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Large Band refers to a jazz group of 10 or more than musicians, usually featuring at least three trumpets, two or more than trombones, four or more saxophones, and a "rhythm section" of accompanists playing some combination of piano, guitar, bass, and drums. "Big band music" as a concept for music fans is identified most with the swing era, although there were large, jazz-oriented trip the light fantastic bands before the swing era of the 1930s and '40s, and large jazz-oriented concert bands after the swing era. Classification difficulties occur when stores shelve recordings by all large jazz ensembles as though information technology were a single style, despite the shifting harmonic and rhythmic approaches employed by new ensembles of similar instrumentation that accept formed since the swing era. By lumping the music of all large jazz bands together, marketers overlook the different kinds of jazz that large groups have performed: swing (Knuckles Ellington and Count Basie), bebop (Lightheaded Gillespie), cool (Gerry Mulligan, Shorty Rogers, Gil Evans), hard bop (Gerald Wilson), free jazz (some of Sun Ra's work subsequently the 1950s), and jazz-rock fusion (Don Ellis' and Maynard Ferguson'southward groups of the 1970s). Not all of them are "swing bands." Many listeners consider big band to denote an idiom, not just an instrumentation. For them, the strategies of arranging and soloing that were established during the 1930s link all large jazz ensembles more than than the different rhythmic and harmonic concepts distinguish those of i era, for example bebop, from those of some other, for example those of jazz-rock. Some other of import consideration is that journalists and jazz fans of the 1930s and '40s drew distinctions betwixt bands that conveyed the most hard-driving rhythmic qualities and frequent solo improvisations, and those that conveyed less pronounced swing feeling and improvisation. The onetime were called "swing bands" or "hot bands" (e.g., Count Basie's and Duke Ellington'southward). The latter were called "sweet bands" (e.g., Glenn Miller's, Wayne King's, Freddy Martin's, and Guy Lombardo'southward). Although the big-band era ended past 1946, in that location have been some large orchestras used in jazz e'er since, even if virtually none (other than the Count Basie ghost band) operate on a full-time basis. Nearly all are led by arrangers.

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Benny Goodman

Sing, Sing, Sing [Bluebird]

Woody Herman

Blowin' Up a Tempest: The ...

Various Artists

From Spirituals to Swing: ...

Duke Ellington

The Blanton-Webster Band

Lionel Hampton

Hamp: The Legendary Decca ...

Fletcher Henderson

A Report in ...

Glenn Miller

Chattanooga Choo Choo: The ...

Woody Herman

Blues on Parade

Tommy Dorsey

Yes, Indeed!

Benny Goodman

Live at Carnegie Hall: ...

Benny Goodman

On the Air 1937-1938

Count Basie

The Consummate Decca ...

Jimmy Dorsey / Jimmy ...

Contrasts [Decca]

Earl Hines

Pianoforte Man! [ASV]

Diverse Artists

An Anthology of Big Band ...

Glenn Miller

The Essential Glenn Miller

Fletcher Henderson

Tidal Wave

Duke Ellington

Early Ellington: The ...

Woody Herman

Keeper of the Flame: The ...

Chick Webb & His Orchestra

1935-1938

Lionel Hampton / Lionel ...

Midnight Sun

Glenn Miller

Legendary Performer

Various Artists

Nipper's Greatest Hits: ...

Various Artists

Ken Burns Jazz: The Story ...

Various Artists

Masters of the Big Bands: ...

Various Artists

Impulsively Ellington!: A ...

Fletcher Henderson

Ken Burns Jazz

Various Artists

Masters of the Large Bands

Jay McShann

Dejection from Kansas Urban center

Jimmie Lunceford & His ...

Stomp It Off

Bob Crosby & His Orchestra

South Rampart Street Parade

Diverse Artists

Billboard Pop Memories: ...

Glenn Miller

Hugger-mugger Broadcasts

Jay McShann & His Orchestra

1941-1943

Glenn Miller

The Essential Glenn Miller ...

Diverse Artists

The Original 5-Disc ...

Diverse Artists

Blues Masters, Vol. 13: ...

Various Artists

Cotton Club Stars

Various Artists

The All-time of the Swing Bands

Guy Lombardo

Enjoy Yourself: The Hits ...

Diverse Artists

Big Band Renaissance

Various Artists

Nipper's Greatest Hits: ...

Diverse Artists

The 1930'southward: The Small ...

McKinney'southward Cotton wool Pickers

1928-1929

Various Artists

RCA Victor 80th ...

Tommy Dorsey

Terminate, Wait & Listen ...

Charlie Barnet & His ...

Drop Me off in Harlem

Tiny Parham & His Musicians

1926-1929

Various Artists

Classic Capitol Jazz ...

Glenn Miller

Major Glenn Miller & the ...

Wayne Male monarch

The Waltz King & the Vocal ...

Andy Kirk

Introduction: His Best ...

Diverse Artists

Big Bands of the Swinging ...

Ray Anthony

Capitol Collectors Series

Various Artists

Big Bands of the Swinging ...

Fletcher Henderson

Fletcher Henderson & the ...

Charlie Parker

The Complete Dial Sessions ...

Duke Ellington

Centennial Edition: ...

Duke Ellington / Duke ...

The Duke Elington Carnegie ...

Guy Lombardo

The Best of Guy Lombardo ...

Charlie Parker

The Complete Savoy Sessions

Duke Ellington

The Duke at Fargo 1940: ...

Charlie Parker / Dizzy ...

Jazz at Massey Hall

Jack Teagarden

The Indispensable 1928-1957

Artie Shaw

Summit Ridge Bulldoze

Frank Sinatra

The All-time of the Columbia ...

Charlie Parker

Bird: The Complete Charlie ...

Charlie Parker

The Legendary Punch ...

Stan Kenton

The Complete Capitol ...

Doris Day

The Complete Doris 24-hour interval ...

Glenn Miller

The Popular Recordings ...

Benny Goodman

Live at Carnegie Hall ...

Charlie Parker

The Complete Savoy and ...

Stan Kenton

Retrospective: The Capitol ...

Peggy Lee

Capitol Collectors Series, ...

Artie Shaw & His Orchestra

1944-1945

Charlie Parker

Complete Savoy Live ...

Duke Ellington

The Complete RCA-Victor ...

Knuckles Ellington

The Duke - The Essential ...

Duke Ellington

Never No Lament: The ...

Earl Hines

The Indispensable Earl ...

Frank Sinatra

The Phonation: The Columbia ...

Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker with ...

Lawrence Welk

16 Near Requested Songs

Django Reinhardt

Peche à la Mouche

Glenn Miller

Platinum Glenn Miller

Roy Eldridge

Little Jazz [CBS]

Other Styles in Large Band/Swing

• • Ballroom Dance
  • Big Band
  • British Trip the light fantastic toe Bands
  • Continental Jazz
• • Trip the light fantastic Bands
  • Experimental Big Band
  • Jive
  • Modern Big Band
• • Orchestral Jazz
  • Progressive Large Ring
  • Progressive Jazz
  • Lodge Dance Band
• • Sweet Bands
  • Swing

• • Ballroom Trip the light fantastic
  • Big Band
  • British Dance Bands
  • Continental Jazz
  • Dance Bands
  • Experimental Big Ring
  • Jive
• • Modernistic Big Ring
  • Orchestral Jazz
  • Progressive Big Band
  • Progressive Jazz
  • Society Dance band
  • Sweet Bands
  • Swing

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