big band
16
3.0
- noun
- /bɪɡ bænd/
:
orquesta de jazz
- After years of practice, she finally joined a well-known big band that toured nationwide.
- big band jazz
- big band music
- big band sound
And that's why shows had an orchestra, they had a big band, they had, you know, money.
- And that's why shows had an orchestra, they had a big band, they had, you know, money.
- OK, but I was aware that they were a big band, but I literally couldn't name one song.
- Jay Ashby and he said, listen, I've got this big band that I'm going to go play in down in Aruba.
- I know all the big bands and I remember most of the musicians who were in the big bands and, and never saw a woman play in any of them.
- This is how it really is in those jewels with the youngsters now big band.
- Then you have some of the some of the big bands and then there's the other big band.
- I saw my father's error was big band, you know, Benny Goodman and band singers and that's Sinatra.
Examples
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So there was a big band tradition at, at Alamo Heights High School where I went.
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I got an audition with a big band.
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We'll have a big band with a variety of music for your dancing pleasure.
Academic text (1995) -
There are lots of big bands to go around these days that are of pure quality.
Blog text (28) -
There will also be a Big Band performance at 1:00 PM.
Blog text (14) -
Spencer and his pals went ahead and got together a good ol' big band.
Fiction book (2001) -
The big band plays on a bandstand, raised and set back from the tables.
Fiction book (1992) -
Spencer Wyatt's big band is comprised of a dozen or so.
Fiction book (2001) -
While this group loves big band music, they have found swinging eighth notes and syncopation harder than they anticipated.
Academic text (1997) -
The lindy hop got hotter and hotter as the people danced to the top big bands in the land.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A group of musicians who play together
3
2.7
A group of musicians who play popular lively music for people to dance to
Antonyms
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'a large group of musicians' is directly and compositionally derived from 'big' (large) modifying 'band' (musical ensemble), following a standard adjective + noun pattern that B1 learners can readily interpret. While the narrower association with jazz/dance instrumentation and improvisation is more cultural knowledge, the core meaning is transparent and predictable from the constituents.
Etymology
Big band comes from the clear picture of a very big band on stage, with many horn players and a strong beat for people to dance to. That's why the name means a large 'jazz' or 'dance music' group with many players and solo parts.