Sentence examples for a small combo of wind from inspiring English sources

For the Second Stage Theater production he made a small combo of wind, brass and percussion instruments with piano and electric keyboard sound like a full orchestra.

Unlike the others, he does almost no singing -- he knows his limitations -- but rather has a small combo of performers who do most of the honors.

Though rooted in the riff style of the 1930s swing-era big bands, the Basie orchestra played with the forceful drive and carefree swing of a small combo.

Standing tall and cool in front of a small combo, the Chicago vocalist Rose Colella plumbs the Great American Songbook for her repertory, from Irving Berlin and the Gershwins through Cole Porter and Frank Loesser.

Playing with a small combo, Mr. Wainwright offered his own critiques of fashion, showing nerve instead of Mr. Ferry's cultivated discontent.

The success of Goodman's small groups not only affirmed the artistic and commercial viability of a true chamber-jazz concept but inaugurated the notion of extracting a small combo from a larger orchestra.

In a small combo it can sound heavy and sad, even at a medium tempo.

Sometimes backed by a small combo, Buckley emitted various sounds — he whistled or imitated a horn — that complemented his monologues.

Both musicians are 80, and they pay an increasingly rare visit to the United States next week, backed by a small combo.

Sometimes backed by a small combo, Buckley emitted various sounds—he whistled or imitated a horn that complemented his monologues.

As big bands began to fall out of fashion in the late 1940's, Calloway eventually scaled his big band down to a small combo, retaining Mr. Hinton as his bassist, and broke that band up for good in 1951.