big band
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of big band
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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The big band music stopped, and for a few seconds a hush fell over the guests.
From Barron's ● Apr. 26, 2026
Walden so enjoys composing music that in 2022 he founded Pacific Jazz Orchestra, an iteration of the big band he first assembled decades ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026
As Simon observed years later, the V-Discs “mark the high watermark of the big band years.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026
But The Clearing has a clarity and purpose that suggests they're finally OK with the idea of being a chart-topping, festival-headlining "big band".
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2025
In the late 1940s, Billy Eckstine’s big band boasted among its ranks some of the rising stars of the bebop era: Blakey, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon and Fats Navarro.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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