Meaning Of The Word Big band

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big band
countable noun: A big band is a large group of musicians who play jazz or dance music. Big bands were especially popular from the 1930s to the 1950s.

big band in American English
an ensemble of ten or more players, usually 16 to 20, including sections of rhythm, brass, and reeds, playing arrangements of jazz, popular dance music, etc.
noun: a jazz or dance band that is the size of an orchestra

big band in British English
noun: a large jazz or dance band, popular esp in the 1930s to the 1950s

big-band in American English
of or characteristic of jazz as played by large bands and, specif., of dance music as played by large swing bands of the 1930s and 1940s

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