Lionel Hampton

 

LionelHampton at the 1997 North Sea Jazz Festival

  

Lionel Hampton during a concert in Aachan (Germany) on May 19,1977

George W. Bush honors Lionel Hampton during a ceremony recognizing Black Music Month in the East Room in the White House on June 30, 2001.   

Birth Name: Lionel Leo Hampton

Also Known as; "Hamp", "Mad Lionel"

Born: April 20, 1908, Louisville, Kentucky, US

Died: August 31, 2002, age 94, New York City, New York, US

Genre: Swing, Big Band, Mainstream Jazz, New York Blues

Occupations: Multi- Instrumentalist, Actor, Composer

Instruments: Vibraphone, Druns, Piano, Vocals

Years Active: 1927 to 2002

Labels: Decca

Fletcher Henderson

 
Birth Name:  James Fletcher Hamilton Henderson
Also Known as "Smack" Henderson
Born: December 18, 1897; Cuthbert, Georgia, US
Died: December 29, 1953, age 55; New York City, New York, US
Genre: Jazz, Swing
Occupations: Pianist, Arranger, Bandleader
Instrument: Piano

Years Active: 1921 to 1950

Cab Calloway

Birth Name: Cabell Calloway lll
Born: December 25, 1907, Rochester, New Your, US
Died: November 4, 1994 age 86, Hockessin, Delaware, US
Genre: Jazz, Blues
Occupation: Bandleader, singer - songwriter
Instrument: Vocals
Years Active: 1930 to 1994

Benny Goodman

Benny Goodman And His Orchestra

Birth Name: Benjamin David Goodman

Also known as The King Of Swing, "The Professor","Patriarch of the Clarinet", "Swings Senior Statesman"

Born: May 30, 1909, Chicago Illinois, US
Died: June 13, 1986 age 77
Genre: Swing, big band
Occupations: Musician, bandleader, songwriter
Instruments: Clarinet

Years Active; 1926 to 1986

Tommy Dorsey

Tommy Dorsey

Birth Name: Thomas Francis Dorsey Jr.

Born: November 19, 1905, Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, 

Died: November 26, 1956 age 51

Genre: Big Band, Swing, Jazz

Occupations: Bandleader

Instruments: Trombone, Trumpet, Cornet

Years Active: 1920 to 1956

Labels: RCA Victor, Brunswick, Decca, OKeh, Columbia

Associated Acts: California Ramblers, Jimmy Dorsey, Jean Goldkette, Paul Whiteman, Frank Sinatra, Buddy    Defranco, Buddy Rich, Jo Stafford, Connie Haines, Glenn Miller, the Boswell Sisters, Dick Haymes, Gene Krupa, Sy Oliver, Nelson Riddle

Notable Instrument: Trombone 

Count Basie

 Count Basie

Birth Name: William Jamse Basie

Born:August 21, 1904, Red Bank, New Jersey, US

Died: April 26, 1984, age 89, Hollywood, Floridia, US

Genre: Swing, big band, piano blues

Occupations: Musician, Big Bandleader, Composer

Instruments: piano, organ

Active years: 1924 to 1984

Duke Ellington

  

Duke Ellington Orchestra

Birth Name: Edward Kennedy Ellington

Born: April 29, 1899, Washington D.C., US

Died: May 24, 1974, age 75, New York City, US

Genre: Orchestral Jazz, Swing, Big Band

Occupation: bandleader, pianist, composer

Instrument: Piano

Years Active: 1914 to 1974

 

 

Artie Shaw

Artie Shaw 

      Artie Shaw                                                                                          

Birth Name:  Arthur Jacob Arshawsky

Born : May 23, 1910; New York City, New York, US                                                                         

Died::December 30, 2004, Thousand Oaks, California , US

Genre: Swing , Big Band: 

Occupations: Bandleader.Composer

Instruments: Clarinet 

Years Active: 1925 t0 2004

Glenn Miller

Alton Glenn Miller was born on March 1, 1904 missing in action December 15, 1944. American Jazz musician (trombone) arranger, composer and bandleader in the swing era.

The Glenn Miller & his Orchestra.

  Glenn Miller is receiving his first Gold record reward for "Chanttanooga Choo Choo", 1942