jazz band
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of jazz band
An Americanism dating back to 1915–20
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Lilies were omnipresent, and a jazz band played through the event.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
“Of course, you can’t just remove the rules and processes, tell your team to be a jazz band, and expect it to be so. Without the right conditions, chaos will ensue,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 18, 2026
“I speak to it, like I’m riffing in a jazz band, backwards, forwards, backwards, forwards,” Huntley said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2026
The Cookers, a veteran jazz band, said they cancelled two New Year's Eve shows.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2025
And there’s the morning announcements over the loud speaker about all the activities the good kids do like drama and jazz band, but that still leaves us eight and a half minutes of awkwardness.
From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
