I like it, G-force.

Hi, Tootler. As you say, learning the sound. I never thought of popular music such as big band having a tradition, but my brother used to play big band music as recently as the 1990's. One day he was amazed to be given hand-written big band music from the 1940's to put on his stand. He was awe-struck.

Yes, there still are people who hire big bands for certain events, at least in Wisconsin.