bandleader
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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
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
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
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
“Especially,” said Charles, “when the batty bandleader is a disingenuous and mendacious charlatan.”
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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