rhythm band

American  

noun

1. a collection of simple percussion instruments used especially with piano accompaniment to teach musical rhythm.

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Etymology

Origin of rhythm band

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

Eugene was the popular favorite, but I guess the judges didn’t want to reward a scramble-your-brains act, in case that did eventually happen to him, so they gave the first prize to the kindergarten rhythm band, which was probably the best thing to do.

From Literature

A rhythm band will play onstage and a 37-piece orchestra will perform behind a giant LED screen that will create the illusion that the musicians are hovering in the sky above the action.

From Los Angeles Times

A young entrepreneur from South Los Angeles named Forest Hamilton was booking shows around town and advising acts like Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band and Bill Withers.

From Los Angeles Times

CAN said over the ear-splitting sounds of Marvin Gaye and Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band.

From Los Angeles Times

On his second album “Still Bill,” Withers was working with the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, an acidic L.A. funk crew that had to downshift to a backing band — its funk slithers like an unannounced visitor that knows how to hustle through the door.

From Los Angeles Times