny Albam "Jazz Greats...", Coral, 1957
Ennam Yllehs
Shelly Manne
Dave Pell, "The Big Small Bands" Capitol, 1959
Ashby de la Zooch
Irving Ashby
Charles Mingus, Four Star, 1946
Jack Zoot
Zoot Sims
Ernie Wilkins, RCA, 1955
Correction: I heard from Red Ingle’s son, who informed me that Tedder (correct spelling) was a real person.
Karen Teddler
Jo Stafford
Red Ingle & The Natural Seven, Capitol, 1951
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