0
Tommy Dorsey
American big band leader and musician
1
Bob Crosby
American dixieland bandleader and vocalist (1913-1993)
2
Tex Beneke
American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader
3
Charlie Spivak
bandleader
4
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
5
Lucky Millinder
American rhythm and blues and swing bandleader
6
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
US big band led by Glenn Miller (1937-1942)
7
Ben Pollack
American musician
8
Ziggy Elman
American musician
9
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
10
Don Redman
American musician
11
Abe Lyman
Big Band Leader
12
Budd Johnson
American musician
13
Tim Ries
American jazz saxophonist
14
John Kirby
jazz bassist
15
Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
16
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
17
Joe Thomas
American musician
18
Johnny Desmond
popular music singer (1919-1985)
19
Johnny Hodges
American alto saxophonist
20
Ernie Caceres
American musician
21
Jan Garber
American musician
22
Jimmy Dorsey
American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, brother of Tommy Dorsey
23
Cliff Leeman
American musician
24
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
25
Glenn Miller
American big band musician, arranger, composer and bandleader (1904-1944)
26
Ted Weems
American musician, bandleader
27
Charlie Monroe
American musician
28
Herb Geller
American saxophonist (1928-2013)
29
Peg LaCentra
American singer and actor (1910-1996)
30
Billy Eckstine
American musician
31
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
32
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
33
Will Hudson
Canadian-American composer, arranger, and big band leader
34
Floyd Smith
American jazz guitarist
35
Ben Bernie
American jazz violinist and radio personality
36
Kay Kyser
American bandleader, actor
37
Russell Procope
American musician
38
Billy May
American composer, arranger and trumpeter
39
June Christy
American singer
40
Margaret Whiting
American recording artist; singer
41
Tom Harrell
American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist
42
Jack Hylton
British band leader and impresario
43
Stan Kenton
American pianist, composer, arranger and band leader
44
Spike Jones
American musician and band leader (1911-1965)
45
Red Saunders
American musician
46
Jerry Gray
American violinist, arranger, composer, and bandleader
47
Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
48
Bunny Berigan
American musician
49
Hot Lips Page
American jazz musician
50
Muggsy Spanier
American musician
51
Danny Moss
Jazz saxophonist
52
Phil Harris
American musician
53
Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
54
Shelly Manne
American jazz drummer
55
Woody Herman
American recording artist, clarinetist, band leader
56
Johnny Green
American conductor, arranger, composer, pianist; Harvard AB 1928, achieved early fame as a songwriter and orchestra leader in the 1920s and 1930s
57
Claude Thornhill
American pianist, composer and arranger
