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Contents 1 List 2 Rhythm section in Latin jazz 3 DJ big band 4 Sweet bands?

[edit] List

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)

Ahh, the drummer thinks he controls the timekeeping, but how can he with all those fills?. Its the bass player who controls things (I should know, Im a big band bass player) Touche! 8-) --Light current 00:15, 26 July 2006 (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!

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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)

I'll put this on my list of things to do. - mako 21:38, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

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.

"Jazz band" is a loose term that is sometimes also applied to jazz combos. But the term "big band" refers more specifically to the era of dance bands: Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, etc., and therefore should be its own article. - mako 22:40, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

I agree--big band is quite definitive. But those list of big bands should be cleaned up. I don't recognize most, and I don't know if that's because they're non-notable or I'm just not into big band enough. If I were to clean it, I'd probably erase all the ones that don't even have stubs. Also, outside of American big bands, I think they should all be grouped into "Other big bands". (Americentric since I'm pretty sure that's where big bands originate.) FireWorks 21:45, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

How about moving everything into a List of big bands? Eventually I'd like to see the history section expanded, and mentioning/wikilinking bands in that section will be a good enough "list" in itself. - mako 07:19, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Done. - mako 07:49, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rhythm section in Latin jazz

1. Does not swing.
2. Needs hand percussion, not just a drummer.

Does anyone know more? De mortuis... 02:03, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

• Rhumba
• Samba
• Beguine
• Bossa Nova
• Merengue
• Paso Doble
• Mambo
• Cha Cha

These are some of the rhythms used--Light current 09:45, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Also see clave (rhythm). - mako 19:30, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DJ big band

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)

Groups of DJs (perish the thought!) can never be considered to be a band (let alone a big band) in the proper sense of the word

--Light current 22:45, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 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)