Jazz: Big Band

Listen to the newest Big Band music and sounds.

Big band refers to music created by ensembles of 12 to 25 musicians playing brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. Emerging in the swing era of the 1930s and 1940s, big bands are also called jazz bands, jazz ensembles, jazz orchestras, or stage bands.

Listen to all tracks and mixes. You have the choice: Smooth Jazz, Nu-Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Jazz, Downtempo, Lounge, Funk, Soul, Swing, Chillout, Jazz-funk, Electro Swing, Chill, Latin, Latin Jazz, Instrumental, Contemporary Jazz, Improvisation, Radioshow, New Age are the most common styles where artists uploaded their music and sounds.

Other artists of this genre are Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Carter, Buddy Rich, Stan Kenton, Lionel Hampton, Earl Hines, The Duke Ellington Band, Coleman Hawkins, Gil Evans, Dizzy Gillespie, The Buddy Rich Band, Woody Herman, Benny Goodman, Johnny Hodges.