jazz bands
New Orleans groups
Jazz bands are musical ensembles that play jazz, typically featuring some combination of brass, woodwinds, piano, bass, and drums.
The term covers everything from small combos of three or four musicians to big bands with fifteen or more players.
The jazz band played standards at the wedding reception.
- comboItems grouped together
- bluesMournful American music genre
- drumsStruck membrane instruments
- improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
- bebopFast, complex jazz style
jam session · live set · swing · swing era · rhythm section · brass section · sextet · Dixieland · syncopation · saxophone · sidemen · chord progressions · trumpet · bandstand · late night · quartet · gig · trio
- bandsbrass ensemble, drumline, wind ensemble, wind orchestra, percussion ensemble
- musical groupsorchestra, orchestras, choir, choirs, ensemble
- Nordic MusicABBA, Ace of Base, Roxette, Europe, Robyn
musical ensemble type
jazz bandssymphony orchestras
Large classical music ensembles
philharmonic orchestras · orchestras · chamber orchestras · string quartets · opera companies
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