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bandleader

[band-lee-der] / ˈbændˌli dər /
NOUN
maestro
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As a passionate bandleader, Sahad was not just on vocals but also guitar and percussion.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

This domestic sitcom, starring Lucille Ball as a frustrated housewife and Ball’s then-husband Desi Arnaz as her patient bandleader husband, is the most influential show in TV history, and it isn’t close.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

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.

From BBC • Aug. 14, 2025

Eddie Palmieri, the Grammy-winning Nuyorican pianist, bandleader and composer who helped innovate Afro-Caribbean music in the States and transform the New York salsa scene, died on Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2025

The bandleader had told him if he learned to blow right away he could march in the band the very next Saturday.

From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen