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Toshiko Akiyoshi (born 1929) (Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band) Ray Anthony (born 1922) Lil Hardin Armstrong (1898-1971) Georgie Auld (1919-1990) (Georgie Auld and His Orchestra, Georgie Auld and His Hollywood All Stars)
Pages in category "Big band bandleaders" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 260 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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) ...
Other bandleaders used Brazilian and Afro-Cuban music with big band instrumentation, and big bands led by arranger Gil Evans, saxophonist John Coltrane (on the album Ascension from 1965) and bass guitarist Jaco Pastorius introduced cool jazz, free jazz and jazz fusion, respectively, to the big band domain. Modern big bands can be found playing ...
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.
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The Glenn Miller Orchestra, led by Glenn Miller (front and center). A bandleader is the leader of a music group such as a dance band, rock or pop band or jazz quartet.The term is most commonly used with a group that plays popular music as a small combo or a big band, such as one which plays jazz, blues, rhythm and blues or rock and roll music. [1]
James Fletcher Hamilton Henderson (December 18, 1897 – December 29, 1952) [1] was an American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer, important in the development of big band jazz and swing music.