big bands <p>A <strong>big band</strong> is a type of musical ensemble of jazz music that usually consists of ten or more musicians with four sections: <a title="Saxophone" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxophone">s</a>axophones, trumpets, trombones, and a rhythm section. Big bands originated during the early 1910s and dominated <a title="Jazz" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz">jazz</a> in the early 1940s when swing was most popular. The term "big band" is also used to describe a genre of music, although this was not the only style of music played by big bands.</p> <p> Fonte: Wikipedia</p>