bandleader
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A performer known for his improvisational musical comedic stylings, Watts, 54, was a late-night TV fixture as the bandleader of the house band for “The Late Late Show With James Corden.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 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
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
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
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