big band

1. 1.

   a large dance or jazz band usually featuring improvised solos by lead musicians

   Broaderdance band

Questions about big band

What does big band mean?

big band means "a large dance or jazz band usually featuring improvised solos by lead musicians".

Is big band a common word?

big band is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.