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A big band or jazz orchestra is a type of musical ensemble of jazz music that usually consists of ten 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 also used to ...
While the Big Band Era suggests that big bands flourished for a short period, they have been a part of jazz music since their emergence in the 1920s when white concert bands adopted the rhythms and musical forms of small African-American jazz combos.
Slide Hampton (born 1932) (Slide Hampton Ultra Big Band) Erskine Hawkins (1914–1993) Horace Heidt (1901-1986) Neal Hefti (1922-2008) Fletcher Henderson (1897–1952)
Pages in category "Big bands" The following 126 pages are in this category, out of 126 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Singers associated with big bands. Pages in category "Big band singers" The following 67 pages are in this category, out of 67 total.
The following is a list of big band musicians Ray Anthony (b. 1922) Buster Bailey (1902–1967) [1] Count Basie (1904–1984) [2] John Beasley (b. 1960) ...
Pages in category "Lists of bands" The following 54 pages are in this category, out of 54 total. ... List of experimental big bands; List of extreme metal bands; F.
The Phil Collins Big Band - a side project of English rock drummer, singer and musician Phil Collins - performed in 1996 and 1998.. Although best known for his work in pop as a solo artist and progressive rock with Genesis, one of Collins' earliest influences had been the American big band drummer Buddy Rich. [1]