0
Charlie Christian
Charlie Christian
American swing and jazz guitarist
1
Jimmy Dorsey
Jimmy Dorsey
American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, brother of Tommy Dorsey
2
Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey
American big band leader and musician
3
Ernie Caceres
Ernie Caceres
American musician
4
Chu Berry
Chu Berry
American musician
5
Don Byas
Don Byas
American musician
6
Andy Kirk
Andy Kirk
American jazz saxophonist and tubist, bandleader
7
Jimmy Blanton
Jimmy Blanton
American musician
8
Jimmie Lunceford
Jimmie Lunceford
American musician
9
Herbie Haymer
Herbie Haymer
American musician
10
Teddy McRae
Teddy McRae
American jazz tenor saxophonist and arranger
11
Count Basie Orchestra
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
12
Charlie Spivak
Charlie Spivak
bandleader
13
Ben Pollack
Ben Pollack
American musician
14
Eddie Barefield
Eddie Barefield
American musician
15
Tex Beneke
Tex Beneke
American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader
16
Joe Haymes
Joe Haymes
American musician
17
Bunny Berigan
Bunny Berigan
American musician
18
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
US big band led by Glenn Miller (1937-1942)
19
Harry James
Harry James
American trumpeter, big band leader
20
Don Redman
Don Redman
American musician
21
LeRoi Moore
LeRoi Moore
American musician
22
Moe Purtill
Moe Purtill
American musician
23
Wilbur Schwartz
Wilbur Schwartz
American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, and dance band arranger
24
Woody Herman
Woody Herman
American recording artist, clarinetist, band leader
25
Roy Eldridge
Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
26
Budd Johnson
Budd Johnson
American musician
27
Gerry Mulligan
Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
28
Bill Johnson
Bill Johnson
American alto saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger and songwriter
29
Lem Johnson
Lem Johnson
American musician
30
Lester Young
Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
31
Eddie Williams
Eddie Williams
American jazz saxophonist
32
Ben Webster
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
33
Gerald Wilson
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
34
Hot Lips Page
Hot Lips Page
American jazz musician
35
Hank Crawford
Hank Crawford
American saxophonist (1934-2009)
36
Dave Bartholomew
Dave Bartholomew
American musician, bandleader, composer, arranger, and record producer
37
Chummy MacGregor
Chummy MacGregor
American musician
38
Buddy Terry
Buddy Terry
American musician
39
Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman
American jazz musician, band leader
40
Joe Dodge
Joe Dodge
American musician
41
Cecil Scott
Cecil Scott
American musician
42
Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
43
Fud Livingston
Fud Livingston
American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, arranger, and composer
44
Count Basie
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
45
Roger Neumann
Roger Neumann
American musician
46
Jerry Jerome
Jerry Jerome
saxophonist
47
Benny Carter
Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
48
Sy Oliver
Sy Oliver
American jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader
49
Glenn Miller
Glenn Miller
American big band musician, arranger, composer and bandleader (1904-1944)
50
Alfred Ellis
Alfred Ellis
American saxophonist
51
Kenny Clarke
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
52
Walter Thomas
Walter Thomas
American saxophonist
53
Grant Green
Grant Green
American jazz guitarist and composer
54
Bill Finegan
Bill Finegan
American bandleader, pianist, arranger, and composer
55
Ernie Freeman
Ernie Freeman
American musician
56
Adolph Deutsch
Adolph Deutsch
American composer, conductor and arranger
57
J. J. Johnson
J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
58
Charlie Barnet
Charlie Barnet
American saxophonist, composer, bandleader
Dave Matthews
American musician

Dave Matthews

Intro
American musician
Genres
Music

Dave Matthews (June 6, 1911, Chagrin Falls, Ohio - 1997) was an American jazz saxophonist active principally in the swing era.

Matthews was born in Ohio but was raised in McAlester, Oklahoma. He attended the University of Oklahoma and Chicago College of Music. He started out as an alto saxophonist with Ben Pollack in 1935, with Jimmy Dorsey from 1936 to 1937, with Benny Goodman from 1937 to 1939, Harry James from 1939 to 1941, and Hal McIntyre from 1941 to 1942. He then played tenor saxophone with Woody Herman (1942/43), Stan Kenton and Charlie Barnet (1944). He arranged for many of these groups, and continued working as an arranger in New York and California into the 1960s, with Duke Ellington among others. Occasionally he played with his own bands, including at Lake Tahoe in the 1970s.

He made recordings with the big bands of Bud Freeman, Lionel Hampton, Jimmy Noone, Jack Teagarden, and Hot Lips Page.