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big band  n.  A band that is the size of an orchestra, usually playing mostly jazz or swing music. The big band typically features both ensemble and solo playing, sometimes has a lead singer, and is often located in a night club where the patrons may dance to its music. The big bands were popular from the late 1920's to the 1940's. Contrasted with combo, which has fewer players.






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"Big band" Quotes from Famous Books



... traveling eastward. We tried to attack them, but our horses being much jaded, the Indians outrode us, so we had to give up the chase. We were of the opinion that the four Indians were scouts for a big band making its way to ...
— Thirty-One Years on the Plains and In the Mountains • William F. Drannan



Words linked to "Big band" :   dance orchestra



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