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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–) ^[1]
• Buster Poindexter (1987–)
• Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen (1967–1976)
• Ray Gelato (1982–) ^[2]
• 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–)

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