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big band
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big band or Big Band  (bg)
n.
A large dance or jazz band usually featuring improvised solos by lead players.
big band
n
(Music) a large jazz or dance band, popular esp in the 1930s to the 1950s
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Noun1.big band - a large dance or jazz band usually featuring improvised solos by lead musiciansbig band - a large dance or jazz band usually featuring improvised solos by lead musicians
dance band, dance orchestra, band - a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing
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Presented by High Desert Medical Group, the show will feature big-band music made popular during the 1930s and 1940s by bands led by Count Basie, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman and Duke Ellington.
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The big-band music created by this remarkable 31-year-old musician should not be missed.
GO: JAZZ: ELECTRIFYING TWIST TO BIG BAND SOUND by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
 
 
 
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