Complex sentence: Joe Sherman is generally credited with suggesting the change from Ruth Jones, but both Joe Glaser, the booker-manager who brought Lionel Hampton to hear Dinah at the Garrick, and Hampton himself have occasionally been given the responsibility for the name change.
Split into simpler sentences: Joe Sherman is generally credited with suggesting the change from Ruth Jones. But both Joe Glaser, the booker-manager who brought lionel Hampton to hear Dinah at the Garrick, and Hampton himself have occasionally been given the responsibility for the name change.