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'Tis the Season for Big Bands
By WILL FRIEDWALD
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Many people think of "big-band jazz" as if it were a style unto itself, like Dixieland or bebop. The truth is that the term "big band" connotes an instrumental format, employed in a wide variety of styles. Even though big bands are associated most…
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