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Jazz Humor
All in the Jazz Family
- Abrams: Ray - real name: Raymond Abramson - (ts) is the older brother of Lee - real name: Leon - (dm)
- Adams: singer Edie Adams was married to Pete Candoli (tp)
- Adderley: Julian "Cannonball" (as) and his kid-brother Nat (co), whose son Nat jr. plays p & g & cl & fl and sings
- Aiken: Gus "Rice" (tp) was the younger brother of Gene "Bud" (tp & tb)
- Akiyoshi: Toshiko (p) was first married to Charlie Mariano (as) and then to Lew Tabackin (ts)
- Albert: "Don" Albert (tp) - real name: Albert Dominique - was the nephew of Natty Dominique (co)
- Aldebert: Louis J. (p & voc & comp) is married to Monique - née Monique Dozo - (voc)
- Alden: Howard (g) is the husband of Terrie Richards (voc)
- Allen: Henry (tp) was the father of Henry "Red" (tp & voc)
- Allen: Pete(r) (cl & ss & as & voc) is the son of Bernie (bjo) from England
- Allred: Bill & son John (both tb)
- Alsop: William M. (as) was married to Olive "Inez" (p)
- Alston: Ovie (tp & voc) was the father of Jean Davis (voc) who is the mother of Miles Dewey "Jeff" Davis (tp & fluegelhorn & comp & leader)
- Altwirth: Heinz (tp & b) and Norbert Vas (tb & b) and Christian Zahn (vibes & dm) are brothers-in-law
- Alvin: Danny - real name: Viniello - (dm) was the father of Teddy Walters (g & voc)
- Ambrosetti: father Flavio (as) & his son Franco (tp) from Switzerland
- Ammons: boogie-woogie pioneer Albert (p) and son Gene "Jug" (ts)
- Andrews: Patty (1920), Maxene (1918) and Laverne (1915) were sisters (all voc - the ANDREWS SISTERS)
- Anthony: Ray - real name: Raymond Antonini - (bandleader & tp) was the brother of Lee Roy "Leo" (bs)
- Armstrong: Louis (tp & voc) and his 2nd wife Lil(lian) Hardin-Armstrong (p)
- Assunto: Jacob "Papa Jac" (tb & bjo) was the father of Frank (tp) & Fred (tb) of the "Dukes of Dixieland"
- Austin: Lovie - real name: Cora Calhoun - (p & comp & leader) was the mother of Patricia (voc)
- Autrey: Herman (tp & voc) was the son of tuba.player Moses
- Ayler: Edward (sax & violin) was the father of Albert (sax) and his brother Donald (tp)
- Babs: Alice - real name: Alice Nilson - (voc) is the daughter of Jean Nilson (p & comp) and the mother of Titti Breitholz (voc)
- Baculis: Al(phonse) (cl & sax & p) is the brother-in-law of Ron Collier (comp)
- Bailey: Buster (cl) was the Cousin of Albert W. "Happy" Caldwell (ts)
- Bailey: Derek (g) is the nephew of George Wing (g)
- Bailey: drummer Donald Orlando is the brother of Maurice (ts & dm)
- Bailey: Mildred (voc) was the wife of Red Norvo (vibes) and the sister of Al Rinker (voc)
- Bailey: Pearl (voc) was married to Louis Bellson (dm)
- Baker: Harold "Shorty" (tp) was the 2nd husband of Mary Lou Williams (p & arr) and the brother of Winfield (tb)
- Baker: Josephine (voc) was the daughter of Eddie Carson (dm)
- Balaban: Barley (p & leader) was the father of Leonard J. "Red" (b & voc)
- Banks: Paul (p & leader) and Clifton (cl & sax) were brothers
- Baquet: Theogene Baquet was the leader of the Excelsior Brass Band and the father of George who was the older brother of Achille (both - cl) who were both brothers-in-law of Bunk Johnson
- Barbarin: Isidore (alto-horn) was the father of Paul (older brother) and Louis (both dm), both were uncles of Danny Barker (g) and John Brunois (tp)
- Barber: Chris (tb & leader) was the husband of singer Ottilie Patterson
- Barbour: Don (g & voc) and Ross (tp & dm & voc) of the "Four Freshman" were brothers
- Barefield: Eddie (saxophones & cl & arr) was the father of Dolores (voc)
- Barker: Danny (g) was the nephew of Paul & Louis Barbarin (both - dm) and married to the singer Blue Lu
- Barksdale: Everett (g) was married to Victoia (p)
- Barnard: Bob (co) is the younger brother of Lem (dm) - Australia
- Barnes: Emile was the older brother of Paul D. "Polo" (both - cl)
- Barone: Gary (tp) is the younger brother of Mike (tb), their father Joe played tp with Bob Crosby
- Barron: Kenny (p) is the younger brother of Bill (sax)
- Bascomb: Paul (ts) was the brother of Wilbur "Dud" (tp) and Arthur (p)
- Bass: the R&B-singer Fontella was married to Lester Bowie (tp)
- Bates: Bob was the older brother of Norman and Jim (all - b)
- Bauduc: Jules sr. (tp) was the father of Jules jr. and Ray (both - dm)
- Bauer: Conny (tb) is the older brother of Johannes (tb) from former eastern-Germany
- Beal: Charlie was the older brother of Eddie (both p & comp)
- Bechet: Sidney (cl & ss) and his brothers Leonard (tb) and Joseph (g) and his son Daniel Sidney Bechet Jr. (dm) - now performing in France
- Bell: the australian brothers Graeme (leader & comp & p) and Roger (tp)
- Bellson: Louie - real name: Louis Balassoni - (dm) was married to singer Pearl Bailey
- Benford: tuba-player Bill was the older brother of Tommy (dm)
- Bennett: singer Betty was married to André Previn (p & comp)
- Bennett: the never recorded but legendary tp-player Theodore "Cuban" was the cousin of Benny Carter (as & tp & leader & arr)
- Berigan: Rowland Bernart "Bunny" (tp & voc) and Don (dm) were brothers
- Berry: Leon "Chu" had a brother Nelson (both - ts)
- Berton: Victor (dm & perc & vibes) was the brother of Ralph (dm) who was one of the first jazz-writers
- Bertrand: Jimmy (dm) was the cousin of Andrew Hilaire (dm)
- Bess: Frank (co & tb) was the father of Druie R. (tb)
- Bey: Andy (p & voc) and his sisters Salome and Geraldine (both - voc)
- Bigard: Emile (violin) was the uncle of Alex (dm) and Barney (cl & ts) and of their cousin Anatie "Natty" Dominique (co)
- Bishop: Walter jr. (p) was the son of Walter sr. (comp - "Swing, Brother, Swing")
- Blanton: Jimmy Blanton (b) was the cousin of Wendell Marshall who followed him in the Ellington Orchestra
- Blair: singer Janet was married to Joe "Fingers" Carr (p)
- Bley: Carla (p & leader) is the wife of Mike Mantler (tp) and the mother of Karen Mantler (p & voc); her 1st husband was Paul Bley (p), who later married Annette Peacock (comp & voc & p) - née Coleman -, who was formerly married to Gary Peacock (b & p)
- Bloom: Rube (p & comp) was the older brother of Milton "Mickey" (tp)
- Bocage: Peter (violin & tp & tb & bjo & xyl) was the brother of Harry (b) and Leonard (bjo & g)
- Bohannon: Hoyt (tb) was the father of Steve (dm & organ)
- Bontemps: Willie "Bontin" (b & g & bjo) was the uncle of Zutty Singleton (dm)
- Boswell: Connie "Connee" (sax & tb & p & cello) (1907), Martha (p) (1908) and Helvetia "Vet" (violin) (?) (all voc - the BOSWELL SISTERS)
- Bourke: Jerome "Romie" was the brother of Arthur Gibbs (p)
- Boutté: singer Lillian ist married to reed-player Thomas l'Etienne
- Bowie: Lester (tp), Joseph (tb) and Byron (sax) are brothers
- Bowles: Russel (tb) was the brother of Elizabeth (tb) who was married to Jonah Jones (tp)
- Boyer: Ann - the singer of the bands led by Artie Shaw and Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey - was married to Bob Dukoff (ts)
- Bowie: Lester (tp), who married the R&B-singer Fontella Bass is the older brother of Joseph (tb)
- Brackeen: JoAnne - née Grogan - (p) is the wife of Charles (sax)
- Bradford: Bobby Lee (tp & comp) is the father of Dennis (dm)
- Bradley: Will (tb & leader) - real name: Wilbur Schwichtenberg - is the father of William Ackerson "Will jr." (dm)
- Brannon: Humphrey J. "Reddy" (p & arr & comp) was a cousin of Babs Gonzales (voc)
- Brauer: singer Timna is married to Eli Meiri (p)
- Brecker: Michael (ts) is the younger brother of Randy (tp), who is married to Eliane Elias (p) from Brazil
- Breinschmid: Martin (vibes & dm) is the older brother of Georg (b)
- Breitholz: Titti (voc) is the daughter of Alice Babs (voc)
- Brewer: singer Teresa married record-producer Bob Thile
- Bridgewater: singer Denise "Dee Dee" - née Garrett - married Cecil Vernon (tp & arr & comp), whose bother Ron plays sax
- Briggs: Arthur (tp) and Pete (tuba & b) were cousins, their uncle was Crickett Smith (tp)
- Brignola: Chick and Nick (bs & saxophones & fl) ?
- Brom: Gustav (leader & cl) and his son Gustav jr. (bass-tb) from Prague
- Brooks: Randy (tp) was married to bandleader Ina Rae Hutton
- Broonzy: Big Bill (g & voc) was the half-brother of Robert "Washboard Sam" Brown (voc & wb)
- Brown: Boyce - later as "Brother Matthew" in a monastery - (as & cl) had a brother Harvey (g)
- Brown: Cleo (voc & p) and her brother Everett (p)
- Brown: Clifford (tp) and Clifford, III ?
- Brown: Lawrence (tb) and brother Harold (p)
- Brown: bandleader Les (as) was the brother of Stumpy (tb & voc)
- Brown: Ray (b) and his wife Ella Fitzgerald (voc)
- Brown: Robert "Washboard Sam" (voc & wb) was the half-brother of Big Bill Broonzy (voc & g)
- Brown: Steve (b) was the older brother of Tom "Red" (tb)
- Brown: Vernon (tb) was married zu Edythe Harper (voc)
- Brubeck: Dave (p) and his sons Darius (p & tp), Chris (e-b & bass-tb) and Danny (dm)
- Brunis: George (tb) was the brother of Albert "Abbie" (tp) and Merrit (tp) and Harry (tb)
- Brunois: John (tp) was the nephew of Paul and Luis Barbarin (both - dm)
- Bryant: Ray (p) and his older brother Tommy (b) are the uncles of the Eubanks-brothers
- Bryson: Jeanie (voc) is the daughter of Dizzy Gillespie (tp & voc)
- Buckner: Milt (organ & p & vibes) was the brother of Ted (as) and George (tb), they all were nephews of John Tobias (tb)
- Bunch: Frank (p) and Carl (bjo) were brothers
- Bunn: Teddy (g & voc) and Kenneth (violin) were brothers
- Bunnett: Jane (ss & fl) is married to Larry Cramer (tp)
- Burch: pianoplayer John was associated with Kathy Stobart (all saxophones)
- Burnett: Joe (tp) was married to Irene Kral (voc)
- Butterfield: Billy (tp) was married to singer Dotty Dare Smith
- Byrd: Charlie (g) and his younger brother Joe (b & g)
- Caceres: Ernie (cl & bs) and his brothers Emilio (violin) and Pinero (tp & p) and their cousins Johnny Gomez (g) and Henry Falcon Cuesta (cl & as)
- Cahn/Kahn: Sammy Cahn (songwriter) and son Steve Kahn (g)
- Cain: singer Jackie was married to Roy Kral (p)
- Cairns: Forrie (cl) is younger the brother of John (p)
- Caldwell: Albert W. "Happy" (ts) was the cousin of Buster Bailey (cl)
- Calloway: Cab(ell) and his sister Blanche (both voc & band-leaders), his brother Elmer (leader) and his daughter Chris (voc)
- Calmeyer: Ole (p) was married to Barbara Kay Donald (tp & p & voc)
- Cameron: singer Ruth is married to Charlie Haden (b)
- Campbell: drummer Floyd was the brother-in-law of Johnny Dunn (tp)
- Candoli: Walter Joseph "Pete", who was married to singer Edie Adams, and his younger brother Secondo "Conte" (both tp)
- Carey: Thomas "Mutt" (tp) was the younger brother of Jack (tb & leader of the "Crescent Brass Band" of N.O.) and Peter - the oldest brother (alto-horn)
- Carlson: Frank L. (dm) was the brother of Tony (b)
- Carney: Harry Howell (bs) had a pianoplaying brother (Ray)
- Carr: Ian (tp & flugelhorn & key) is the older brother of Mike (p & comp) from Scotland
- Carr: Joe "Fingers" - real name: Lou(is) F. Busch - (p) was married to the singers Janet Blair and Margaret Whiting
- Carroll: Barbara - real name: Barbara Carole Coppersmith - (p) and Joe Shulman (b) were a couple
- Carson: Eddie (dm) was the father of Josephine Baker (voc)
- Carson: Norma (tp) was married to Bob Newman (ts)
- Carter: Benny (as & tp & leader & arr) was the cousin of the never-recorded Theodore "Cuban" Bennett (tp) and of Darnell Howard (cl)
- Carter: Charles jr. "Chuck" (dm) is the son of Charles sr. (dm) and a cousin of Gerald Wilson (tp & arr & leader)
- Cary: Marc (p) is the great-grandson of Mae York Smith (p) who played with Eubie Blake
- Carver: Wayman jr. Alexander (cl & sax & fl & comp)) was the son of Wayman sr. (cl)
- Carvin: Henry (dm) is the father of Michael (dm)
- Castle: Lee - real name: Castaldo - (tp) and his brother Charles (tb)
- Cathcart: Jimmy (p), Tom (?) and Dick - the most prominent - (tp) were brothers, Jimmy & Tom were also brothers-in-law because they married the twin-sisters Lyn & Lee Wilde (both - voc)
- Chaix: swiss pianist Henry married the mother of his ex-wife who had married Earl Warren (as & cl) - so Henry is the step-father-in-law of Earl Warren
- Chamblee: Eddie (ts) and his wife Dinah Washington (voc)
- Chandler: Karen (voc) worked under the name: "Eve Young" for Benny Goodman and was married to Jack Pleis (p & arr & leader)
- Chaput: Roger was the cousin of Django Reinhardt (both - g)
- Cheatham: Adolphus "Doc" Cheatham (tp & voc) was the grandfather of Theo Crocker (tp)
- Cheatham: Jeannie (p & voc) and Jimmy (tb & voc) are a couple and not related to Adolphus "Doc" Cheatham
- Cherry: Don (tp & co & pocket-co) and his sister Jane (violin & voc)
- Christian: Charles (tb), Emile (tb) and Frank (co) were brothers
- Christian: Charles "Charlie" (g) was the son of Clarence (g & voc) and the brother of Edward (p & b) and the cousin of Gene Russel (p)
- Christie: Keith (tp) is the older brother of Jan (reeds) in England
- Christy: singer June was married to Bob Cooper (ts & oboe & french horn)
- Claire: the vocalists Dorothy, Betty, Judy and Debbie were sisters
- Clarke: drummer Kenny was married to singer Carmen McRae
- Clarke: Pete (cl & as & bs), Dick (tp) and Arthur "Babe" ( sax) were brothers
- Clayton: John (b & arr & leader) and his kid-brother Jeff (as)
- Cless: George "Rod" (cl) was the brother-in-law of Bud Freeman(ts)
- Clooney: Rosemarie and Betty (both voc) were sisters
- Cline: Alex (perc) and Nels (g) are brothers
- Cobb: Junie C. (cl & sax & bjo & p & leader) was the brother of Jimmy (co)
- Cobb: drummer Wilbur James "Jimmy" was married to Dinah Wahington (voc)
- Cobham: William C. "Billy" (dm) is the son of William sr. (p)
- Cohn: Al (ts) was married to the singers Mary Ann McCall and Marilyn Moore who is the mother of his son Joe (g)
- Cole: William Randolph "Cozy" (dm) and Teddy & Donald (both - p) were brothers
- Cole: Nat "King" - real name: Nathaniel Adams Coles - (p & voc) and his wife Marie Hawkins (voc), their daughter Natalie (voc) and his brothers Freddie (p & voc) and Isaacs "Ike" (p & comp)
- Cole: Rupert (as & cl) was the father of Ronnie (dm & vibes)
- Coleman: Ornette (sax) and his son Denardo (dm)
- Collier: Ron (comp) is the brother-in-law of Al Baculis (cl & sax & p)
- Collins: John (g) was the son of Georgia Gorham (p & leader)
- Collins: Lee (tp & voc) was the son of John (tp)
- Collins: Richard "Dick" (tp) was the son of Fred (p & leader)
- Colomby: Robert Wayne "Bobby" (dm), Jules (tp) and Harry (manager of Th.Monk) were brothers
- Coltrane: John (ts), his wife Alice - née McLeod - (p & organ & harp), who is the sister of Ernie Farrow (b), and their son Ravi (ts) and Miki Coltrane ?
- Colston: painist Mary was the wife of Andrew Dewey "Andy" Kirk (bass-sax & bs & tuba & leader) and the mother of Andy jr. (ts)
- Columbus: Chris (dm) was the father of Sonny Payne (dm)
- Colyer: Ken (tp & g) is the brother of Bill (wb)
- Combelle: Alix (cl & as) was the father of Philippe (dm) from France
- Compton: J.Glover (p) was the husband of Nettie Lewis (voc)
- Conaway: Sterling (bjo & mand) was the brother of Lincoln (g & bjo)
- Cooper: Al (as & bandleader) was the half-brother of Grachan Moncur II (b)
- Cooper: Bob (ts & oboe & french horn) was married to June Christy
- Coppieters: the belgian pianoplayer & organist Fernand was the father of Francis (p)
- Cornelius: Ed "Corky" was married to Irene Daye (voc)
- Cottrell: Louis sr. (dm) was the father of Louis jr. (cl & ts)
- Courvoisier: Sylvie (p & prepared p) and Mark Feldman (violin) are a couple
- Courtley: Bert (tp) was married to Kathy Stobart (sax)
- Cox: bluessinger Ida war married to Jesse Crump (p)
- Coy: Gene (dm & leader) was married to Ann (p)
- Coycault: Ernest "Nenny" (co) was the older brother of Phil (cl)
- Cramer: Larry (tp) is married to Jane Bunnett (ss & fl)
- Crawley: the brothers Wilton & Jimmy both played cl and sang
- Creath: Charles (tp & as & leader) and his sisters Marge, who was married to Zutty Singleton (dm), and Pauline (both - p)
- Crocker: Theo (tp) is the grandson of Adolphus "Doc" Cheatham (tp & voc)
- Crosby: Bing (voc) with his brother Bob (bandleader & voc) and son Gary (voc)
- Crouch: Stanley (dm), Sam (p) and contemporary gospel-singer Andrae are cousins
- Crumbley: George (tp) and Elmer (tb) were brothers
- Crump: Jesse (p) was married to bluessinger Ida Cox
- Cuesta: Henry Falcon (cl & as) was a cousin of the Caceres brothers
- Cullaz: the french guitar-player Pierre is the older brother of Alby (b) - their father is Maurice (jazz-producer & critic)
- Culley: Wendel Philips (tp) and Ray (dm) were brothers
- Cullum: James "Jim jr." (co) followed his father Jim sr. (cl) a the leader of the San Antonio-based "Happy Jazz" Band
- Curry: Bernadine "Bert" (sax) was two years older than his uncle Eric "Glyn" Paque (cl & sax)
- D'Ambrosia: singer Meredith is ,arried to Eddie Higgins (p)
- Dale: Joe (dm) was married to Krupa-Singer Carolyn Grey
- Dameron: Tadley Edward "Tadd" (p & comp) was the brother of Caesar (as)
- Dance: the jazz-writers Stanley and Helen Oakley were a couple
- Daniels. Wilbur and Douglas ?
- Dankworth: John (sax & leader) and his wife Cleo Laine (voc) and their son Alec Dankworth (b)
- Dauner: Wolfgang (p & comp) is thefather of Florian (dm & perc)
- Davis: Miles Dewey "Jeff" Davis (tp & fluegelhorn) is the son of Jean Alston-Davis (voc) and the grandson of Ovie Alston (tp & voc)
- Daye: singer Irene was married to Ed "Corky" Cornelius and Charlie Spivak (leader & tp)
- Dearie: pianist-singer Blossom was married to Bobby Jasper (ts & fl) from Belgium
- Dedrick: Lyle F. "Rusty" (tp & comp) was the brother of Arthur (tb)
- DeFrancesco: Joey (tp & organ) and Papa John (hammond-organ)
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