bandleader

Example Sentences

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One night when Ms. Shaw was in her 20s, she was at a bowling alley when a girlfriend of hers insisted that she ask the bandleader who was performing there if she could sing.

From New York Times

Given the gender misbalance in jazz bandleaders — especially instrumentalists — was this purposeful?

From Seattle Times

Radio broadcasts of swinging big-band music performed at the hotel proved a stroke of marketing genius, with even the hotel’s telephone number made famous by bandleader Glenn Miller’s 1940 hit song “Pennsylvania 6-5000.”

From Seattle Times

The trumpeter and bandleader Jaimie Branch sets up a pummeling beat behind an environmental battle chant in “Take Over the World,” veers into a swirl of psychedelia, then whoops it up even harder.

From New York Times

Or your ears: Though her earlier albums showcased her curatorial skills, the ingeniously assembled “Renaissance” heralded Beyoncé’s ascent as an arranger and bandleader to the lofty ranks of Prince and Stevie Wonder.

From Los Angeles Times