Jazz Band

A jazz band (jazz ensemble or jazz combo) is a musical ensemble that plays jazz music. Jazz bands usually consist of a rhythm section and a horn section, in the early days often trumpet, trombone, and clarinet with rhythm section of piano, banjo, bass or tuba, and drums.

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Famous quotes containing the words jazz and/or band:

    “There’s more bad music in jazz than any other form. Maybe that’s because the audience doesn’t really know what’s happening.”
    —Pat Metheny (b. 1954)

    “Nothing makes a man feel older than to hear a band coming up the street and not to have the impulse to rush downstairs and out on to the sidewalk.”
    —Robert Benchley (1889–1945)