List of swing/big band musicians

= Swing (genre) =

** Art Tatum, (1909–1956)
** Artie Shaw, (1910–2004)
** Ben Webster (1909–1973)
** Benny Carter, (1907–2003)
** Benny Goodman's Orchestra
** Billie Holiday, (1915–1959)
** Buck Clayton, (1911–1991)
** Bunny Berigan, (1908–1942)
** Cab Calloway, (1907–1994)
** Charlie Barnet, (1913–1991)
** Charlie Christian, (1918–1942)
** Chick Webb, (1905–1939)
** Leon "Chu" Berry, (1908–1941)
** Coleman Hawkins, (1904–1969)
** Count Basie, (1904–1984)
** Cozy Cole, (1909–1981)
** Don Byas, (1912–1972)
** Don Redman, (1900–1964)
** Django Reinhardt, (1910–1953)
** Duke Ellington, (1899–1974)
** Earl Hines, (1903–1983)
** Ella Fitzgerald, (1917–1996)
** Fletcher Henderson, (1897–1952)
** Ilse Huizinga, (1966-)
** Freddie Green, (1911–1987)
** Gene Krupa, (1909–1973)
** George Duvivier
** George Paxton
** Glenn Miller, (1904–1944)
** Hank Jones, (1918-)
** Harry James, (1916–1983)
** Illinois Jacquet, (1922–2004)
** J.C. Heard, (1911–1985)
** Jack Teagarden, (1905–1964)
** Jean Goldkette, (1893–1962)
** Jimmy Dorsey, (1904–1957)
** Jimmy Rushing, (1902–1972)
** Jive Deluxe
** Jo Jones, (1911–1985)
** Johnny Hodges, (1906–1970)
** Lester Young, (1909–1959)
** Lionel Hampton, (1908–2002)
** Louie Bellson
** Louis Armstrong, (1901–1971)
** Milt Hinton, (1910–2000)
** Nat King Cole, (1917–1965)
** Phil Harris, (1904–19950
** Roy Eldridge, (1911–1989)
** Sammy Kaye, (1910–1987)
** Slim Gaillard
** Sonny Greer
** Stéphane Grappelli, (1908–1997)
** Sweets Edison, (1915–1999)
** Teddy Wilson, (1912–1986)
** Tommy Dorsey, (1905–1956)
** Woody Herman, (1913–1987)
** Buddy Rich, (1912–1987)
** The Squadronaires
** Doc Severinsen
** Cliff Townshend, (1917–1986)
** Midge Williams, (1915–1952)

Big band

** Andy Kirk, (1898–1992)
** Bix Beiderbecke, (1903–1931)
** Buster Bailey, (1902–1967)
** Les Brown, (1912–2001)
** Chick Webb & His Orchestra
** Count Basie, (1904–1984)
** Duke Ellington, (1899–1974)
** Eddie Lang, (1902–1933)
** George Paxton and His Orchestra
** Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra
** Joe Venuti, (1903–1978)
** Lionel Hampton, (1908–2002)
** Ray Anthony, (1922-)
** Teddy Wilson, (1912–1986)
** Xavier Cugat, (1900–1990)
** Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
** Guataca and Chico Freeman

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, (1925-)
** Hot Club of Cowtown
** Hugh & Carl Farr
** Jimmy Day
** Jimmy Heap
** Joe & Eddie
** Johnnie Lee Wills
** Leon Mcauliffe & His Western Swing Band
** Light Crust Doughboys
** Merle Haggard & the Strangers
** Milton Brown, (1903–1936)
** Moon Mullican, (1909–1967)
** Pee Wee King, (1914–2000)
** Riders in the Sky
** Sid King
** Spade Cooley, (1910–1969)
** Tex Williams, (1917–1985)
** Tommy Allsup, (1931-)
** Tommy Duncan