From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbrass/rhythm/woodwind/string etc sectionbrass/rhythm/woodwind/string etc sectionthe people or person in a band or orchestra who play the brass, rhythm etc instruments → section
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brass/rhythm/woodwind/string etc section• A brass section blares on trumpet, tenor saxophone and bass sax.• Now, drummers like Roy Haynes or Elvin Jones could be heard and studied, not buried in big-band rhythm sections.• It was in Vegas that Sinatra decided to book Norvo as his opening act and as his regular rhythm section.• Try I fall in love too easily for the young Marsalis's strong sound gelling with the experience of the rhythm section.• The rhythm Section became the stars.• The rhythm section provided a perfect cushion for the soloists, springy and supportive but never obtrusive.• The string section repeatedly cut through his fraught baritone with great sheets of emotional counterpoint. 