AtDDtA1: The Chums of Chance

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Of course. the first Paranoid we meet in The Crying of Lot 49 is Miles.

Dave Monroe:

The names of the Chums may also be derived from famous Jazz musicians:
Miles (Davis), Chick (Corea), Darby (Hicks), (Boots) Randolph, and
(Vachel) Lindsay (a stretch here?), notes the Chums of Choice blog.