when was this?
early 1930s
Big band
Swing music began appearing in the early 1930s and was distinguished by a more supple feel than the more literal  of early jazz. Walter Page is often credited with developing the walking bass, though earlier examples exist, such as Wellman Braud on Ellington's "Washington Wabble" from 1927.
what are afrobeats? It  is an umbrella term to describe popular music from West Africa and the diaspora that initially developed in Nigeria, Ghana, and the UK in the 2000s and 2010s. what are its characteristics? big bands, long instrumental solos, and complex jazzy rhythms what instruments are used in the first one? Big bands have four sections: trumpets, trombones, saxophones, and a rhythm section of guitar, piano, double bass, and drums. The division in early big bands was likely to be two or three trumpets, one or two trombones, three saxophones, and a rhythm section is it used in movies? Yes do you know which ones? In  three short films which are in the Library of Congress film collection. what kind of arrangements need to be made for these bands? Many arrangements contain an interlude, often similar in content to the introduction, inserted between some or all choruses in which era were they famous? The swing era
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Big band [SEP] The swing era
The popularity of many of the major bands was amplified by star vocalists, such as Frank Sinatra with Tommy Dorsey, Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly with Jimmy Dorsey, Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb, Billie Holiday and Jimmy Rushing with Count Basie, Dick Haymes and Helen Forrest with Harry James, Doris Day with Les Brown, and Peggy Lee with Benny Goodman. Some bands were "society bands" which relied on strong ensembles but little on soloists or vocalists, such as the bands of Guy Lombardo and Paul Whiteman.