Category: Big Band Leaders

Categories: Musicians | Occupations by Name

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Person Profiles (32)

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 1920s - 1990s

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

Robert Byrne 10 Oct 1918 Columbus, Ohio - 25 Nov 2006

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

G

Benjamin Goodman 30 May 1909 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA - 13 Jun 1986

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

Lindley Jones 14 Dec 1911 Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States - 01 May 1965

K

Berthold (Kämpfert) Kaempfert 16 Oct 1923 Barmbek, Hamburg, Germany - 21 Jun 1980

Herbert (Kaumeyer) Kay 03 Jan 1904 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States - 11 May 1944

Stanley Kenton 15 Dec 1911 Wichita, Kansas, United States - 25 Aug 1979

L

Gaetano Lombardo 19 Jun 1902 London, Ontario, Canada - 05 Nov 1977

M

Edward James Mallory 13 Jan 1907 Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois, USA - 17 Mar 1961

Annunzio Mantovani 15 Nov 1905 Venice, Venezia, Veneto, Italy - 29 Mar 1980

Alton Miller 01 Mar 1904 Clarinda, Page, Iowa, United States - abt 15 Dec 1944

M cont.

Charles Mingus 22 Apr 1922 Nogales, Santa Cruz, Arizona, USA - 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

Robert Sherwood 30 May 1914 Indiana, United States - 23 Jan 1981

W

Lawrence Welk 11 Mar 1903 Strasburg, North Dakota, United States - 17 May 1992

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