bandleader
Example Sentences
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A pianist and guitarist, he emerged as a multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and jazz bandleader.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
A guitarist, composer and bandleader who died on Saturday, Taylor's six-decade career played a key role in shaping modern popular music in West Africa.
From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026
George Simon, in his biography of the bandleader, reports that Miller ran afoul of a highly conservative senior officer who railed against the “newfangled sounds” that Miller’s men were producing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026
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
She looked at me as if we were onstage, and she was the bandleader, giving me my cue.
From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee
