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Big band

A big band (historically referred to as jazz orchestra) is a type of musical ensemble of jazz music that usually consists of 10 or more musicians with four sections: saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and a rhythm section. Big bands originated during the early 1910s and dominated jazz in the early 1940s when swing was most popular. The term "big band" is…

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Cultural origins
1910s
Derivative forms
Swing · progressive jazz · Kansas City jazz · easy listening · space age pop
Stylistic origins
Jazz · blues · American marches · classical · various rhythmic social dances

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related to Modern big bands · 35
Big band → Although, Anthony Braxton, Arketstra, As, Bandleader Charlie Barnet's, Basie, Buddy Rich, Carla Bley, Cherokee, Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie, Doc Severinsen, Don Ellis, During, Earl Hines, Ellington, First Herd, Gene Krupa, Gil Evans, He
related to Dance music · 28
Big band → America, Art Hickman, As, Before, Broadway, Chicago, During, Europe Society Orchestra, Ferde Grofé, Grofé, Hickman's, In, Irene Castle, James Reese Europe, Jelly Roll Morton, Lindy Hop, New Orleans, New York City, One, Paul Whiteman
related to Further reading · 22
Big band → Baton Rouge, Big Bands, Chicago Press, Composing, Drew, Drew's Blues, George, ISBN, Jazz Orchestra, LA, LCCN, Louisiana State University Press, New York, OCLC, Page, Russo, Sideman's Life, Simon, The Big Bands, The Macmillan Company
related to Instruments · 22
Big band → Artie Shaw, Ase's Death, Benny Goodman, Big, Boyd Raeburn, Charles Magnante, Duke Ellington, During, Ellington, French, In, Jazz, Joe Biviano, John Serry, Paul Whiteman, Rippling Rhythm Orchestra, Shep Fields, Stan Kenton's, Swinging Suites, The
related to Radio · 22
Big band → America, Bennie Moten, Benny Goodman, Big, Bob Hope, By, Chicago, During, Earl Hines, Grand Terrace, In Kansas City, Jay McShann, Jesse Stone, NBC, NBC's Monitor, Others, Pied Piper, Radio, Rippling Rhythm Revue, Shep Fields
related to Movies · 19
Big band → Ben Bernie, Benny Goodman, Big Bands, Congress, Fictionalized, Forest, Gene Krupa, Glenn Miller, Helen Lewis, Lee, Library, Phonofilm, Rhythm, Rippling Rhythm Orchestra, Roger Wolfe Kahn's, Shep Fields, The, The Big Broadcast, This Little Ripple Had
related to Seating and arrangements · 19
Big band → Arrangers, Bandleaders, Billy Strayhorn, Carmen, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Ellington, Ferde Grofé, For, Guy Lombardo, In, It, Lombardo's, Maria Schneider, Neil Hefti, One, Paul Whiteman, Some, The
related to External links · 16
Big band → Band Era, Bands After The Big, Big Band Writing, Bill Kirchner, Fredonia, International Big Band DirectoryState, Jazz Big Band ArrangementsChristopher, Manhattan School, Music, New York, Popa's Big Band LibraryBig, Rockefeller Arts Center, Steps, Steven Feifke, University, YouTube
related to The swing era · 10
Big band → After, American, Ellington's, Ellington's Washington Wabble, Swing, This, Up, Walter Page, Wellman Braud, Western
Derivative forms · 7
Big band → easy listening, Kansas City jazz, lounge, progressive jazz, space age pop, Swing, traditional pop

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bands big jazz band music swing orchestra often arrangements many led 1930s new rhythm bandleaders sections section one benny bass

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Big bandCultural origins1910s1.00infobox
Big bandDerivative formsSwing1.00infobox
Big bandDerivative formsprogressive jazz1.00infobox
Big bandDerivative formsKansas City jazz1.00infobox
Big bandDerivative formseasy listening1.00infobox
Big bandDerivative formsspace age pop1.00infobox
Big bandDerivative formstraditional pop1.00infobox
Big bandDerivative formslounge1.00infobox
Big bandStylistic originsJazz1.00infobox
Big bandStylistic originsblues1.00infobox
Big bandStylistic originsAmerican marches1.00infobox
Big bandStylistic originsclassical1.00infobox
Big bandStylistic originsvarious rhythmic social dances1.00infobox

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