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bandleader

[band-lee-der] / ˈbændˌli dər /
NOUN
maestro
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Such a résumé can overshadow his distinction as a bandleader.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 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

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

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 had told him if he learned to blow right away he could march in the band the very next Saturday.

From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen


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