Bandleader

Takeshi Inomata

1936 – 2024

Archie Bleyer

1909 – 1989

Red Nichols

1905 – 1965

Rick Germanson

b. 1972

Tommy Pederson

1920 – 1998

Teddy Hill

1909 – 1978

Alex Hyde

1898 – 1956

Alvino Rey

1908 – 2004

Abe Lyman

1897 – 1957

Herbie Phillips

1935 – 1995

Alvidas Tautkus

b. 1953

Victor Aloysius Meyers

1897 – 1991

Vince Giordano

b. 1952

Johnny Arthey

1930 – 2007

Charlie Johnson

1891 – 1959

Charley Straight

1891 – 1940

Kurt Henkels

1910 – 1986

Ray Reach

1948 – 2026

Graham Collier

1937 – 2011

Bola Johnson

1947 – 2014

Art Kassel

1896 – 1965

John Coltrane

1926 – 1967

Pinky Tomlin

1907 – 1987

Alyn Ainsworth

1924 – 1990

Lionel Hampton

1908 – 2002

Bob Moore

1932 – 2021

Charles Agnew

1901 – 1978

James M. Fulton

1873 – 1940

Bernie Cummins

1900 – 1986

John Von Ohlen

1941 – 2018

Al Sears

1910 – 1990

Bert Lown

1903 – 1962

Freddie Kohlman

1918 – 1990

Ben Bernie

1891 – 1943

John Gilmore

1931 – 1995

Rodney Kendrick

b. 1960

Al Tabor

1898 – 1983

Wade H. Hammond

1879 – 1957

Frank Capp

1931 – 2017

Porfi Jiménez

1928 – 2010

Whit Dickey

b. 1954

Joe Loss

1909 – 1990

Jeff Coffin

b. 1965

Jerry Fielding

1922 – 1980

Slam Stewart

1914 – 1987

Leo Reisman

1897 – 1961

Lou Perez

1928 – 2005

Ben Pollack

1903 – 1971

Joe Morris

1922 – 1958

Carroll Gibbons

1903 – 1954

Ernest "Doc" Paulin

1907 – 2007

Jack Sharpe

1930 – 1994

Danny Mixon

1949 – 2026

James Reese Europe

1880 – 1919

Joe Weaver

1934 – 2006

Manuel Perez

1871 – 1946

Andy Sannella

1900 – 1962

Sy Oliver

1910 – 1988

George E. Lee

1896 – 1958

Raymond Harry Brown

b. 1946

Wayne King

1901 – 1985

Ollie Mitchell

1927 – 2013

Willie Gant

1900 – 1979

Lew Tabackin

b. 1940

Lew Soloff

1944 – 2015

Buddy Bolden

1877 – 1931

Chico O'Farrill

1921 – 2001

Karl King

1891 – 1971

Phil Baxter

1896 – 1972

Jim McNeely

1949 – 2025

Alan Barnes

b. 1959

Geraldo

1904 – 1974

George Paxton

1914 – 1989

Vic Schoen

1916 – 2000

Nat Towles

1905 – 1963

Jimmy Wade

1897 – 1933

Donn Trenner

1927 – 2020

Ben Branch

1924 – 1987

Tito Rojas

1955 – 2020

Ray Chew

b. 1968

Juan de Dios Alfonso

1825 – 1877

Louis Mitchell

1885 – 1957

Lucky Millinder

1910 – 1966

Lloyd Scott

1902 – 2000

Tony Martinez

1920 – 2002

Kid Ory

1886 – 1973

Bosco Mann

b. 1974

Gus Haenschen

1889 – 1980

Cecil Aasgaard

1916 – 1984

Bud Freeman

1906 – 1991

Bob Mintzer

b. 1953

Will Quintrell

1880 – 1946

B. A. Rolfe

1879 – 1956

Brian Fahey

1919 – 2007

Marty Gold

1915 – 2011

Dominick Farinacci

b. 1983

John Bayley

1847 – 1910

Arthur Rosebery

1904 – 1986

T. S. Monk

b. 1949

Bill Wells

b. 1963