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

His personas include Dylanesque poet, Elvis-influenced rocker, high-energy bandleader, acoustic folk hero, musical faith healer, Broadway showman and, just in the last few years, country storyteller and soul crooner.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

You’re never too many songs into a Low Cut Connie show when bandleader Adam Weiner runs his hands across the piano keys and declares, “I love everybody in this room right now.”

From Salon • Jun. 24, 2025

I remember it was the bandleader Fletcher Henderson’s nephew “Shorty” Henderson who told me what had happened.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey