All of the "name" Big Bands of the past had their personal music composers and arrangers, and so does the Bill Dayton Big Band of Maryland. The following are the past and present Bill Dayton Big Band arrangers.

CWO C. Fred Kepner (Founder of the Washington, DC based jazz band, The Airman Of Note, which is the Air Force's premiere touring jazz band.  Mr. Kepner directed the Airman Of Note for 30 years.  He also wrote the theme song of the Bill Dayton Big Band - Blue Dream)

Bill Granville

 Ralph Ingalls

Craig Dayton (Arranger to 14-time Grammy Award winning Jimmy Sturr Orchestra.  Member of ASCAP, NARAS, and NSAI.  Arrangements have been performed on radio, TV, Carnegie Hall and Avery Fischer Hall.)