big band
noun
: a band that is larger than a combo and that usually features a mixture of ensemble playing and solo improvisation typical of jazz or swing
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And some guy would be playing big band music, and another opera, and Tony Bennett down the block.
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 15 June 2024
The Piano Concerto is inspired by multiple musical stylistic sources including jazz, big band, funk, and more, and offers Wang a virtuosic showcase of her talents, according to a news release.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2024
Mixing jazz with Colombian roots was not a novel idea — bandleader and composer Lucho Bermúdez had already revolutionized the cumbia and porro dance genres of his land in the 1940s by transposing them to cosmopolitan big band arrangements.
—Ernesto Lechner, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
The Duke Ellington big band with Johnny Hodges and Billy Strayhorn — there was like a sound to that.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 23 May 2024
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 15 June 2024
The Piano Concerto is inspired by multiple musical stylistic sources including jazz, big band, funk, and more, and offers Wang a virtuosic showcase of her talents, according to a news release.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2024
Mixing jazz with Colombian roots was not a novel idea — bandleader and composer Lucho Bermúdez had already revolutionized the cumbia and porro dance genres of his land in the 1940s by transposing them to cosmopolitan big band arrangements.
—Ernesto Lechner, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
The Duke Ellington big band with Johnny Hodges and Billy Strayhorn — there was like a sound to that.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 23 May 2024
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