First Important Jazz Big Bands
Fletcher Henderson
Paul Whiteman
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1920s
| Jean Goldkette | Ben Pollack |
| King Oliver | McKinney's Cotton Pickers |
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Beyond Categories
Duke Ellington
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Early Swing Bands
| Earl Hines | Luis Russell |
| Cab Calloway | Casa Loma Orchestra |
| Benny Carter | Jimmy Lunceford |
| Don Redman | |
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Swing Era
| Benny Goodman | Tommy Dorsey |
| Jimmy Dorsey | Chick Webb |
| Louis Armstrong | Artie Shaw |
| Count Basie | Glenn Miller |
| Charlie Barnet | Andy Kirk |
| Bob Crosby | Harry James |
| Erskine Hawlins | Jay McShann |
| Gene Krupa | Lionel Hampton |
| Buddy Johnson | |
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Bebop Era Big Bands
Billy Eckstine
Dizzy Gillespie
Woody Herman (First and Second Herd)
Claude Thornhill
Boyd Raeburn
Machito
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Uncategorizable
Stan Kenton
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1950s
Count Basie - Dizzy Gillespie - Maynard Ferguson
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