Earl Bowman Swope (August 4, 1922 – January 3, 1968) was an American jazz trombonist.
[1] When he was 20, Swope played with Sonny Dunham; he was then with Boyd Raeburn (1943–44), Georgie Auld (1945), and Buddy Rich (1945–47).
[1] From 1947 to 1949 he worked with Woody Herman and also recorded in small groups with Stan Getz and Serge Chaloff.
[1] In 1950–51 he was with Elliot Lawrence, then worked freelance in New York and Washington, D.C.[1] Later in the 1950s he returned to big band work, playing with Jimmy Dorsey (1957) and Louie Bellson (1959).
[1] With Louie Bellson With Charlie Byrd With Dizzy Gillespie With Lester Young