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The "More Jazz Nicknames" Game

There are a lot of great jazz musicians who had interesting nicknames - in each grouping below, there are three real nicknames of jazz musicians, and one fake nickname - can you pick which name is the imposter in each set?
Group #1:
  • Big Gate Teagarden
  • Mister Five-by-Five
  • Jumping Joe Jiggles
  • Sweets Edison
Group #2:
  • The Prince of Darkness
  • Yardbird
  • Dizzy Gillespie
  • Da Bone Dillingham
Group #3:
  • Lady Day
  • Sackmouth Smith
  • Bags Jackson
  • Jelly Roll Morton
Group #4:
  • Tricky Sam
  • Fathead Newman
  • Slick Noggin Navarro
  • Gatemouth Brown
Group #5:
  • Boo Boo Crickets
  • Satchmo
  • Cootie Williams
  • Fatha Hines

Score =

Correct answers:

jazz musician nicknames



If you like this game, try the original version of the Jazz Nicknames Game.