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Here are ten musicians of the swing era, the days of jazz when dance halls were packed to hear and dance to the best big bands from around the country. Although the swing was the popular music artists such as those developed the list of styles that have influenced later musicians in bebop and beyond, staging jazz artistic value, it is today.

1. Fletcher Henderson (1897-1952)A pianist, composer, arranger and conductor, led one of the most popular bands in New York in the 1920s and 30. He is responsible for the recruitment of Louis Armstrong and bringing  him to the Big Apple i n Chicago on1924.
2. Duke Ellington (1899-1974) Considered one of the most important composers of American music, Duke Ellington rose to fame during the swing era, performing weekly in New York’s Cotton Club. He led his group through decades of recording and stage, and his compositions and arrangements, which were written with members of the band’s faithful to the spirit, the experience of formal and harmonic devices which are studied to date. Many parts of his repertoire are now considered jazz standards.
3. Coleman Hawkins (1904-1969) Hawkins unique, raspy tone, and command, detailed harmonic improvisation, he became the principal tenor saxophonist in swing music. He developed his style as a member of Fletcher Henderson’s big band and later toured the world as a soloist. His 1939 recording of “Body and Soul” is a milestone in the history of jazz improvisation. Hawkins influence has lasted throughout the advent of bebop and later styles, as the instruments have attempted to achieve its level of sophistication and virtuosity harmonic.
4. Count Basie (1904-1984) The pianist William “Count” Basie started to gather attention when he moved to Kansas City, a hotbed of jazz in 1929, playing with Bennie Moten’s big band. He formed his own group in 1935 and they became one of the most popular in the country, the realization of Kansas City, Chicago and New York. Basie’s piano style is precise and rare, and his compositions and blues enthusiast. Some of his most famous recordings were made with singers, including Joe Williams, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett etc.
5. Johnny Hodges (1906-1970) Hodges studied briefly with Sidney Bechet, who influenced the alto saxophonist of syrupy, lyrical sound, with a voice prompt, such as vibrato. In his 38 years with the orchestra of Duke Ellington, Hodges developed his signature sound, and it is often presented in the band. His tone and the unique approach of the melody have helped define lyrical saxophone playing throughout the development of jazz.
6. Art Tatum (1909-1956) A prodigious talent, the pianist Art Tatum was ahead of his time. Although not associated with any large groups of swing, Tatum was keyboardist during the first era of swing. He could play stride piano in the style of James P. Johnson and Fats Waller, but took his music beyond the conventions of jazz at the time. His technique has been spectacular, and he used his harmonic knowledge, learned by ear, build elegant any tempos. His virtuosity and harmonic innovations set the standard for musicians of bebop in the 1940s and 50s.
7. Ben Webster (1909-1973) Webster with Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young, was one of three titans of the tenor saxophone during the swing period. His sound could be growling and rough on the up-tempo tunes, or graceful and sensitive on ballads. His most known for his time spent in the group of Duke Ellington, he was the first tenor soloist for about eight years, from 1935 to 1943. He recorded a version of “Cotton Tail” which is considered one of the jewels of this period. Webster has spent the last decade of his life and career of celebrated jazz in Copenhagen, Denmark.
8. Benny Goodman (1909-1986) The son of poor Jewish immigrants, clarinetist Benny Goodman moved to New York from Chicago in the late 1920s. In 30 years, he began leading a band of a weekly radio program of dance, for which he has purchased several of Fletcher Henderson arrangements. To promote the music of black musicians, such as Henderson, popular among the white public, it is considered a role in strengthening the swing music. It is also considered one of the best jazz clarinetists of all time.
9. Lester Young (1909-1959) Young is a tenor saxophonist who spent her childhood on tour with the group of his family on a variety of instruments. He moved to Kansas City in 1933 and finally joined Count Basie’s big band, where his tone warm and relaxed, melodic approach to the contents was not often well received by viewers who were used to the harsh, aggressive sound of Coleman Hawkins. However, his style has become very influential in the set of Charlie Parker and bebop hence in general. Young was known for an eccentric style that involved not only his playing but also his clothes and his manner of speech. His nickname ‘Prez’, was presented to him by Billie Holiday.
10. Roy Eldridge (1911-1989) Trumpeter Roy Eldridge is seen as a bridge between swing and bebop music. Coleman Hawkins influenced him, and he was sought after musician in New York, playing in big bands led by Gene Krupa and Artie Shaw. His ability and ease in all registers of the trumpet, and his double-time melodic lines, served as a model for bebop musicians, including Dizzy Gillespie.