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George Siravo
George Siravo
American musician
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Jerry Gray
Jerry Gray
American violinist, arranger, composer, and bandleader
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Glenn Miller
Glenn Miller
American big band musician, arranger, composer and bandleader (1904-1944)
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Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
US big band led by Glenn Miller (1937-1942)
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Chummy MacGregor
Chummy MacGregor
American musician
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Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey
American big band leader and musician
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Tex Beneke
Tex Beneke
American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader
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Hal McIntyre
Hal McIntyre
American musician
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Billy May
Billy May
American composer, arranger and trumpeter
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Nathaniel Shilkret
Nathaniel Shilkret
American composer, conductor, clarinetist, pianist, business executive, and music director
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Norman Leyden
Norman Leyden
American conductor
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Bobby Hackett
Bobby Hackett
American jazz musician
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Jimmy Dorsey
Jimmy Dorsey
American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, brother of Tommy Dorsey
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Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman
American jazz musician, band leader
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Buster Bailey
Buster Bailey
American musician
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Don Lamond
Don Lamond
American musician
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The Modernaires
The Modernaires
American vocal group
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Ray Eberle
Ray Eberle
American singer (1919-1979)
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Claude Thornhill
Claude Thornhill
American pianist, composer and arranger
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Count Basie Orchestra
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
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Ray Noble
Ray Noble
English bandleader, composer, arranger, radio comedian, and actor (1903-1978)
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Ralph Flanagan
Ralph Flanagan
American big band leader
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Dee Barton
Dee Barton
composer, arranger
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The Sentimentalists
The Sentimentalists
American band
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Buddy DeFranco
Buddy DeFranco
American jazz clarinetist and bandleader
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Enoch Light
Enoch Light
American musician
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Alan Shulman
Alan Shulman
American composer and cellist
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Joe Garland
Joe Garland
American musician
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Fletcher Henderson
Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
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Count Basie
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Buck Clayton
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
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Will Hudson
Will Hudson
Canadian-American composer, arranger, and big band leader
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Barney Bigard
Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
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Clyde Hurley
Clyde Hurley
American musician
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Woody Herman
Woody Herman
American recording artist, clarinetist, band leader
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Irving Mills
Irving Mills
American music publisher, singer, lyricist, and jazz artist promoter
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Wilbur Sweatman
Wilbur Sweatman
American musician
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Artie Malvin
Artie Malvin
Composer and vocalist who was a member of The Crew Chiefs
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Bunny Berigan
Bunny Berigan
American musician
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Charlie Barnet
Charlie Barnet
American saxophonist, composer, bandleader
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George Williams
George Williams
musician and an arranger for a number of major big bands
Wilbur Schwartz
American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, and dance band arranger

Wilbur Schwartz

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American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, and dance band arranger
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Wilbur Schwartz (17 March 1918 Newark, New Jersey – 3 August 1990 Los Angeles) was an American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, and dance band arranger who was widely known as a member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra.

He is a Native American, and his "German-sounding name" was described as a simple coincidence by himself.