jazz band

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of jazz band¹

An Americanism dating back to 1915–20

Example Sentences

After returning to Buenos Aires, Schifrin started his own jazz band to perform at concerts and on TV.

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Uchis was a sensitive child who would rather write poetry and play saxophone in a jazz band with her classmates; she was still in high school when she left home.

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The guitar prodigy, who says she grew up playing in a jazz band, has effectively captured nostalgia for a time she wasn’t alive for.

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Ezra Collective made history by becoming the first jazz band to win the Brit Award for best group - beating previous title-holders like Coldplay, The Cure and Bring Me The Horizon.

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“We had the best jazz band on the planet,” Jones told Musician magazine, ”and yet we were literally starving.

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