swing band
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The event retained some of the pomp and circumstance — even in the rain — as a 1940s-era swing band tune played as members of the commission cut the ribbon unveiling the memorial.
From Washington Times • Sep. 17, 2020
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
He quit high school at 16 to travel with a swing band.
From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2017
On Friday and Saturday nights, to pay his tuition and help with the home finances, he played saxophone and clarinet in a swing band, the Blue Lyres, he had started in high school.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
