Big band era

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historical period jazz era musical era

The Big Band era was a period in the 1930s and 1940s when large jazz and swing orchestras dominated popular music and dance culture in the United States.

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Label	Occurrences
Swing Era	12
Swing era	7
Big band era canonical	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical period ⓘ jazz era ⓘ musical era ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	swing era ⓘ
associatedWith	World War II home-front culture ⓘ ballroom dancing ⓘ dance halls ⓘ radio broadcasts ⓘ
characterizedBy	arranged music ⓘ brass and reed sections ⓘ large jazz orchestras ⓘ rhythmic drive for dancing ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalRole	central to social dancing culture ⓘ dominant form of American popular music ⓘ
declineFactors	musicians union recording ban ⓘ postwar economic changes ⓘ rise of bebop ⓘ
economicContext	Great Depression NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	1940s ⓘ
featuredVocalist	Billie Holiday NERFINISHED ⓘ Bing Crosby NERFINISHED ⓘ Ella Fitzgerald NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Sinatra NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGenre	big band jazz ⓘ dance band music ⓘ swing ⓘ
hasSection	brass section ⓘ reed section ⓘ rhythm section ⓘ
influenced	bebop ⓘ modern jazz ⓘ popular dance music ⓘ
influencedBy	Chicago jazz ⓘ New Orleans jazz ⓘ ragtime ⓘ
majorFigure	Artie Shaw NERFINISHED ⓘ Benny Goodman NERFINISHED ⓘ Cab Calloway NERFINISHED ⓘ Chick Webb NERFINISHED ⓘ Count Basie NERFINISHED ⓘ Duke Ellington NERFINISHED ⓘ Glenn Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimmie Lunceford NERFINISHED ⓘ Tommy Dorsey NERFINISHED ⓘ Woody Herman NERFINISHED ⓘ
mediaFormat	78 rpm records ⓘ live radio remotes ⓘ
peakPopularity	early 1940s ⓘ late 1930s ⓘ
startTime	1930 ⓘ
typicalEnsembleSize	10 to 25 musicians ⓘ

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Harry → participantIn → Big band era ⓘ

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How About You? → musicEra → Big band era ⓘ

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Benny Goodman Orchestra → era → Big band era ⓘ

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Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra → era → Big band era ⓘ

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Darn That Dream → era → Big band era ⓘ

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Ill Wind → musicalEra → Big band era ⓘ

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Chick Webb → era → Big band era ⓘ

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Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra → era → Big band era ⓘ

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