Similar Artists

Jimmie Lunceford

168,580 plays (43,896 listeners)

James Melvin Lunceford aka Jimmie Lunceford; leader, saxophone, arranger; born in Fulton MS on the 6th of June 1902, died on the 12th of July 1947, while on tour in Seaside, Oregon.

Artie Shaw

441,727 plays (82,977 listeners)

Arthur Arshawsky (23 May 1910 – 30 December 2004), better known as Artie Shaw, was an accomplished jazz alto saxophonist,clarinetist, composer, arranger, bandleader, and author.

Chick Webb

78,477 plays (18,302 listeners)

Chick Webb represented the triumph of the human spirit in jazz and life. Hunchbacked, small in stature, almost a dwarf with a large face and broad shoulders, Webb fought off congenital tuberculosis of the spine in order to become one of the most competitive drummers and band leaders of the big band era.

Cab Calloway & His Orchestra

31,816 plays (4,766 listeners)

Cab Calloway (December 25, 1907–November 18, 1994) was a famous American jazz singer and bandleader.

Fats Waller

582,814 plays (90,052 listeners)

Thomas Wright “Fats” Waller (1904–1943) was an American jazz pianist, organist, composer, and comic entertainer.

Count Basie

1,786,994 plays (242,282 listeners)

William "Count" Basie (21 August 1904–26 April 1984) was a jazz pianist, organist, composer, and bandleader. As a pianist, he had a distinctive and influential style (the song title "Splanky" is an onomatopoetic reference to the sound of his playing), equally at home in the barrelhouse and the concert hall. Willie "The Lion" Smith, James P. Johnson, and Fats Waller were among his influences.

Harry James

210,416 plays (53,737 listeners)

Harry Haag James (March 15, 1916 – July 5, 1983) was a popular United States musician and band leader, and a well known trumpet virtuoso.

Fletcher Henderson

233,162 plays (51,335 listeners)

Born James Fletcher Henderson December 18th, 1897, in Cuthbert, Georgia and died December 28th, 1952 due to a stroke.