Pete Academy Posted August 24, 2009 Posted August 24, 2009 I have come to the conclusion that, apart from talent, to be a successful jazz or funk musician you need to have a really cool name/nickname. For example: William 'Bootsy' Collins, Rodney 'Skeet' Curtis, Robert 'Kool' Bell, Thelonius Monk, Pharaoh Sanders, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Joseph 'Zigaboo' Modeliste, Jaco Pastorius, Tal Wilkenfeld, Ornette Coleman, James 'Blood' Ulmer, Wynton and Branford Marsalis, Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Chuck Mangione, Count Basie, Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Rollins, McCoy Tyner, Francis Rocco Prestia, Oscar Cartaya, Abe Laboriel, Jack DeJohnette, Tito Puente, Stanley Turrentine, Hugh Masekela, Chick Corea. Not a duffer amongst them. I rest my case. Quote
Musky Posted August 24, 2009 Posted August 24, 2009 Does Charlie Mingus [i]really[/i] belong in a list of cool names? Quote
iamapirate Posted August 24, 2009 Posted August 24, 2009 (edited) well.... Does it count if you stole it from a fast show sketch? -Clam Edited August 24, 2009 by iamapirate Quote
Pete Academy Posted August 24, 2009 Author Posted August 24, 2009 What I'm getting at is, if your parents christen you Thelonius Monk, do you automatically aspire to be a jazz musician? Quote
BigBeefChief Posted August 24, 2009 Posted August 24, 2009 My two favourite Jazzers, Art Stilton and Pup Napkin were destined to become Jazz musicians the moment they were christened. Quote
Stingray5 Posted August 24, 2009 Posted August 24, 2009 Thing is, just about all those names in the OP originate from the US. They have such cool place names too that work when added to peoples names, for instance with Blues players, e.g., 'Mississippi' John Hurt, 'Memphis' Slim, etc. I guess 'Scunthorpe' Bert Higginbottom doesn't quite have the same ring to it! Quote
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted August 24, 2009 Posted August 24, 2009 Boxers also have cool names Quote
leschirons Posted August 24, 2009 Posted August 24, 2009 I found it certainly helped my career as a blues guitarist. All the best, Hoover "twin-tub" Johnson Quote
jezzaboy Posted August 24, 2009 Posted August 24, 2009 That reminds me of that little know Chinese Jazz/fusion guitarist Wan Lang Solo. Jez Quote
lee4 Posted August 24, 2009 Posted August 24, 2009 I now record under the name Hubert"One string banjo"Cheesemonger.Kind catchy.But then so is bubonic plague. Quote
WHUFC BASS Posted August 24, 2009 Posted August 24, 2009 [quote name='Pete Academy' post='579415' date='Aug 24 2009, 07:15 PM']What I'm getting at is, if your parents christen you [b]Thelonius Monk[/b], do you automatically aspire to be a jazz musician?[/quote] As long as they don't christen you "Harry Monk" you can be whatever you wanna be. Quote
crez5150 Posted August 24, 2009 Posted August 24, 2009 If I were a blues guitarist...... I'd be called 'Muddy Starfish'....... ;o) Quote
MacDaddy Posted August 24, 2009 Posted August 24, 2009 Blues name generator. [url="http://www.outliermusic.com/jokes_bluesname.htm"]http://www.outliermusic.com/jokes_bluesname.htm[/url] Apparently I'm [i]Blind Fingers Jones.[/i] Quote
JackLondon Posted August 24, 2009 Posted August 24, 2009 [quote name='MacDaddy' post='579585' date='Aug 24 2009, 09:33 PM']Blues name generator. [url="http://www.outliermusic.com/jokes_bluesname.htm"]http://www.outliermusic.com/jokes_bluesname.htm[/url] Apparently I'm [i]Blind Fingers Jones.[/i][/quote] Mine is [i]Boney Bones Dupree[/i] Quote
Stingray5 Posted August 24, 2009 Posted August 24, 2009 [quote name='MacDaddy' post='579585' date='Aug 24 2009, 09:33 PM']Blues name generator. [url="http://www.outliermusic.com/jokes_bluesname.htm"]http://www.outliermusic.com/jokes_bluesname.htm[/url] Apparently I'm [i]Blind Fingers Jones.[/i][/quote] Yo, 'Blind [i]Sugar[/i] Jones' here! Quote
Low End Bee Posted August 24, 2009 Posted August 24, 2009 Fat Gumbo Dupree. All the way from the Middlesex Delta. Quote
leschirons Posted August 24, 2009 Posted August 24, 2009 [quote name='JackLondon' post='579591' date='Aug 24 2009, 09:41 PM']Mine is [i]Boney Bones Dupree[/i] [/quote] I'm Curley "bad-boy" Bailey I wish, I'm a spam. Quote
leschirons Posted August 24, 2009 Posted August 24, 2009 I've just put in the intitials of the name it first gave me and now I'm "Crippled Money McGee" Jeez, this could go on for ever. Quote
Stingray5 Posted August 24, 2009 Posted August 24, 2009 [quote name='leschirons' post='579662' date='Aug 24 2009, 10:47 PM']I've just put in the intitials of the name it first gave me and now I'm "Crippled Money McGee" Jeez, this could go on for ever.[/quote] Yeh, that works even better. Now I'm Muddy BadBoy Washington. Quote
lonestar Posted August 24, 2009 Posted August 24, 2009 [quote name='Stingray5' post='579607' date='Aug 24 2009, 09:55 PM']Yo, 'Blind [i]Sugar[/i] Jones' here! [/quote] We must be related Regards Jailhouse Sugar hopkins Quote
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