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SOME NICKNAMES
(Bet you don't know them all)
A Living Legend Doc Cheatham
Big Sid Sid Catlett
Ding-dong Ray Brown
Fatha Earl Hines
Floorshow Ray Nance
Jiggs Hayden Whigham
Klook Kenny Clarke
Little Jazz Roy Eldridge
Old Groaner Bing Crosby
Orange Herb Ellis
Peanuts Michael Hucko
Pepper Park Adams
Rabbit Johnny Hodges
Reuters Ted Heath
Shake Ellsworth McGranahan Keane
Shorty Milton M. Rajonsky (Shorty Rogers)
Skeets Arthur Herfurt
Slow Drag Alcide Pavageau
Snookie (Snooky) Eugene Edward Young
Steps Barney Bigard
Stuff Hezekiah Leroy Gordon Smith
Superman Pete Candoli
The Baron Tony Crombie
The Dirty Bopper Bruce Turner
The Guvnor Frank Sinatra
The Steamer Stan Getz
The Velvet Fog Mel Tormé
Toots Jean Baptiste Thielemans
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