Glenn Miller

Glenn Miller

male, deceased (1944)
Big band bandleader, Swing trombonist, Tuxedo Junction, In The Mood, String of Pearls, American…jazz musician, Americanjazzbandleader, jazz, Swing bandleader, Bandleader
Alton Glenn Miller (March 1, 1904 - presumably December 15, 1944), was an American jazz musician and bandleader in the swing era. He was one of the...
Tommy Dorsey

Tommy Dorsey

male, deceased (1956)
Big band bandleader, Swing trumpeter, Swing bandleader, Swing trombonist, American jazz trombonist, Americanjazzbandleader…jazz, Jazz bandleader, Jazz trombonist, American, jazz musician
Tommy Dorsey (November 19 1905 - November 26 1956) was an American jazz trombonist, trumpeter and bandleader in the Big Band era. He was the...
Count Basie

Count Basie

male, deceased (1984)
One O'Clock Jump, Americanjazzbandleader, American jazz organist, Swing bandleader, Swing pianist, Vaudeville performer…Big band bandleader, Jazz bandleader, jazz pianist, Jazz organist, jazz piano
William "Count" Basie (August 21, 1904 - April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. Commonly regarded as one...
John Coltrane

John Coltrane

male, deceased (1967)
Jazz saxophonist, musician, Americanjazzbandleader, Hard-bop saxophonist, American jazz saxophonist, Avant-garde saxophonist…American jazz tenor saxophonist, Free jazz saxophonist, African American, jazz musician, American
John William Coltrane, nicknamed Trane, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Although recordings of his work from as early as 1946 exist,...
Miles Davis

Miles Davis

male, deceased (1991)
cool jazz, trumpet, bebop, Jazz fusion, Bebop musician, Trumpet player…Jazz trumpeter, Jazz trumpet player, Jazz composer, Cool jazz trumpeter, Modal jazz trumpeter
Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 - September 28, 1991) was an American jazz musician, widely considered one of the most influential of the 20th...
Sun Ra

Sun Ra

male, deceased (1993)
Progressive big band pianist, Experimental big band pianist, poet, Experimental big band bandleader, swing music, Free improvisation pianist…Progressive jazz pianist, Free jazz pianist, Mainstream jazz pianist, Americanjazzbandleader, free jazz
Sun Ra (Born Herman Poole Blount; legal name Le Sony'r Ra; born May 22, 1914 in Birmingham, Alabama, died May 30, 1993 in Birmingham, Alabama) was...
Charles Mingus

Charles Mingus

male, deceased (1979)
Post-bop double-bassist, Bebop double-bassist, Avant-garde double-bassist, Americanjazzbandleader, Progressive big band bandleader, Early Creative double-bassist…Jazz bandleader, Jazz composer, jazz pianist, jazz, American
Charles Mingus, also known as Charlie Mingus, was an American jazz bassist, composer, bandleader, and occasional pianist. He was also known for his...
Stan Kenton

Stan Kenton

male, deceased (1979)
Cool jazz musician, Progressive jazz pianist, Progressive big band bandleader, Big band bandleader, music arranger, Swing bandleader…Americanjazzbandleader, American, jazz, Jazz bandleader, jazz musician
Stanley Newcomb Kenton (pianist) led a highly innovative, influential, and often controversial American jazz orchestra. In later years he was...
Jimmy Dorsey

Jimmy Dorsey

male, deceased (1957)
Big band clarinetist, Swing bandleader, Swing clarinetist, Dixieland saxophonist, Dixieland clarinetist, Swing saxophonist…American jazz alto saxophonist, American jazz clarinetist, Americanjazzbandleader, American, jazz
James "Jimmy" Dorsey was a prominent jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, trumpeter and big band leader. Jimmy Dorsey was born in Shenandoah,...
Woody Herman

Woody Herman

male, deceased (1987)
Americanjazzbandleader, Cool jazz clarinetist, Vaudeville performer, Big band bandleader, Cool jazz saxophonist, Swing clarinetist…American jazz clarinetist, jazz, American, Jazz bandleader
Woodrow Charles Herman (May 16 1913 - October 29 1987), better known as Woody Herman, was an American jazz clarinetist, alto and soprano...