bandleader
Example Sentences
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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 pianist and guitarist, he emerged as a multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and jazz bandleader.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
As a passionate bandleader, Sahad was not just on vocals but also guitar and percussion.
From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 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
