bandstand

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“In Claude Collier,” she rhapsodizes, “I saw my very youth, a fateful green garden, parades on the Avenue, an orchestra on a bandstand, my youth in New Orleans.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

I just assume he couldn't recollect or revel in discussions about Count Basie and Duke Ellington and sitting on the bandstand and blowing trumpet with many other people, especially in Hollywood.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2025

Bingley Music Town, which runs the bandstand area which showcases local acts, said that they were "trying to move our bit of the festival elsewhere".

From BBC • May 22, 2024

Originally it was a lushly landscaped civic gathering spot for bandstand music in a dusty frontier town.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2024

Shorty was pulled right off the bandstand that night.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey