List of swing musicians explained

This is a list of swing and Western swing musicians.

Swing

• Anita O'Day (1919–2006)
• Art Tatum (1909 - 1956)
• Artie Shaw (1910 - 2004)
• Ben Webster (1909 - 1973)
• Benny Carter (1907 - 2003)
• Benny Goodman (1909 - 1986)
• Bill Doggett (1916 - 1996)
• Billie Holiday (1915 - 1959)
• Buck Clayton (1911 - 1991)
• Buddy Rich (1917 - 1987)
• Bunny Berigan (1908 - 1942)
• Cab Calloway (1907 - 1994)
• Charlie Barnet (1913 - 1991)
• Charlie Christian (1918 - 1942)
• Chick Webb (1905 - 1939)
• Chu Berry (1908 - 1941)
• Cliff Townshend (1917 - 1986)
• Coleman Hawkins (1904 - 1969)
• Count Basie (1904 - 1984)
• Cozy Cole (1909 - 1981)
• Craig Ball (1909 - 1960)
• Doc Severinsen (1927 -)
• Don Byas (1912 - 1972)
• Don Redman (1900 - 1964)
• Django Reinhardt (1910 - 1953)
• Duke Ellington (1899 - 1974)
• Earl Hines (1903 - 1983)
• Ella Fitzgerald (1917 - 1996)
• Fats Waller (1904 - 1943)
• Fletcher Henderson (1897 - 1952)
• Frank Sinatra (1915 - 1998)
• Freddie Green (1911 - 1987)
• Gene Krupa (1909 - 1973)
• George Duvivier (1920 - 1985)
• George Paxton
• Glenn Miller (1904 - 1944)
• Hank Jones (1918 - 2010)
• Harry James (1916 - 1983)
• Illinois Jacquet (1922 - 2004)
• Ilse Huizinga (1966 -)
• J.C. Heard (1911 - 1985)
• Jack Teagarden (1905 - 1964)
• Jean Goldkette (1893 - 1962)
• Jimmy Dorsey (1904 - 1957)
• Jimmy Rushing (1902 - 1972)
• Jo Jones (1911 - 1985)
• Johnny Hodges (1906 - 1970)
• Lester Young (1909 - 1959)
• Lionel Hampton (1908 - 2002)
• Louie Bellson (1924 - 2009)
• Louis Armstrong (1901 - 1971)
• Midge Williams (1915 - 1952)
• Milt Hinton (1910 - 2000)
• Nat King Cole (1919 - 1965)
• Roy Eldridge (1911 - 1989)
• Sammy Kaye (1910 - 1987)
• Slim Gaillard (1916 - 1991)
• Sonny Greer (1895 - 1982)
• Stéphane Grappelli (1908 - 1997)
• Sun Ra (1934 - 1993)
• Sweets Edison (1915 - 1999)
• Ted Heath (1902 - 1969)
• Teddy Wilson (1912 - 1986)
• The Squadronaires (1939 -)
• Tommy Dorsey (1905 - 1956)
• Woody Herman (1913 - 1987)

Western swing

• Adolph Hofner (1932 - 1993)
• Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys (1905 - 1975)
• Cecil Brower (1914 - 1965)
• Chet Atkins (1942 - 1996)
• Chubby Wise (1915 - 1996)
• Cliff Bruner (1915 - 2000)
• Hank Penny (1918 - 1992)
• Hank Thompson, (1946 - 2007)
• Johnny Gimble (1938 - 2015)
• Johnnie Lee Wills (1912 - 1984)
• Leon McAuliffe (1917 - 1988)
• Light Crust Doughboys (1931 -)
• Mart Kenney (1910 - 2006)
• Milton Brown (1903 - 1936)
• Moon Mullican (1909 - 1967)
• Pee Wee King (1914 - 2000)
• Sheb Wooley (1945 - 1999)
• Spade Cooley (1910 - 1969)
• Tex Williams (1917 - 1985)
• Tommy Allsup (1931 - 2017)
• Tommy Duncan (1911 - 1967)

Swing revival groups (post-1960)

• Asleep at the Wheel (1970 -)
• Beantown Swing Orchestra (2006-)
• Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys (1990 -)
• Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (1989 -)
• Clint Black (1983 -)^[1]
• Buster Poindexter (1987 -)
• Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen (1967 - 1976)
• Ray Gelato (1982 -)^[2]
• Dan Hicks (1965 - 2016)
• The Dusty Chaps (1969 - 1980s)
• Hot Club of Cowtown (1997 -)
• Lyle Lovett (1980 -)
• Michael Bublé (1975 -)
• The Quebe Sisters Band (2000 -)
• Riders in the Sky (1977 -)
• Shoot Low Sheriff (2008 -)

Notes and References

1. Web site: CLINT BLACK, IN HAGGARD'S SHOES . Joyce . Mike . August 5, 1991 . Washington Post . 2022-10-19.
2. Web site: The Swing Book. Degen. Pener. 27 June 2009. Little, Brown. 9 June 2016. Google Books.