... after traditional jazz was introduced, the big band era began, spanning roughly from 1935-1945. This era of jazz brought about the scoring of jazz music, written for at least 10 instrumentalists, with occasional improvisations, over pre-scored and arranged chord notations. This period also brought the introduction of new sections of the jazz orchestra, such as a stronger percussion area, and more modern guitars, as opposed to the original banjos. The big band era was composed of larger jazz orchestras (hence the title big band era) of at least 20 people, and the introduction of jazz bands that performed for people to dance to, appropriately entitled 'Dance Bands'. This is when jazz started becoming the popular music to dance and listen to, for all ages, but particularly for teenagers and young adults. Jazz was starting to replace classical orchestras and concerts everywhere, taking over the concert halls and radios. Perhaps the reason ...

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