There is so much to say about the music, we will be adding to this section of the website in the future. For now, we leave you with a list of musicians to check out. This list is not complete but it will get you started. This list does not include any current jazz artists who are out playing and recording. If you are at a Swing Dance Calgary event, please talk to the DJs and ask them who they are playing when you hear a song that really inspires you.

• Count Basie

• Duke Ellington

• Ella Fitzgerald

• Chick Webb

• Art Tatum

• Ben Webster

• Quincy Jones

• Beryl Booker

• Billie Holiday

• Lester Young

• Bud Freeman

• Bunny Berigan

• Camille Howard

• Cannonball Adderley

• Carmen McRae

• Carrie Smith

• Charlie Christian

• Clora Bryant

• Coleman Hawkins

• Erskine Hawkins

• Dinah Washington

• Earl Hines

• Louis Armstrong

• Eddie Condon

• Eddie South

• Erroll Garner

• Ethel Waters

• Nina Simone

• Fats Waller

• Oliver Jones

• George Lewis

• Gene Harris

• Nancy Wilson

• Hadda Brooks

• Harry James

• Hazel Scott

• Ivie Anderson

• Jack Teagarden

• James P. Johnson

• Jelly Roll Morton

• Jimmie Lunceford

• Jimmie Noone

• John Kirby

• Johnny Hodges

• Kid Ory

• Lavern Baker

• Nellie Lutcher

• Lil Hardin