However, what would he have been without a big band?

The three of us had played together some with the big band.

For many years the big band worked like a marriage.

But because of financial and other problems it was hard for him to hold such a big band together.

The big bands are very much in evidence this week.

At age 16 she developed a love for big bands.

It was he who brought out the first big bands.

It also had the big bands play at the time.

Greater success came a few years later when he began working with big bands.

I had no eyes to play piano in a big band.

I'd never played with a big band before, but I agreed.

She started her show business career as a big band singer.

Agents sometimes put a big band around him, but it never worked.

His musicians bring a lot of big band experience with them.

A big band usually has between 12 and 25 musicians.

Day began her career as a big band singer in 1939.

But the fact is that he did not have an integrated big band until 1939.

This was followed by a big band tour in late the same year.

He led a big band from 1974-78, also singing with this group.

He led a big band while serving in the Army from 1942-45.

Also I've always had this idea of creating a big band - which is what we call our sound.

"I write the arrangements just like you would for a big band."

So big band parade's like this will no longer be possible.

The first couple of years with the big band weren't easy.

He was a fine lead alto in a big band.