dixieland band
New Orleans group
A dixieland band plays the early jazz style that originated in New Orleans in the early twentieth century, characterized by collective improvisation, a front line of trumpet, clarinet, and trombone, and a rhythm section of piano, banjo, tuba or bass, and drums.
The music is upbeat and syncopated, often heard at parades, funerals, and festivals: The dixieland band struck up "When the Saints Go Marching In".
- jazzImprovisational American music genre
- trumpetValved brass wind instrument
- tromboneSlide-operated brass instrument
- clarinetSingle-reed woodwind instrument
- brass sectionOrchestra's wind-blown metal instruments
New Orleans · French Quarter · ragtime · syncopation · Bourbon Street · street parade · jazz funeral · banjo · swing · improvisation · front line · second line · brass · hot jazz · Louis Armstrong · parade · funeral march · stomp
- musical groupsorchestra, orchestras, choir, choirs, ensemble
- small ensemblestring quartet, jazz trio, piano trio, brass quintet, duo
dixieland bandsymphony orchestra
Large ensemble for classical music
philharmonic orchestra · string quartet · chamber orchestra · concert band · big band