Glenn Miller

Glenn Miller

male, deceased (1944)
Bigband bandleader, Swing trombonist, Tuxedo Junction, In The Mood, String of Pearls, American…bigband, big bands
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...
Woody Herman

Woody Herman

male, deceased (1987)
American jazz bandleader, Cool jazz clarinetist, Vaudeville performer, Bigband bandleader, Cool jazz saxophonist, Swing clarinetist…bigband, Band Leader, Woody Herman and His Band
Woodrow Charles Herman (May 16 1913 - October 29 1987), better known as Woody Herman, was an American jazz clarinetist, alto and soprano...
Tommy Dorsey

Tommy Dorsey

male, deceased (1956)
Bigband bandleader, Swing trumpeter, Swing bandleader, Swing trombonist, American jazz trombonist, American jazz bandleader…bigband
Tommy Dorsey (November 19 1905 - November 26 1956) was an American jazz trombonist, trumpeter and bandleader in the Big Band era. He was the...
Artie Shaw

Artie Shaw

male, deceased (2004)
Bigband bandleader, bigband jazz music, jazz, musician, diabetic, American jazz clarinetist…bigband, big bands
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...
Harry James

Harry James

male, deceased (1983)
Bigband bandleader, Swing trumpeter, American jazz bandleader, American jazz trumpeter, From Beaumont, Texas, bigband…Band Leader
Harry Haag James was a popular United States musician and band leader, and a well-known trumpet virtuoso. Harry James was born in Albany, Georgia,...
Sun Ra

Sun Ra

male, deceased (1993)
Progressive bigband pianist, Experimental bigband pianist, poet, Experimental bigband bandleader, swing music, Free improvisation pianist…bigband
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...
Gil Evans

Gil Evans

male, deceased (1988)
cool jazz, Progressive jazz arranger, Jazz fusion arranger, Cool jazz arranger, Experimental bigband arranger, Post-bop arranger…bigband
Gil Evans was a jazz musician and an important innovator of big band jazz in the United States as an arranger, composer, bandleader, and pianist....
Gene Krupa

Gene Krupa

male, deceased (1973)
Bigband bandleader, Dixieland drummer, Swing drummer, American jazz bandleader, American jazz drummer, Leukemia death…bigband
Gene Krupa (January 15, 1909 - October 16, 1973) was a famous and influential American jazz and big band drummer, known for his highly energetic...
Cab Calloway

Cab Calloway

male, deceased (1994)
death by stroke, American jazz bandleader, Vaudeville performer, Swing singer, convert to Anglicanism, Jive singer…Bigband bandleader, bigband, Cab Calloway and His Band
Cab Calloway (December 25, 1907-November 18, 1994) was a famous American jazz singer and bandleader. Calloway was a master of energetic scat...
Brian Setzer

Brian Setzer

male, 50 years old
Retro-swing musician, Rockabilly, from Nassau County, New York, The Brian Setzer Orchestra, Massapequa, Stray Cats…bigband
Brian Setzer (born April 10, 1959 in Massapequa, Long Island, New York) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. In the 1980s, Setzer...