jazz band

American  

noun

1. a band specializing in jazz, and consisting typically of trumpet, trombone, clarinet, saxophone, piano, double bass, and percussion.

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Etymology

Origin of jazz band

An Americanism dating back to 1915–20

Example Sentences

Here he is dunking in 2024 before singing with the jazz band.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2026

The Cookers, a veteran jazz band, said they cancelled two New Year's Eve shows.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2025

Last December, the singer revealed he had started to perform again and had been playing with a 10-piece boogie jazz band since his recovery.

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2025

An enormous cocktail party was not on Ibsen’s itinerary—there is no jazz band in “Hedda Gabler”—but there was a similar sense of impending disaster, before and during the evening in question.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

It was an All-City jazz band rehearsal day, and when I got to the high school, I found out that Brian was at home sick.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick