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

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

After Duke Ellington—his clearest hero—Mingus had jazz’s grandest and most fully realized ambitions as a composer, arranger and bandleader.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

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 bandleader at his school had given him one lesson already, and he had a little book to look at.

From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen