swing band
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Hot hors d’oeuvres and cake were passed as a local swing band played.
From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2020
A drummer and his singer girlfriend form a high-school swing band for a radio contest.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2020
In the late 1950s, Lindsay and his western swing band traveled the west, and frequently loaded up the bus to head to Compton, California, to appear on the national ABC-TV show “Town Hall Party.”
From Washington Times • Dec. 10, 2018
Richard Oberacker and Robert Taylor’s original musical about a group of World War II veterans who form a swing band is laying down its instruments.
From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2017
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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