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Big Band (Jazz)
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Canadian Content > Arts: Music: Styles: Jazz: Big_Band:
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Information: Genre characterized by an instrumentation consisting of three sections of horns (trumpet, trombones, and saxes) and a rhythm section consisting of piano, bass, drums, with optional guitar and vibes. Most big bands play swing and jazz but many play virtual
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Big Band further on these related pages:
Big Band Sites:
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The Big Band Era
The Big Band Era: Personal observations on the music of the big bands by webhost Bill Seefeldt, with mp3 recordings of the classic big bands. (Big Band)
http://cfelt.com/bigband.html |
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Mainly Big Bands
Mainly Big Bands: Fan site offering articles on Don Ellis, Rob McConnell, Tom Kubis, and Bill Holman. CD reviews, CD sales, biographies, and links. (Big Band)
http://www.mainlybigbands.co.uk/ |
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Big Band World Magazine
Big Band World Magazine: A Canadian entertainment magazine for people who treasure the classic hits and happenings from the 40s, 50s to the 90s. (Big Band)
http://www.bigbandworld.com/ |
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Craig's Big Bands and Big Names
Craig's Big Bands and Big Names: Music and personalities of the big band era, including Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Benny Goodman. Nightclub reviews from the New York World-Telegram dating from the 1940s and 50s, with photos, audio and links to online shopping. (Big Band)
http://www.bigbandsandbignames.com/ |
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Big Bands Database
Big Bands Database: Directory of big bands from the U.S., the UK, and worldwide with links to territory and society bands, hit parade songs, songwriter lookup, dixieland jazz, singers, Western swing, wartime songs, and arrangement sales. (Big Band)
http://nfo.net/ |
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University of North Texas
University of North Texas: [Denton, TX, US] Significant center for big band jazz offering bachelor's and master's degrees, awarded first college degree in jazz in 1949. Recordings available from One O'Clock Lab Band, alumni news, calendar of events, audition procedures. (Big Band)
http://www.music.unt.edu/jazz/ |
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Big Bands Today Webring
Big Bands Today Webring: For current big bands worldwide and related matters of interest. (Big Band)
http://d.webring.com/hub?ring=bigbandstoday |
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