Twelve Great Jazz Nicknames

A listicle without commentary. Completely subjective.

1. Kenny "Pancho" Hagood
2. Michael "Dodo" Marmarosa
3. "Mr. Five by Five," Jimmy Rushing
4. "Fat Girl," aka Theodore "Fats" Navarro
5. David "Fathead" Newman
6. Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
7. Jimmy "Spanky" DeBrest
8. Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton
9. James "Bubber" Miley
10. "Big Eye" Louis Nelson Delisle
11. Paul "Vice Pres" Quinichette
12. "Jelly Roll Morton"

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