List of swing musicians

This is a list of swing and Western swing musicians.

Swing

 * Anita O'Day (1919–2006)
 * Art Tatum (1909–1956)
 * Artie Shaw (1910–2004)
 * Ben Webster (1909–1973)
 * Benny Carter (1907–2003)
 * Benny Goodman (1909–1986)
 * Bill Doggett (1916–1996)
 * Billie Holiday (1915–1959)
 * Buck Clayton (1911–1991)
 * Buddy Rich (1917–1987)
 * Bunny Berigan (1908–1942)
 * Cab Calloway (1907–1994)
 * Charlie Barnet (1913–1991)
 * Charlie Christian (1918–1942)
 * Chick Webb (1905–1939)
 * Chu Berry (1908–1941)
 * Cliff Townshend (1917–1986)
 * Coleman Hawkins (1904–1969)
 * Count Basie (1904–1984)
 * Cozy Cole (1909–1981)
 * Craig Ball (1909–1960)
 * Doc Severinsen (1927–)
 * Don Byas (1912–1972)
 * Don Redman (1900–1964)
 * Django Reinhardt (1910–1953)
 * Duke Ellington (1899–1974)
 * Earl Hines (1903–1983)
 * Ella Fitzgerald (1917–1996)
 * Fats Waller (1904–1943)
 * Fletcher Henderson (1897–1952)
 * Frank Sinatra (1915–1998)
 * Freddie Green (1911–1987)
 * Gene Krupa (1909–1973)
 * George Duvivier (1920–1985)
 * George Paxton
 * Glenn Miller (1904–1944)
 * Hank Jones (1918–2010)
 * Harry James (1916–1983)
 * Illinois Jacquet (1922–2004)
 * Ilse Huizinga (1966–)
 * J.C. Heard (1911–1985)
 * Jack Teagarden (1905–1964)
 * Jean Goldkette (1893–1962)
 * Jimmy Dorsey (1904–1957)
 * Jimmy Rushing (1902–1972)
 * Jo Jones (1911–1985)
 * Johnny Hodges (1906–1970)
 * Lester Young (1909–1959)
 * Lionel Hampton (1908–2002)
 * Louie Bellson (1924–2009)
 * Louis Armstrong (1901–1971)
 * Midge Williams (1915–1952)
 * Milt Hinton (1910–2000)
 * Nat King Cole (1919–1965)
 * Roy Eldridge (1911–1989)
 * Sammy Kaye (1910–1987)
 * Slim Gaillard (1916–1991)
 * Sonny Greer (1895–1982)
 * Stéphane Grappelli (1908–1997)
 * Sun Ra (1934–1993)
 * Sweets Edison (1915–1999)
 * Ted Heath (1902–1969)
 * Teddy Wilson (1912–1986)
 * The Squadronaires (1939–)
 * Tommy Dorsey (1905–1956)
 * Woody Herman (1913–1987)

Western swing

 * Adolph Hofner (1932–1993)
 * Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys (1905–1975)
 * Cecil Brower (1914–1965)
 * Chet Atkins (1942–1996)
 * Chubby Wise (1915–1996)
 * Cliff Bruner (1915–2000)
 * Hank Penny (1918–1992)
 * Hank Thompson, (1946–2007)
 * Johnny Gimble (1938–2015)
 * Johnnie Lee Wills (1912–1984)
 * Leon McAuliffe (1917–1988)
 * Light Crust Doughboys (1931–)
 * Mart Kenney (1910–2006)
 * Milton Brown (1903–1936)
 * Moon Mullican (1909–1967)
 * Pee Wee King (1914–2000)
 * Sheb Wooley (1945–1999)
 * Spade Cooley (1910–1969)
 * Tex Williams (1917–1985)
 * Tommy Allsup (1931–2017)
 * Tommy Duncan (1911–1967)

Swing revival groups (post-1960)

 * Asleep at the Wheel (1970–)
 * Beantown Swing Orchestra (2006-)
 * Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys (1990–)
 * Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (1989–)
 * Clint Black (1983–)
 * Buster Poindexter (1987–)
 * Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen (1967–1976)
 * Ray Gelato (1982–)
 * Dan Hicks (1965–2016)
 * The Dusty Chaps (1969–1980s)
 * Hot Club of Cowtown (1997–)
 * Lyle Lovett (1980–)
 * Michael Bublé (1975–)
 * The Quebe Sisters Band (2000–)
 * Riders in the Sky (1977–)
 * Shoot Low Sheriff (2008–)