bandleader

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“It was a very small leap from there to Tom Waits,” Posner says, “because if Willard the Wizard could have had any contemporary musician as his bandleader, wouldn’t he have chosen Tom Waits?”

From Washington Post

Batiste left his gig as bandleader of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” in August to focus on his other work.

From Washington Post

But she soon put her career on hold at the request of her husband, the trumpeter and bandleader Harry James.

From New York Times

Batiste will be adding White House entertainer to an already long list of roles, including recording artist, bandleader, musical director, film composer, museum creative director and scion of New Orleans musical royalty.

From Washington Times

Batiste, 36, most recently was bandleader and musical director of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” leaving the broadcast after a seven-year run.

From Seattle Times