conductor, music director, director - the person who leads a musical group

Benjamin David Goodman, Benny Goodman, Goodman, the King of Swing - United States clarinetist who in 1934 formed a big band (including Black as well as White musicians) and introduced a kind of jazz known as swing (1909-1986)

Herman, Woodrow Charles Herman, Woody Herman - United States jazz musician and bandleader (1913-1987)

Alton Glenn Miller, Glenn Miller, Miller - United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944)

Arthur Jacob Arshawsky, Artie Shaw, Shaw - United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (born in 1910)