List of swing/big band musicians

Swing music
Art Tatum, (1909-1956)
Artie Shaw, (born 1910)
- Ben Webster
Benny Carter, (born 1907)
- Benny Goodman's Orchestra
Billie Holiday, (1915-1959)
- Buck Clayton
- Bunny Berrigan
Cab Calloway, (1907-1994)
- Charlie Barnet
Charlie Christian, (1918-1942)
- Chick Webb
- Chu Berry
Coleman Hawkins, (1901?-1969)
Count Basie, (1904-1984)
- Cozy Cole
Don Byas, (b.1912-d.1972)
Don Redman, (1900-1964)
Duke Ellington, (1899-1974)
Earl Hines, (1903-1983)
Ella Fitzgerald, (1918-1996)
Fletcher Henderson
- Freddie Green
Gene Krupa, (1909-1973)
- George Duvivier
Glenn Miller, (1904-1944)
- Hank Jones
Harry James, (1916-1983)
Illinois Jacquet, (born 1922)
Jack Teagarden, (1905-1964)
- J.C. Heard
Jimmy Dorsey, (1904-1957)
Jimmy Rushing, (1902-1972)
- Jo Jones
Johnny Hodges, (1906-1970)
Lester Young, (born 1909)
Lionel Hampton, (1908-2002)
- Louie Belson
Louis Armstrong, (1901-1971)
- Milt Hinton
Nat King Cole, (1917-1965)
Roy Eldridge, (1911-1989)
- Slim Gaillard
- Sonny Greer
Stephane Grappelli, (1908-1997)
- Sweets Edison
Teddy Wilson, (1912-1986)
Tommy Dorsey, (1905-1956)
Woody Herman, (1913-1987)
Western swing
- Asleep at the Wheel
- Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys
- Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
- Commander Cody & the Lost Planet Airmen
- Chubby Wise
- Cliff Bruner
- Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks
- Don McCalister Jr
- Hank Penny
- Hank Thompson
- Hugh & Carl Farr
- Jimmy Day
- Jimmy Heap
- Joe & Eddie
- Johnnie Lee Wills
- Leon Mcauliffe & His Western Swing Band
- The Light Crust Doughboys
- Merle Haggard & the Strangers
- Milton Brown
- Moon Mullican
- Pee Wee King
- Riders in the Sky
- Sid King
- Spade Cooley
Tex Williams, (born 1917)
- Tommy Allsup
- Tommy Duncan
Big band
- Andy Kirk
- Buster Bailey
- Chick Webb & His Orchestra
Count Basie, (1904-1984)
Duke Ellington, (1899-1974)
- Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra
Lionel Hampton, (1908-2002)
- Ray Anthony
Teddy Wilson, (1912-1986)
Xavier Cugat, (1900-1990)