List of big bands

While the Big Band Era suggests that big bands flourished for a short period, they have been a part of jazz music since their emergence in the 1920s when white concert bands adopted the rhythms and musical forms of small African-American jazz combos. While their place in popular culture dimmed greatly since their heyday in WWII, modern big band has made a resurgence, with the Roy Hargrove Big Band nominated for a GRAMMY® and the Christian McBride Big Band winning a Grammy in 2012.^[1]

A

• Ray Anthony & His Orchestra
• Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra - afrobeat
• Ariya Astrobeat Arkestra - afrobeat
• Darcy James Argue's Secret Society - jazz, steampunk
• Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
• The Auburn Knights Orchestra - swing, jazz

B

• BBC Big Band - jazz
• BBC Northern Dance Orchestra - swing music
• Charlie Barnet Big Band - jazz, swing
• Count Basie and His Orchestra also The Count Basie Orchestra - jazz, swing
• Beantown Swing Orchestra - swing
• The Tex Beneke Orchestra
• Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - swing music, swing revival
• Big Band Jazz de México
• The Birdland Big Band - jazz
• Bohuslän Big Band - jazz
• Boss Brass - jazz
• Brussels Jazz Orchestra - jazz
• The Buddy Rich Big Band - jazz

C

• Cab Calloway and His Orchestra - jazz, swing music, scat singing
• Ralph Carmichael Big Band
• Casa Loma Orchestra - swing music
• Chicago AfroBeat Project - afrobeat. funk, jazz, jùjú music, and rock music
• Chopteeth - afrobeat
• Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra
• Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band
• Spade Cooley - jazz, swing
• Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra - jazz

D

• Dallas Jazz Orchestra (Later known as Dallas' Original Jazz Orchestra - jazz
• John Dankworth Big Band - jazz, film music
• Denver and the Mile High Orchestra - jazz, funk, pop, rock, gospel, rhythm and blues
• Dorsey Brothers Orchestra - jazz
• Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
• Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
• DR Big Band - jazz
• Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - proto-smooth jazz
• Dutch Swing College Band - jazz, swing, dixieland

E

• Billy Eckstine Orchestra - jazz, swing, bebop
• Ray Eberle and His Orchestra
• Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - jazz, orchestral jazz, swing music
• Ziggy Elman and His Orchestra

F

• The Fairbanks Community Jazz Band
• Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm
• Ralph Flanagan Big Band - jazz
• The Flying Horse Big Band (formerly the UCF Jazz Ensemble I) - swing music, jazz, afro-cuban, latin
• Francia Jazzline Orchestra - smooth & modern jazz, swing

G

• Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra - jazz, bebop, Afro-Cuban jazz
• Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - jazz, swing
• Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band - jazz, swing music rhythm and blues
• The Mel Gillispie Orchestra - jazz, swing

H

• Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra
• Ted Heath and his Music - jazz
• Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra - swing music, jazz
• Matthew Herbert Big Band
• Woody Herman And His Big Band
• The Earl Hines Orchestra - jazz, swing music, dixieland
• Dave Holland Big Band - jazz
• Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra
• Claude Hopkins and His Orchestra - jazz

I

• International Sweethearts of Rhythm - jazz

J

• Harry James Big Band - jazz
• Jazz Composer's Orchestra (founded by Carla Bley & Michael Mantler) - avant-garde jazz
• Jazz Orchestra of the Delta
• Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band

K

• Kashmere Stage Band - soul, Rhythm & Blues
• Hal Kemp big band sweet band
• Stan Kenton and His Orchestra
• Andy Kirk and his Twelve Clouds Of Joy
• Gene Krupa - jazz, swing, dixieland

L

• James Last Orchestra
• Syd Lawrence Orchestra
• Liberation Music Orchestra
• Joe Loss and His Orchestra
• Lyle Lovett and His Large Band
• Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra
• Luxembourg Military Band
• Humphrey Lyttelton Band

M

• Magic City Jazz Orchestra
• Wingy Manone and His Orchestra
• Matteson-Phillips Tubajazz Consort
• McKinney's Cotton Pickers
• Glenn Miller Orchestra - jazz
• Mills Blue Rhythm Band
• Mingus Big Band
• Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band - jazz, cool jazz, third stream
• Mark Hilburn and His Orchestra

N

• The New Leviathan Oriental Foxtrot Orchestra

O

• Oxford University Jazz Orchestra

P

Philips Westin Orchestra

• Pacific Mambo Orchestra
• Paso Del Norte Big Band - Swing, Latin Jazz, Jazz, Dance Band, Big Band
• Duke Pearson Big Band - hard bop, soul jazz, smooth jazz, post-bop

Perry La Marca Orchestra (backs Ray Conniff)

R

• Don Redman and His Orchestra - jazz
• Alvino Rey Orchestra - swing, jazz, exotica
• Edmundo Ros and his orchestra
• Luis Russell and His Orchestra

S

Sheraton Caldwell Orchestra

• Sauter-Finegan Orchestra - swing jazz
• Elvis Schoenberg's Orchestre Surreal
• Maria Schneider Orchestra
• Brian Setzer Orchestra - swing music (revival), jump blues
• Artie Shaw and His Orchestra - swing music
• The Squadronaires
• Sun Ra Arkestra
• Swing Unlimited

T

• Jack Teagarden and His Orchestra
• Dan Terry Big Big Band - jazz
• The Tonight Show Band
• The Top Hatters
• Orrin Tucker and His Orchestra\
• Tommy Tucker and His Orchestra

U

• University of London Big Band
• University of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band

V

• The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
• Charlie Ventura Band - jazz, bebop
• The Tommy Vig Orchestra

W

• Washboard Rhythm Kings
• Chris Walden Big Band
• Chick Webb and His Orchestra - jazz, swing
• Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra - polka, Dixie Land
• Gerald Wilson Big Band - jazz

See also

• Big band remote
• List of American big band bandleaders
• List of British big band leaders
• List of experimental big bands
• Territory Bands

References