swing band
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He enrolled at the prestigious Juilliard School, where he spent two years studying saxophone and clarinet before dropping out in 1944 to play professionally with the Henry Jerome swing band.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
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
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
