jazz band

Example Sentences

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This is bass-heavy dance music, full of funky syncopation and skittering drums, often played by Tom Skinner of jazz band Sons Of Kemet.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

Its audience was expanding, and artistically, moving from what Anderson called its “dusty, Bakersfield country-fried” sound into “what was essentially an acid jazz band that was playing rock ’n’ roll.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

Uchis was a sensitive child who would rather write poetry and play saxophone in a jazz band with her classmates; she was still in high school when she left home.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2025

The guitar prodigy, who says she grew up playing in a jazz band, has effectively captured nostalgia for a time she wasn’t alive for.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2025

Like last week in homeroom when Mr. Bontaff made this whole big deal about how Matt had done such an amazing job for his trumpet solo in the jazz band concert.

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden