B
Charles Barnet
26 Oct 1913 New York City, New York, United States - 04 Sep 1991
William Basie
21 Aug 1904 Red Bank, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States - 26 Apr 1984
William Bergeron
18 Apr 1922 Somerset, St. Croix, Wisconsin, United States - 16 Jun 1992
Arthur Blakey
11 Oct 1919 Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States - 16 Oct 1990
Albert Bowlly
07 Jan 1898 Lourenço Marques, Mozambique - 17 Apr 1941
Lester Brown
14 Mar 1912 Reinerton, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States - 04 Jan 2001
C
Blanche Calloway
09 Feb 1902 Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States - 16 Dec 1978
Cabell Calloway
25 Dec 1907 Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States - 18 Nov 1994
Justin Conlon
28 Jul 1910 Cuba City, Grant, Wisconsin, United States - 28 Jul 1966
William Cotton
06 May 1899 St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 25 Mar 1969
D
James Dorsey
29 Feb 1904 Shenandoah, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States - 12 Jun 1957
F
G
H
Horace Henderson
23 Nov 1904 Cuthbert, Randolph, Georgia, United States - 29 Aug 1988
J
Harry James
15 Mar 1914 Albany, Dougherty, Georgia, United States - 05 Jul 1983
Arthur Jarrett
20 Jul 1907 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States - 23 Jul 1987
Lindley Jones
14 Dec 1911 Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States - 01 May 1965
K
Stanley Kenton
15 Dec 1911 Wichita, Kansas, United States - 25 Aug 1979
James Kyser
18 Jun 1905 Rocky Mount, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States - 23 Jul 1985
L
M
Alton Miller
01 Mar 1904 Clarinda, Page, Iowa, United States - abt 15 Dec 1944
Charles Mingus
22 Apr 1922 Nogales, Santa Cruz, Arizona, United States - 05 Jan 1979
Vaughn Monroe
07 Oct 1911 Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States - 21 May 1973
N
Oswald Nelson
20 Mar 1906 Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, United States - 03 Jun 1975
P
Howard Phillips
12 Apr 1909 New York City, New York, United States - 16 Sep 1985
Louis Prima
07 Dec 1910 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States - 24 Aug 1978
R
Dorothy Reid
15 Jun 1921 Arkansas, United States - 03 Dec 2018
Nelson Riddle
01 Jun 1921 Oradell, Bergen, New Jersey, United States - 06 Oct 1985
S
W
Lawrence Welk
11 Mar 1903 Strasburg, North Dakota, United States - 17 May 1992