bandleader

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A pianist and guitarist, he emerged as a multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and jazz bandleader.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

As a passionate bandleader, Sahad was not just on vocals but also guitar and percussion.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

Cleto Escobedo III, the bandleader of Cleto and the Cletones, the house band for “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” has died.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2025

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

I remember it was the bandleader Fletcher Henderson’s nephew “Shorty” Henderson who told me what had happened.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey