Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra

male, deceased (1998)
singer, the rat pack, Strangers in the Night, Come Fly with Me, My Way, Only The Lonely…Swing singer, swingera
Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 - May 14, 1998) was an American jazz oriented popular singer and Academy Award-winning actor. Beginning...
Artie Shaw

Artie Shaw

male, deceased (2004)
Big band bandleader, big band jazz music, jazz, musician, diabetic, American jazz clarinetist…Swing clarinetist, swingera
Artie Shaw (May 23, 1910, New York, New York - December 30, 2004, Thousand Oaks, California) is considered to be one of the best jazz musicians of...
Roy Eldridge

Roy Eldridge

male, deceased (1989)
"Little Jazz", trumpeter, American jazz trumpeter, swingera, Mainstream jazz trumpeter, Swing trumpeter…swing, swing music
Roy David Eldridge (January 30, 1911 - February 26, 1989), nicknamed "Little Jazz" was an American jazz trumpet player. His sophisticated use of...
Jimmie Lunceford

Jimmie Lunceford

male, deceased (1947) (Fulton, Mississippi, United States)
Swing bandleader, Swing saxophonist, saxophonist, musician, Fisk University, African American…swingera, swing
James Melvin "Jimmie" Lunceford (June 6, 1902-July 12, 1947) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader of the swing era. Lunceford was...
Billy Eckstine

Billy Eckstine

male, deceased (1993)
American jazz trombonist, American jazz bandleader, American jazz trumpeter, ballad, swingera, trumpet
Billy Eckstine (8 July,1914-8 March, 1993), born William Clerance Eckstein in the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was a...
Bunny Berigan

Bunny Berigan

male, deceased (1942)
Rowland Bernard Berigan, Swing trumpeter, jazz singer, Swing singer, American jazz trumpeter, Jazz trumpeter…swingera
Bunny Berigan (born Rowland Bernard Berigan, Hilbert, Wisconsin,November 2, 1908; d. New York City, June 2, 1942) was a signature jazz trumpeter...
J.J. Johnson

J.J. Johnson

male, deceased (2001)
Third Stream trombonist, From Indianapolis, Indiana, music arranger, American jazz trombonist, Bebop trombonist, Hard-bop trombonist…swingera
J.J. Johnson (born James Louis Johnson) in Indianapolis, Indiana, (January 22, 1924 - February 4, 2001), was a United States jazz trombonist,...
Alvino Rey

Alvino Rey

male, deceased (2004)
Alvin McBurney, Big band bandleader, swingera, jazz musician, big band, exotica…swing music
"Alvino Rey", born Alvin McBurney was an American-born Swing era musician, often credited as the father of the pedal steel guitar. He was mainly...
Trummy Young

Trummy Young

male, deceased (1984)
American jazz trombonist, American, Jazz trombonist, louis armstrong, Trombonist, swingera
James "Trummy" Young (born January 12, 1912 in Savannah, Georgia, died September 10, 1984 in San Jose, California) was a trombonist in the Swing...

John Collins

male
jazz musician, American, jazz guitarist, swingera, Nat "King" Cole
John Collins (born 1913) accompanied many Swing Era names from 1935-1950, including Art Tatum, Roy Eldridge, Billie Holiday, and Lester Young. His...