Big band

A big band, also known as a jazz orchestra, is a large musical ensemble that plays jazz music, especially swing.

The band is divided up into a number of sections, by instrument; each section usually has four or more members. All bands usually have a rhythm section, made up of drum set, bass, piano, and possibly guitar. There are also sections for trumpets, trombones, and saxophones (who sometimes double on flute or clarinet). [1].

This is a list of band leaders who worked mainly in Britain taken from Julien Vedey's book Band Leaders (London, 1950):

• Jack Hylton
• Debroy Somers
• Carroll Gibbons
• Harry Roy
• Jack Payne
• Ambrose (Bert Ambrose)
• Henry Hall (BBC Dance Orchestra)
• Jay Whidden
• Billy Cotton
• Lew Stone
• Stanley Black
• Joe Loss
• Major Glenn Miller
• Ted Heath
• Geraldo
• Eric Winstone
• Cyril Stapleton
• Edmundo Ros
• Oscar Rabin and Harry Davis
• Victor Silvester
• Billy Ternent
• Ivy Benson
• Tito Burns
• Harry Parry
• Ray Ellington
• Harry Davidson
• Harry Leader
• Jack Jackson

See also

• DJ big band

See also: Big band, Bert Ambrose, Billy Cotton, Clarinet, DJ big band, Double bass, Drum set, Edmundo Ros, Flute, Geraldo