Nicknames And Rememberance: Memorials To Woodlawn's Jazz Greats by Susan Olsen

“…The Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx is known worldwide as the final resting place of many jazz musicians, including Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Coleman Hawkins, and Lionel Hampton. Although the nicknames of many members of the jazz community are incorporated into their gravemarkers, there are several musicians whose inscriptions record their legal names and make no reference to the nicknames connecting them to their careers. …”
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