The records happened to be heavily big-band era, music of the 1930's, 40's and 50's.

In reality the big-band era was over - Hines had had his for 20 years.

You can trace the death of the big-band era, circa 1945, to social and financial realities.

All 11 musicians are men, most of whom experienced the big-band era firsthand.

The musicians were performing quirky semi-progressive arrangements of famous numbers from the big-band era.

Just straight up, in the manner of the big-band era?

I'm singing music from the big-band era, the kind I grew up on.

The device came early into jazz but was a special characteristic of the big-band era of the 1930's.

Eagle initially worked as a trumpet player during the big-band era.

But when the big-band era ended, large-scale productions were replaced by smaller, more intimate shows, and work for the girls dried up.