Who are some awesome jazz and swing musicians?

I want to know some names of good jazz and swing musicians, and not the really popular people. I would like to know of some underdogs out there, or some tunes that are really upbeat like you'd find in the movie Swing Kids.|||Band leaders: Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Cab Calloway, Count Basie, Chick Webb, The Dorsey Brothers, Duke Ellington, Glenn Gray, Erskine Hawkins, Fletcher Henderson, Tiny Hill, Earl Hines, Gene Krupa, Glenn Miller, Gloria Parker, Harry James, Louis Prima, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Jordan, Hal Kemp, Kay Kyser, Buddy Rich, Fred Rich, Jack Teagarden, Les Brown, Charlie Barnet, Fats Waller, Art Tatum.





Clarinet:





Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Peanuts Hucko





Saxophone:





Coleman Hawkins, Johnny Hodges, Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Sam Butera, Charlie Barnet, Jimmy Dorsey, Glen Gray.





Trumpet:





Louis Armstrong, Harry James, Cootie Williams, Roy Eldridge, Harry Edison, Louis Prima, Hot Lips Page





Trombone:





Tommy Dorsey, Jack Teagarden, Glenn Miller, Fred Rich





Bass:





Jimmy Blanton, Milt Hinton, John Kirby, Walter Page, Slam Stewart





Vibraphone:





Lionel Hampton, Red Norvo





Marimba:





Gloria Parker





Piano:





Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Earl Hines, Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson, Jelly Roll Morton, Fats Waller, Jess Stacy, Nat Jaffe





Drums:





Sonny Greer, Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich, Chick Webb





Guitar:





Charlie Christian, Freddie Green, Oscar Aleman, Django Reinhardt





Violin:





Joe Venuti, Eddie South, Ray Nance, Stephane Grapelli, Svend Asmussen





Accordion:





Art Van Damme, John Serry Sr.|||If you are after good jazz/swing musicians then they have to be "good" as you say to be popular surly ?, if they are not good then they are not popular in my book.





Here are some "underdogs" ( good ones though) of 21'st Century music :-


Bill Charlap - pno


John Zorn - sax - comp


Geri Allen - pno


Fred Anderson - ts


Derek Baily - gtr


Steven Bernstein - tpt - comp


James Carter - reeds


Regina Carter - vln


Ravi Coltrane - ts-sop


Joey De Francesco - ogn


Bill Frisell - gtr


Joe Loving - reeds - dms


Dianna Reeves - voc


Jeff Tain Watts - dms


Chris Wood - bass.





This names a few for you, good luck in your quest.|||Not too much into the current jazz, but there are a few that I like.





Jose James. He is going to be a big star soon.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ9XnEDvQ鈥?/a>


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZdoczD4h鈥?/a>





Charlie Hunter. Plays a unique 7 or 8 string guitar in which the to strings are bass.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLUkRdyqK鈥?/a>|||Well as a drummer I'm a bit biased, but my favorite jazz musician ever is buddy rich:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGZdBus2-鈥?/a>


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDaSOi-tK鈥?/a>