big band

Example Sentences

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Walden so enjoys composing music that in 2022 he founded Pacific Jazz Orchestra, an iteration of the big band he first assembled decades ago.

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

"Oh, I don't know if we're owning being a big band," Oddie demurs.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2025

The courtly gentleman guided women around the floor to big band standards with all the aplomb of teenage boys waltzing at a cotillion dance they’ve been forced to attend by their parents.

From Salon • Jul. 4, 2025

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