swing band
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A thudding kick drum and a mournful sax set up “I’ll Play the Fool” before a rubbery rumba beat and swing band take over.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
As a teenager, the pianist and composer played in a swing band, his own trio and then in a sextet called the Jazz Epistles, which also included another South African jazz great, Hugh Masakela.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
She formed an all-female, mostly string swing band.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2022
ACL Presents: 50 Years of Asleep at the Wheel: A Retrospective This new special looks back over nearly half a century of performances by the Austin-based Western swing band.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2020
It just happened to be a hit song one year, and they all wanted to be an up-to-date American swing band.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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