Charlie Barnet – was one of the first to integrate his band.
Glenn Miller – successful band leader. Signature music: "In the Mood." Played trombone in the Dorsey brothers. Played in Ben Pollack's band.
Bud Powell – piano, instrumental in the development of bebop.
Kenny Clarke – House drummer at Minton's playhouse.
Jay McShann – pianist and band leader; his band features the likes of Ben Webster and Charlie Parker.
Swing Street – reference to 52nd street which hosted major jazz clubs during the swing and the bebop era.
Minton's Playhouse – a Harlem jazz club that saw the emergence of bebop and hosted artists such as Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Christian. the house band included Thelonious Monk on piano, Joe Guy on trumpet, Nick Fenton on bass, and Kenny Clarke on drums.
Billy Strayhorn – famous for his collaboration with Duke Ellington.
Billy Berg's – jazz club in Hollywood.
Lionel Hampton – one of the first to use the vibraphone in jazz. Part of Benny......

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