List of swing/big band musicians - Definition

• 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)
• Jean Goldkette
• 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)
• Bix Beiderbecke
• Joe Venuti
• Eddie Lang