jazz band
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2.3
- noun
- /dʒæz bænd/
:
banda de jazz
- Several years ago, a new high school in a growing school district instituted an elective jazz band course in the curriculum.
- jazz band orchestra
- jazz band and chorus
- jazz band and marching
At our gate in the middle of it was a New Orleans jazz band.
- At our gate in the middle of it was a New Orleans jazz band.
- Is it is it surgeons or is it a jazz band?
Examples
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We'll start a jazz band.
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Well, jazz band practice ends at 4.
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My dad was in a jazz band.
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Well, give me a good jazz band every time.
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There is this amazing old school jazz band you gotta let me take you to see.
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His father was a musician with a jazz band and traveled a great deal.
Fiction book (2002) -
A few of us are going downtown to grab a bite to eat and there's a jazz band playing.
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Ellington's "Cotton Tail" was written for a full jazz band.
Academic text (2008) -
Bored by a desk job, he fell in with some Swedes who needed a trumpeter for their jazz band.
Academic text (1999) -
I used to play the trumpet in a jazz band during my college years.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A group of musicians who play together
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4.0
A small group of musicians who play jazz or popular music
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2.1
A small group of musicians who play jazz together
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning of 'jazz band' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'jazz' (a music genre) with 'band' (an ensemble of musicians); together they naturally denote a musical group that plays jazz. This is a regular, compositional compound noun pattern common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Jazz band comes from putting jazz, a lively music style from New Orleans where players often make up music on the spot, together with band, which means a group of musicians. The image of a small group with trumpet, saxophone, piano and drums playing lively, made-up tunes is why it means 'a group of musicians who play jazz'.