jazz band

Noun

Meaning

a small band of jazz musicians

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Examples

I haven't a great Jazz band and I don't want one. Glenn Miller

My brother Leon started it all. He played the piano. In school they made me leader of the orchestra because I played the violin, but I followed Leon and the boys in his jazz band around. Louis Prima

It's true I've always been attracted to the jazz band in an orchestral way, rather than a band way. Gerry Mulligan

And I played in jazz band as well during all three years in school. Travis Barker

Now, the instrumentation in the jazz band and the jazz dance band has gone through many evolutions. For instance, in the 'twenties the tradition was two or three saxophones. Gerry Mulligan

I used to sing with my father's jazz band and then when I was ten years old a musician friend of his suggested that I try out for the first west coast production of Annie. Molly Ringwald

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