Twelve Great Jazz Nicknames
A listicle without commentary. Completely subjective.
- Kenny "Pancho" Hagood
- Michael "Dodo" Marmarosa
- "Mr. Five by Five," Jimmy Rushing
- "Fat Girl," aka Theodore "Fats" Navarro
- David "Fathead" Newman
- Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
- Jimmy "Spanky" DeBrest
- Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton
- James "Bubber" Miley
- "Big Eye" Louis Nelson Delisle
- Paul "Vice Pres" Quinichette
- "Jelly Roll Morton"
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