SwingDJs

This is an interesting topic. I've tallied the 12 reponses so far, weighting them proportionately for those who named more than one artist.

The table is:

Ellington 2.5

Shaw 2
Basie 2

Kirk 1
Armstrong 1
Fitzgerald 1

Millinder 0.5
Calloway 0.5
Barnet 0.5

Krupa 0.33
Hampton 0.33
James 0.33

I think I tend to lean on Kid Ory as a fail safe. I have a handful of tracks by various but if I had to pick an artist, I'd say Ory because he has stuff that can satisfy both the trad-jazz/Charleston and the swing/Lindy Hop dancers.