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Big Band genre — history, bands and artists
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Overview
Artists of Big Band
The most listened artists of the genre and its subgenres: the bigger the name, the more listeners
- Anat Cohen Tentet
- Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy
- Anita O’Day
- Artie Shaw and His Orchestra
- Barry Hay
- Beats & Pieces Big Band
- Benny Goodman
- Bob Crosby
- Bob Crosby and His Orchestra
- Bohuslän Big Band
- Cab Calloway
- Coleman Hawkins
- ConSoul
- Contraband
- Count Basie
- Dizzy Gillespie
- Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
- Einar Schanke
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Gene Krupa
- Gerry Mulligan
- Glenn Miller
- Glenn Miller Orchestra
- Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
- Jean-Luc Vignaud
- Jelly Roll Morton
- Johnny Hodges
- Ladrones de Gallinas
- LaNegraMusic
- Lionel Hampton
- London Elektricity Big Band
- Mantua Band Studio
- Matt Forbes
- Maynard Ferguson and His Orchestra
- Metropole Orkest
- Michael Bublé
- Paal Nilssen-Love
- Peggy Lee
- Perry Como
- Peter Brötzmann
- Quincy Jones
- Ralph Pyl's Sydney All Star Big Band
- Ryan Porter
- Schulband Gymnasium Neureut
- Shirley Bassey
- Steroid Maximus
- Teddy Wilson
- The BBC Big Band
- The Benny Goodman Sextet
- The Count Basie Orchestra
- The Gil Evans Orchestra
- The Leading Ladies
- Thelonious Monk
- Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
- Tony Bennett
- Triskaidekaband
- Walter Murphy
- Westchester Jazz Orchestra
- Wil Merrell
- Willem Breuker
Genre relations
Origins
Genres from which Big Band originated
Derived genres
Genres that evolved from Big Band
Subgenres
Subgenres or what Big Band is divided into
Bands and musicians of the genre
The Count Basie Orchestra
Peggy Lee
Benny Goodman
Count BasieFrank Sinatra
Glenn Miller Orchestra
Thelonious MonkDuke Ellington and His OrchestraTommy Dorsey and His OrchestraDuke EllingtonBuddy RichLouis PrimaJo Stafford
Shirley Bassey
Lionel Hampton
Gene Krupa
Glenn Miller
Jazz at Lincoln Center OrchestraElla Fitzgerald
Michael BubléThe BBC Big BandMatt ForbesTony BennettCab CallowayTommy Dorsey