big band
Example Sentences
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The big band music stopped, and for a few seconds a hush fell over the guests.
From Barron's • Apr. 26, 2026
The spirit of old-school jazz, blues, big band and soul inhabits the record, which stretches out over 71 minutes, as Raye flexes her compositional muscles.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
After that, the composer turned his attention to a big band pet project, making ends meet with leftover work scoring German TV shows.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
As Simon observed years later, the V-Discs “mark the high watermark of the big band years.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026
He had invited me to probably ten of his gigs to watch him play and had once let me sit in on drums at a big band concert for a thousand people.
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
