Nicknames and Stage Names of Selected Jazz Musicians
| Nick Name | Given Name |
|---|---|
| Abbie | Albert Brunies |
| Angry Man of Jazz | Charles Mingus |
| Babe | Irving Russin |
| Baby | Warren Dodds |
| Baby Sweets | Walter Perkins |
| Bags | Milt Jackson |
| Baron | Charles Mingus |
| Bean | Coleman Hawkins |
| Bear | Eddie Costa |
| Bear | Bob Hunt |
| Big Babe | Andrew Webb |
| Big-eye | Louis Nelson Delisle |
| Big eye | Louis Nelson Delisle |
| Big Jim | Jim Robinson |
| Big Sid | Sid Catlett |
| Big Tea | Jack Teagarden |
| Bird | Charlie Parker |
| Bix | Leon Bismark Beiderbecke |
| Blood | James Ulmer |
| Blue Lou | Lou Marini |
| Bogey | Wilton Gaynair |
| Bones | Tom Malone |
| Boogaloo Joe | Ivan Jones |
| Boogaloo | James Bolden |
| Boots | Clifford Douglas |
| Bops Junior | Oliver Jackson |
| Bounce | George Mraz |
| Brother Ray | Ray Charles |
| Brownie | Clifford Brown |
| Brute | Ben Webster |
| Bu | Art Blakey |
| Abdullah Ibn Buhaina | Art Blakey |
| Bubber | James Miley |
| Buck | Leroy Berry |
| Buck | Wilbur Clayton |
| Step-Buddy | Bernard Anderson |
| Step Buddy | Bernard Anderson |
| Bumps | Robert Blackwell |
| Bunny | Rowland Berigan |
| Butter | Quentin Jackson |
| Cake | Al Wichard |
| Candy | Floyd Johnson |
| Cannonball | Julian Adderley |
| Cat | William Alonzo Anderson |
| Cat | Jimmy Smith |
| Chairman of the Board | Frank Sinatra |
| Chico | Alfred Alvarez |
| Chu | Leon Chu Berry |
| Cleanhead | Eddie Vinson |
| Coop | Bob Cooper |
| Cootie | Charles Williams |
| Cornbread | Hal Singer |
| Count | William James Basie |
| Count | Conte Candoli |
| Count | Steve Marcus |
| Cow Cow | Charles Edward Davenport |
| Crane | Dave Burns |
| Deedles | Diane Schuur |
| Dink | Harold Taylor |
| Dippermouth | Louis Armstrong |
| Divine One | Sarah Vaughan |
| Dizzy or Diz | John Birks Gillespie |
| Django | Jean Baptiste Reinhardt |
| Doctor Miller | Glenn Miller |
| Dodo | Michael Marmarosa |
| Duck | Donald Bailey |
| Duke | Edward Kennedy Ellington |
| Duke | Bennie Green |
| Eddie Lang | Salvatore Massaro |
| Fat Boy | Theodore Navarro |
| Fat Cat | Johnson McRee |
| Fat Girl | Theodore Navarro |
| Fathead | David Newman |
| Fats | Jimmy Ponder |
| Fats | Fats Sadi |
| Fats Waller | Thomas Waller |
| Fatha | Earl Hines |
| Faz | Irving Fazola |
| Fiddler | Claude Williams |
| First Lady | Ella Fitzgerald |
| Foots | Walter Thomas |
| Fox | Maynard Ferguson |
| Frog | Ben Webster |
| Gatemouth | Clarence Brown |
| Geechie | Vernon Smith |
| Geechy | James Robinson |
| Geezil | Harold Minerve |
| Gildersleeve | Harold Peary |
| God | Art Tatum |
| Great Dane | Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen |
| Great Dane with the Never-Ending Name | Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen |
| Groaner | Bing Crosby |
| Groove | Richard Holmes |
| Guvnor | Ken Colyer |
| Half-Pint | Frankie Jaxon |
| Ham | Leonard Davis |
| Hammond | Johnny Smith |
| Mad Lionel | Lionel Hampton |
| Hamp | Lionel Hampton |
| Happy | David Williams |
| Hawk | Coleman Hawkins |
| Hi De Ho | Cab Calloway |
| Highpockets | Milton Rogers |
| High Priest of Bop | Thelonious Monk |
| High Priestess of Soul | Nina Simone |
| Hipster | Harry Gibson |
| Hog | Leroy Cooper |
| Honeybear | Gene Sedric |
| Honeyboy | David Edwards |
| Hootie | Jay McShann |
| Hoss | Walter Page |
| Hot Lips | Henry Busse |
| Howdy | Howard Quicksell |
| Ickey | Dick Morgan |
| Itzy | Irving Riskin |
| Ivory | Herman Chittison |
| Ivory | Harold Ivory Williams |
| Jaws | Eddie Davis |
| Jeep | Johnny Hodges |
| Jelly Roll | Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe |
| Jeru | Gerry Mulligan |
| Jinja | Justine Wayne |
| Joe Blade | Nick LaRocca |
| Johnny Mac | John McLaughlin |
| Judge | Milt Hinton |
| Jug | Gene Ammons |
| Jughead | Gene Ammons |
| Kansas | Carl Fields |
| Kat | Herbert Cowans |
| King | Buddy Bolden |
| King | Nat King Cole |
| King | Freddie Keppard |
| King | Joe Oliver |
| Papa Joe | Joe Oliver |
| King of the Clarinet | Artie Shaw |
| King of Cool | Dean Martin |
| King of Jazz | Paul Whiteman |
| King of the Jazz Guitar | Django Reinhardt |
| King of the Jukebox | Louis Jordan |
| King of Swing | Benny Goodman |
| Klook-Mop | Kenny Clarke |
| Klook | Kenny Clarke |
| Knife | Pepper Adams |
| Knocky | John W. Parker |
| Lady Day | Billie Holiday |
| Leap Frog | Buster Bennett |
| Lion | Willie Smith |
| Lips | Oran Page |
| Hot Lips | Oran Page |
| Little | Benny Harris |
| Little Bird | Albert Ayler |
| Little Bird | Jimmy Heath |
| Little Giant | Johnny Griffin |
| Little Jazz | Roy Eldridge |
| Little Johnny C | Johnny Coles |
| Little Man | Walter Buchanan |
| Little Mitch | George Mitchell |
| Lockjaw | Eddie Davis |
| Long Tall Dexter | Dexter Gordon |
| Lord | Chauncey Westbrook |
| Lucky | Eli Thompson |
| Mad Lionel | Lionel Hampton |
| Maffy | Muvaffak Falay |
| Maggie | Howard McGhee |
| Maharaja | Oscar Peterson |
| Major | Glenn Miller |
| Man | Sam Taylor |
| Mash | Art Blakey |
| Mex | Paul Gonsalves |
| Mighty Flea | Gene Conners |
| Mohawk | Ted Sturgis |
| Monk | William Montgomery |
| Montudie | Ed Garland |
| Moondog | Louis Thomas |
| Moonface | Claude Thornhill |
| Wurmpth | Claude Thornhill |
| Mouse | Irving Randolph |
| Mousie or Mousey | Elmer Alexander |
| Mr. Bongo | Jack Costanzo |
| Mr. Five by Five | Jimmy Rushing |
| Mr. T | Stanley Turrentine |
| Mr. Clock | Freddie Green |
| Muffin or The Lamb | Donald Lambert |
| Mule | Major Holley |
| Mutt | Tom Carey |
| Nappy | Hilton Lamare |
| Newk | Sonny Rollins |
| NHOP | Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen |
| O Bruxo | Hermeto Pascoal |
| The Sorcerer | Hermeto Pascoal |
| Ol' Blue Eyes | Frank Sinatra |
| Pancho | Kenny Hagood |
| Papa | Louis Tio |
| Papa Jo | Jonathan David Samuel Jones |
| Papa Joe | Joe Oliver |
| Papa Mutt | Thomas Carey |
| Pat | Laurdine Patrick |
| Patriarch of the Clarinet | Benny Goodman |
| Pee Wee | H. B. Barnum |
| Pee Wee | Alfred Ellis |
| Pee Wee | Leon Whittaker |
| Pharoah | Farrell Sanders |
| Phantom | Joe Henderson |
| Philly Joe | Joseph Jones |
| Pigmeat | Alamo Markham |
| Pinetop | Joseph William Perkins |
| Pinetop | Clarence Smith |
| Pony | Norwood Poindexter |
| Pops | Sidney Bechet |
| Pops | Louis Armstrong |
| Pops | George Murphy Foster |
| Pops | Robert Popwell |
| Pops | Paul Whiteman |
| Porky | Al Porcino |
| Pretty | Bernard Purdie |
| Pres | Lester Young |
| Prince of Darkness | Miles Davis |
| Professor | Cab Calloway |
| Professor | Benny Goodman |
| Queen | Peggy Lee |
| Queen of the Jukeboxes | Dinah Washington |
| Rabbit | Johnny Hodges |
| Rap | Leon Roppolo |
| Red | Tom Brown |
| Red | William Garland |
| Red | Keith Mitchell |
| Red | Robert Muse |
| Red | Alvin Tyler |
| Rocketshell | Ursel Churchill |
| Rubberlegs | Henry Williams |
| Rusty | Lyle Dedrick |
| Sassy | Sarah Vaughan |
| Satchmo | Louis Armstrong |
| Satchelmouth | Louis Armstrong |
| Scotty | Howard Scott |
| Scotty | Kermit Scott |
| Senator | Eugene Wright |
| Shadow | Rossiere Wilson |
| Sharkey | Joseph Bonano |
| Shorty | Harold Baker |
| Shorty Nadine | Nat King Cole |
| Sir | Charles Thompson |
| Skeeter | Clifton Best |
| Sleepy Hall | Chick Bullock |
| Slim | Bulee Gaillard |
| Slow Drag | Alcide Pavageau |
| Smack | Fletcher Henderson |
| Smitty | Marvin Smith |
| Snakehips | Ken Snakehips Johnson |
| Sonny | Sun Ra |
| Sonny | Clarence Henry |
| Sonny | Edward Stitt |
| Sound | Stan Getz |
| Specs | Gordon Powell |
| Spoon | Jimmy Witherspoon |
| Stork | Paul Desmond |
| Strawfoot | Dorothy Shay |
| Swee' Pea | Billy Strayhorn |
| Sweets | Harry Edison |
| Swing's Senior Statesman | Benny Goodman |
| Tain | Jeff Watts |
| Tex | Herschel Evans |
| Toby | Scoville Browne |
| Toby | Otto Hardwick |
| Tootie | Albert Heath |
| Tram | Frank Trumbauer |
| Trane | John Coltrane |
| Tricky Sam | Joe Nanton |
| Tubby | Tubby Hayes |
| Tubbs | Tubby Hayes |
| Velvet Fog | Mel Torme |
| Vice Prez | Paul Quinichette |
| Voice | Frank Sinatra |
| Vonski | Von Freeman |
| Whitey | Gordon Mitchell |
| Wig | Gerald Wiggins |
| Wild | Bill Davison |
| Wingy | Joseph Manone |
| Wooden | Wooden Joe Nicholas |
| Yardbird | Charlie Parker |
| Zoot | Jack Sims |