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Big band jazz uses large horn sections, arranged ensemble writing and featured soloists to create a sound that spans swing-era dance orchestras, modern jazz composition and contemporary large ensembles. Browse Big Band at Paladin Vinyl on vinyl, CD and cassette, including classic leaders, archival recordings, reissues and later orchestral jazz.

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Miles Davis / Jones,Quincy Gil Evans Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges Clark Terry and his Orchestra Buddy Rich Duke Ellington Count Basie Stan Kenton The Gareth Lockrane Big Band Duke Ellington & His Orchestra

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  • the album cover for Miles Davis / Jones,Quincy - Live At Montreux (Rhino Reserve)
    Miles Davis / Jones,Quincy

    Live At Montreux (Rhino Reserve) [LP]

    31.99
    31.99
  • Side By Side (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series) [180G Lp] [Vinyl]
    Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges

    Side By Side (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series) [180G Lp] [Vinyl]

    41.99
    41.99 40.90
  • Clark Terry And His Orchestra Featuring Paul Gonsalves (Ltd to 2000) [Vinyl]
    Oferta
    Clark Terry and his Orchestra

    Clark Terry And His Orchestra Featuring Paul Gonsalves (Ltd to 2000) [Vinyl]

    Solo quedan 3
    33.99
    33.99 36.98
  • Ray Sings Basie Swings [Vinyl] - Paladin Vinyl
    Ray Charles

    Ray canta Basie Swings [Vinilo]

    35.99
    35.99 35.99
  • Manuel Valera New Cuban Express Big Band - José Martí En Nueva York [CD]
    Manuel Valera New Cuban Express Big Band

    Manuel Valera New Cuban Express Big Band - José Martí En Nueva York [CD]

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    15.99
    15.99 14.99
  • Ray Charles - Love Country Style [CD]
    Ray Charles

    Ray Charles - Love Country Style [CD]

    16.99
    16.99 15.99
  • Ray Charles - No One Does It Like… Ray Charles! [CD]
    Ray Charles

    Ray Charles - No One Does It Like… Ray Charles! [CD]

    16.99
    16.99 15.99
  • Count Basie Orchestra - Live At Birdland [CD]
    Count Basie Orchestra

    Count Basie Orchestra - Live At Birdland [CD]

    18.99
    18.99 17.99
  • Count Basie Orchestra - Swinging, Singing, Playing [CD]
    Count Basie Orchestra

    Count Basie Orchestra - Swinging, Singing, Playing [CD]

    18.99
    18.99 17.99
  • the album cover for Maynard Ferguson - Chameleon
    Maynard Ferguson

    Chameleon [CD]

    12.99
    12.99
  • the album cover for Various Artists - Late Night Count Basie [RSD Essential Indie Colorway Turquoise LP]
    Various Artists

    Late Night Count Basie [RSD Essential Indie Colorway Turquoise LP]

    29.99
    29.99
  • the album cover for Buddy Rich - Mr. Drums: The Buddy Rich Collection 1946-55
    Buddy Rich

    Mr. Drums: The Buddy Rich Collection 1946-55 [CD]

    Solo quedan 3
    24.99
    24.99
  • the album cover for Baby Dodds Trio - Jazz A La Creole
    Baby Dodds Trio

    Jazz A La Creole [LP]

    31.99
    31.99
  • the album cover for Don Ellis - Live 1977
    Don Ellis

    Live 1977 [CD]

    Solo quedan 9
    18.99
    18.99
  • the album cover for Woody Herman - Lionel Hampton Presents: Woody Herman
    Woody Herman

    Lionel Hampton Presents: Woody Herman [CD]

    13.99
    13.99
  • Dizzy Gillespie & His Big Band Jazz Ensemble

    Live In Chester 1957 [Colored Vinyl] (Org) (Uk)

    Solo quedan 1
    54.99
    54.99
  • Pre-Order: Play The Music Of Duke Ellington - The Architect [CD]
    Yalloppin' Hounds

    Play The Music Of Duke Ellington - The Architect [CD]

    Solo quedan 3
    15.99
    15.99
  • the album cover for Buddy Rich - Classic Collaborations
    Buddy Rich

    Classic Collaborations [CD]

    Solo quedan 2
    17.99
    17.99
  • the album cover for Count Basie - Roulette Years: Classic Albums 1958-59
    Count Basie

    Roulette Years: Classic Albums 1958-59 [CD]

    Solo quedan 2
    20.99
    20.99
  • the album cover for Calloway, Cab - The Hep Cat Of Harlem: 1930-48
    Calloway, Cab

    The Hep Cat Of Harlem: 1930-48 [LP]

    Solo quedan 4
    26.99
    26.99
  • Pre-Order: Farther (Still) [CD]
    Agotado
    Mike Dana Jazz Orchestra

    Farther (Still) [CD]

    17.99
    17.99
  • the album cover for Duke Ellington - Copenhagen 1964
    Duke Ellington

    Copenhagen 1964 [CD]

    Solo quedan 15
    19.99
    19.99
  • the album cover for Lalo Schifrin - Insensatez (Bonus Tracks) [Limited Edition] [180 Gram] (Spa)
    Lalo Schifrin

    Insensatez (Bonus Tracks) [Limited Edition] [180 Gram] (Spa)

    Solo quedan 4
    23.99
    23.99
  • the album cover for Vincent Nilsson / Danish Radio Big Band - Spirituals
    Vincent Nilsson / Danish Radio Big Band

    Spirituals [LP]

    Solo quedan 8
    39.99
    39.99
  • the album cover for Bt Alc Big Band - The Search For Peace
    Bt Alc Big Band

    The Search For Peace [LP]

    Solo quedan 1
    28.99
    28.99
  • the album cover for Tania Maria & Her Big Band - It's Only Love
    Tania Maria & Her Big Band

    It's Only Love [LP]

    Solo quedan 1
    27.99
    27.99
  • the album cover for Boland / Brown / Griffin - Tribute To The Clarke-Boland Big Band
    Boland / Brown / Griffin

    Tribute To The Clarke-Boland Big Band [LP]

    Solo quedan 11
    20.99
    20.99
  • Distancia [CD]
    Manuel Valera New Cuban Express Big Band

    Distancia [CD]

    15.99
    15.99 14.99
  • the album cover for Igmar Thomas' Revive Big Band - Like A Tree It Grows
    Igmar Thomas' Revive Big Band

    Like A Tree It Grows [LP]

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    32.99
    32.99
  • the album cover for Bob Mintzer Big Band - Old School New Lessons
    Bob Mintzer Big Band

    Old School New Lessons [CD]

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    15.99
    15.99
  • the album cover for Marilyn Mazur / Bley,Carla / Danish Radio Big Band - Xl-Lx
    Marilyn Mazur / Bley,Carla / Danish Radio Big Band

    Xl-Lx [LP]

    Solo quedan 9
    109.99
    109.99
  • JAH JAZZ ORCHESTRA - Introducing Jah Jazz Orchestra [Vinyl]
    Oferta
    JAH JAZZ ORCHESTRA

    JAH JAZZ ORCHESTRA - Introducing Jah Jazz Orchestra [Vinyl]

    Solo quedan 11
    23.99
    23.99 24.99
  • the album cover for Malta, Anders Almost Big Band - Introducing
    Malta, Anders Almost Big Band

    Introducing [LP]

    Solo quedan 1
    26.99
    26.99
  • the album cover for Maynard Ferguson - Maynard
    Maynard Ferguson

    Maynard [CD]

    Solo quedan 1
    14.99
    14.99
  • the album cover for Grp All-Star Big Band - GRP All Star Big Band Live
    Grp All-Star Big Band

    GRP All Star Big Band Live [CD]

    12.99
    12.99
  • the album cover for Maynard Ferguson - I Like Jazz: Essence of
    Maynard Ferguson

    I Like Jazz: Essence of [CD]

    12.99
    12.99
  • the album cover for Danilo Perez / Bohuslan Big Band - Lumen
    Danilo Perez / Bohuslan Big Band

    Lumen [CD]

    20.99
    20.99
  • the album cover for Vince Mendoza / Wdr Big Band - Homecoming
    Vince Mendoza / Wdr Big Band

    Homecoming [CD]

    16.99
    16.99
  • the album cover for Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra - Tribute To A Generation: A Salute To The Big Bands Of The WW II Era
    Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra

    Tribute To A Generation: A Salute To The Big Bands Of The WW II Era [CD]

    16.99
    16.99
  • the album cover for Truesdell, Ryan - Shades of Sound
    Truesdell, Ryan

    Shades of Sound [LP]

    39.99
    39.99
  • the album cover for Rebirth Brass Band - Ultimate Brass Band
    Rebirth Brass Band

    Ultimate Brass Band [LP]

    39.99
    39.99
  • the album cover for Jimmy Farace - Big Shoulders, Big Sounds
    Jimmy Farace

    Big Shoulders, Big Sounds [LP]

    24.99
    24.99
  • the album cover for Rebirth Brass Band - Hot Venom
    Rebirth Brass Band

    Hot Venom [LP]

    39.99
    39.99
  • Salah & The Cairo Jazz Band Ragab - Egypt Strut [Vinyl]
    Salah & The Cairo Jazz Band Ragab

    Salah & The Cairo Jazz Band Ragab - Egypt Strut [Vinyl]

    25.99
    25.99 25.99
  • the album cover for Helen Sung Big Band - Oracles
    Helen Sung Big Band

    Oracles [CD]

    16.99
    16.99
  • the album cover for Unknown Artist - A Musical Safari (featuring Lalo Schifrin)
    Paladin Vinyl

    A Musical Safari (featuring Lalo Schifrin) [CD]

    13.99
    13.99
  • the album cover for Rich Derosa - Wisdom [Digipak]
    Rich Derosa

    Wisdom [Digipak]

    16.99
    16.99
  • Live At Montreux [Vinyl]
    Miles Davis & Quincy Jones

    Live At Montreux [Vinyl]

    Solo quedan 1
    34.99
    34.99 34.99

About Big Band

Big-band jazz organizes jazz around large ensembles of brass, reeds and rhythm section, with written arrangements providing a framework for ensemble power and featured improvisation. Swing-era orchestras made the format dominant in the 1930s and 1940s, but large-ensemble jazz continued to evolve through bebop-influenced writing, progressive orchestration and modern composers who treat the big band as a flexible contemporary instrument.

The form depends on the relationship between arrangement and individual voice. Section writing, dynamics and orchestration can create enormous variety even when ensembles use similar instrumentation. That makes arrangers and bandleaders central figures in the catalog alongside featured soloists.

Big-band arranging creates its own form of orchestration. Saxophone, trumpet and trombone sections can act as contrasting choirs, while mutes, voicing and register allow arrangers to shape color with a precision closer to orchestral writing than to a simple enlarged combo.

Collecting Big Band

Big-band collecting reaches back before the LP era, with many classic performances first issued on 78 rpm records. Later LP compilations, radio transcriptions and box sets have played a major role in organizing and restoring those recordings chronologically.

Stereo-era big bands also offer spectacular recorded sound, making audiophile editions appealing for listeners who value brass dynamics and large-room ambience. Archival live recordings can be important because touring orchestras often performed arrangements differently over time. Personnel lists and recording dates are essential tools for navigating bands whose membership changed frequently.