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This article is grossly lacking in cited sources, which really needs to be fixed. 72.70.17.237 (talk) 00:31, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
Now that "Light current" removed all the artist names from instrument sections, we've lost a lot of valuable and interesting information. Why do we need to get rid of all names?
How did the bass player get to be the most important member of the rhythm section? Everyone knows the drummer controls the timekeeping with the ride cymbal and hi-hat (I should know, I'm a big band drummer). Bbq332 23:01, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
I fail to see the relevency of the list of big band leaders, as it it too limited (the first that pops to my head that isn't on there being Benny Goodman).- Deus Homoni
I agree. Where is Duke Ellington?
He's dead!
Also needed is a list of more modern big bands, and current day big bands, like the Big Phat Band. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.83.146.244 (talk) 07:06, August 26, 2007 (UTC)
This is a pretty weak article for the english version of Wikipedia... there are so many Americans in the world, so tell us about big bands! -- Stephan from Germany 22:33, 6 September 2005 (CEST)
It would probably be helpful to merge this article with the article "Jazz band". I've never known a technical difference and both articles describe ensembles with the exact same instrumentation.
Can someone please tell me who was the first band that actually performed in the formation that we know today? (5 sas's, 4 tpts, 4 tbns, rhy sec.) Thank you!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.240.1.140 (talk) 08:18, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
Does anyone know more? De mortuis... 02:03, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
These are some of the rhythms used--Light current 09:45, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
I created an article on DJ big band and added a link to it from the see also section of this article a while ago. However, it has been removed three times... What do people here think of that? Is it totally irrelevant to have a link to DJ big band from the big band article? I don't think so. Thanx Julien Tuerlinckx 21:44, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
BTW I realize the article needs to be improved but it will not help that if this link is always removed... Julien Tuerlinckx 21:54, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
--Light current 22:45, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
p==Sweet bands?== Could anyone clarify, please, what does the term Sweet band mean? Or I just don't get something because English is not my native language? Evaldas.s 13:00, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
Err, shouldn't Guitar be included in the info box? I can't remember Freddie Green ever playing banjo with the Basie band. ♦ Jongleur100 ♦ talk 11:14, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
I've never seen a big band with marimba in it... maybe it is the vibraphone that is meant? 80.216.251.183 (talk) 08:59, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi guys. I love Bigband, and I've just gotten introduced to wiki at work...so here I am. I am re-working the opening paragraph - pasted here - A big band is a type of musical ensemble associated with playing jazz music and which became popular during the Swing Era from the early 1930s until the late 1940s. Big bands evolved with the times and continue to today. A big band typically consists of approximately 12 to 25 musicians and contains saxophones, trumpets, trombones, singers, and a rhythm section. The terms jazz band, jazz ensemble, stage band, jazz orchestra, society band and dance band may be used to describe a specific type of big band. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stutty (talk • contribs) 22:40, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
The article doesn't seem to make clear that, like so many other things, the price of labor went up and the venues changed drastically.
The big bands of the 1920s through the 1950s were affordable for 1000 to 2000 dancers. After that time frame, the prices went up drastically and they were no longer affordable to such "small" groups. The venues changed to stadiums. For those that wanted to actually dance, they might hire a local orchestra, where available. But none "flew" (or took trains or buses) all over the country as they did back then. Student7 (talk) 00:09, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
This article could be improved. If you have references for what you are writing about on theis talk page(I have seen whole chapters devoted to one subject - the decline of big bands - in books about jazz, swing, etc) please add material to the article, and references, too of course! Steve Pastor (talk) 20:35, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
A TV band is a band put together for a TV show, and maybe needs an article. -Inowen (nlfte) 05:13, 12 October 2018 (UTC)
I am proposing that Orchestral jazz be merged with Big band. I think that the contents of Orchestral Jazz can be integrated into the History section of Big Band. However, I would like some feedback and second opinions on this as Orchestral Jazz is specific to early big band. This is also my first time attempting to merge an article and any advice or help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
--Izlhyl (talk) 00:19, 17 April 2022 (UTC)
This article could use more discussion of the "color bar" in bands, in performing venues, and among listeners, in USA, for forms invented by black musicians but more lucrative for white musicians. Unfortunately, Benny Goodman is not mentioned at all; he (white) apparently played both white and black musicians. Acwilson9 (talk) 17:03, 10 June 2022 (UTC)