jazz band

Example Sentences

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Her first exposure to jazz came at high school, where she performed "contemporary, fusion-y stuff" with a jazz band, but gospel was her focus until she enrolled in college.

From BBC

Two come as no surprise: Seattle’s Garfield High School and Roosevelt High School jazz bands, which collectively have made the Ellington finals 41 times in the past 25 years.

From Seattle Times

While his older brother, Dieter, played drums in jazz bands around the city, Jürgen invented dialogue for his puppets in the attic.

From New York Times

Bernstein, who played the double bass in jazz bands and worked as a social worker in New York City, has long been a voice for progressive economic policy.

From Reuters

The sound of Sweet Sue and Her Society Syncopators also nods to the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, a racially integrated, all-female jazz band that rose to prominence in the 1940s.

From New York Times