A selection of musicians from and , which first originated shortly in 1938 for some recording. In 1946 it was built by musicians of the first Herd. The Woodchoppers were a parallel band project not directly bound to the Herds and mainly put together for recording purposes.
The Woodchoppers were a similar project as the earlier and were simply a generic name for any small band within the Woody Herman band organization.
Name Vars
- The Woodchopper's
- The Woodchoppers
- The Woody Herman Woodchoppers
- Woodchoppers
- Woody Herman
- Woody Herman & His Woodchoppers
- Woody Herman & The Woodchoppers
- Woody Herman & Woodchoppers
- Woody Herman And The Woodchoppers
- Woody Herman Woodchoppers
- Woody Herman's Woodchoppers
Members
- Candido
- Milt Jackson
- Neal Hefti
- Woody Herman
- Red Mitchell
- Billy Bauer
- Urbie Green
- Don Lamond
- Tony Aless
- Shelly Manne
- Jimmy Rowles
- Bill Perkins
- Joe Mondragon
- Flip Phillips
- Jose Mangual
- Chubby Jackson
- Conte Candoli
- Ralph Burns
- Dave McKenna
- Dave Barbour
- Carl Fontana
- Red Norvo
- Shorty Rogers
- Bill Harris
- Dave Tough
- Art Mardigan
- Will Bradley
- Frank Carlson
- Chuck Wayne
- Nat Pierce
- Arno Marsh
- Sam Staff
- Doug Mettome
- Neil Reid
- Walt Yoder
- Marjorie Hyams
- Sonny Berman
- Joe Bishop
- Ed Kiefer
- Sonny Igoe
- Hy White
- Tommy Linehan
- Cappy Lewis
- Red Wootten
- Muriel Lane