big band

Example Sentences

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Inspired by jazz, big band music, blues and a host of folk genres, their music at Elko’s Pioneer Saloon was so bright almost everyone was moving.

From Los Angeles Times

After graduating from high school, he toured the country with big bands.

From Washington Post

There were big bands that would come into Manchester, like the Long Blondes or The Cribs.

From BBC

But in 1967, a chance meeting on Broadway with Gil Evans, the composer, arranger and Miles Davis collaborator, led to an invitation to rehearse with Evans’s big band.

From New York Times

With the big band era in full swing in 1939, Louise Tobin, a jazz vocalist with Benny Goodman’s orchestra, was on the cusp of nationwide fame.

From New York Times