Benny Goodman

Benny Goodman

male, deceased (1986)
swing, Lets Dance, Benny Goodman Band, Begin the Beguine, When smoke gets in Your Eyes, Benny Goodman & His Orchestra…Swing clarinetist, Swingbandleader, Big band bandleader, Jazz bandleader
Benny Goodman, born Benjamin David Goodman, (May 30, 1909 - June 13, 1986) was an American jazz musician, known as "King of Swing", "Patriarch of...
Count Basie

Count Basie

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

Glenn Miller

male, deceased (1944)
Big band bandleader, Swing trombonist, Tuxedo Junction, In The Mood, String of Pearls, American…swing, American jazz bandleader, Swingbandleader, Bandleader, Swing musical groups
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...
Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

male, deceased (1971)
musician, African American, American, jazz, Dixieland trumpeter, Swing trumpeter…Dixieland bandleader, Swingbandleader, Swing singer, Jazz bandleader
Louis Armstrong (4 August, 1901 - July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo and Pops, was an American jazz musician. Armstrong was a charismatic, innovative...
Tommy Dorsey

Tommy Dorsey

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

Lionel Hampton

male, deceased (2002)
jazz, Mainstream jazz vibraphonist, American jazz bandleader, vibraphonist, From Birmingham, Alabama, American jazz vibraphonist…Swing vibraphonist, Swingbandleader, Big band bandleader, Jazz bandleader, Bandleader
Lionel Leo Hampton (April 20, 1908-August 31, 2002), was a jazz vibraphonist, percussionist, bandleader and actor. Like Red Norvo, he was one of...
Fletcher Henderson

Fletcher Henderson

male, deceased (1952)
Big band bandleader, Swingbandleader, Swing pianist, American jazz bandleader, arranger, Vaudeville performer…Jazz bandleader, swing music, swing
Fletcher Hamilton Henderson, Jr. (December 18, 1897 - December 28, 1952) was an African American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer,...
Benny Carter

Benny Carter

male, deceased (2003)
East Coast blues musician, Jump blues musician, Big band bandleader, Swing trumpeter, Mainstream jazz trumpeter, music arranger…Swingbandleader, Swing clarinetist, Swing saxophonist, Bandleader
Bennett Lester Carter (August 8 1907 - July 12 2003) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and...
Jimmy Dorsey

Jimmy Dorsey

male, deceased (1957)
Big band clarinetist, Swingbandleader, Swing clarinetist, Dixieland saxophonist, Dixieland clarinetist, Swing saxophonist…American jazz bandleader, Jazz bandleader, Bandleader
James "Jimmy" Dorsey was a prominent jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, trumpeter and big band leader. Jimmy Dorsey was born in Shenandoah,...
Cab Calloway

Cab Calloway

male, deceased (1994)
death by stroke, American jazz bandleader, Vaudeville performer, Swing singer, convert to Anglicanism, Jive singer…Swingbandleader, Big band bandleader, Bandleader, Jazz bandleader
Cab Calloway (December 25, 1907-November 18, 1994) was a famous American jazz singer and bandleader. Calloway was a master of energetic scat...