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
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
The jazz bandleader Duke Ellington claimed to be “crazy about baseball” and recalled working as a vendor at Washington Senators’ games.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 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
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