bandleader

The jazz bandleader Duke Ellington claimed to be “crazy about baseball” and recalled working as a vendor at Washington Senators’ games.

And to be able to serve as bandleader and drum leader, or drum major, for a group of incredible musicians is an absolute dream.

Along with the three silver aluminium audition records, which are labelled by hand, a copy of Dame Vera's first record, It's Home, recorded in 1935 with bandleader Howard Baker, was also found.

You’re never too many songs into a Low Cut Connie show when bandleader Adam Weiner runs his hands across the piano keys and declares, “I love everybody in this room right now.”

According to a statement from his family, the bandleader passed away after a "prolonged battle" with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and other health issues.