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Some of the most notable nicknames and stage names are listed here. Although the term Jazz royalty exists for "Kings" and similar royal or aristocratic nicknames, there is a wide range of other terms, many of them obscure. Where the origin of the nickname is known, this is explained at each artist's corresponding article.
The following list of nicknames of blues musicians complements the existing list of blues musicians by referring to their nicknames, stage names and pseudonyms, thereby helping to clarify possible confusion arising over artists with similar or the same nicknames. The list is arranged in alphabetical order by nickname rather than surname.
Real name Notability Notes Abel Djassi Amílcar Cabral: Guinea-Bissauan politician ABOVE Tavar Zawacki: American abstract artist Abu Ammar Yasser Arafat: Palestinian president Abu Obaida (unknown) Spokesperson of Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades: Acharya S: D.M. Murdock American Christ myth theorist Adam Ant: Stuart Goddard English Pop Musician Adi Da
[5] [6] In the 1930s and 1940s, as jazz and swing music were gaining popularity, it was the more commercially successful white artists Paul Whiteman and Benny Goodman who became known as "the King of Jazz" and "the King of Swing" respectively, despite there being more highly regarded contemporary African-American artists. [7]
Thousands of artists — ranging from the late Norman Rockwell to the Oscar-nominated director Wes Anderson — have been named in a widely circulated list of people whose work was used to train a ...
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This is a list by date of birth of historically recognized American fine artists known for the creation of artworks that are primarily visual in nature, including traditional media such as painting, sculpture, photography, and printmaking, as well as more recent genres, including installation art, performance art, body art, conceptual art, digital art and video art.
The following lists of painters by name includes about 3,400 painters from all ages and parts of the world. ... List of 21st-century women artists; List of sculptors;