Bandleader
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A bandleader is the director of a band of musicians. The term is most commonly used with a group that plays either a popular music dance band or a big band, such as one which plays swing music.
Most bandleaders also were performers with their own band. The bandleader role was dependent on a variety of skills, not just musicianship. A bandleader needed to be a music director, promoter, and performer. In general the bands were named after their bandleaders. Some bands have continued operating under their bandleaders' names long after the death of the original bandleader.
- Count Basie - piano
- Terence Blanchard - trumpet
- Will Bradley - trombone
- James Brown - singer
- Les Brown - saxophone
- Dave Brubeck - piano
- Cab Calloway - singer
- Jimmy Dorsey - saxophone
- Tommy Dorsey - trombone
- Duke Ellington - piano
- Geddie Lee - vocals
- Zack de la Rocha - vocals
- Percy Faith
- Benny Goodman - clarinet
- Isaac Hayes - singer
- Woody Herman - clarinet
- Glenn Miller - trombone
- Buck Owens - guitar
- George Paxton - tenor saxophone
- Arthur Pryor - trombone
- Buddy Rich - drum kit
- Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - guitar
- B.A. Rolfe - trumpet
- Artie Shaw - clarinet
- Lew Soloff - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
- John Philip Sousa - violin, flute, cornet, baritone, trombone and alto horn
- Lew Tabackin - tenor saxophone, flute
- Phil 'crazy' Tedson - trumpet
- Ernest Tubb - singer-songwriter
- Paul Whiteman - violin
- Miles Davis - trumpet
- Charles Mingus - bass
- Jimmie Lunceford - saxophone
- Bruce Springsteen - singer
- Barry White
- Maurice White - percussion
- Anna Mae Winburn - singer
- Frank Zappa - Guitar
- Bert Ambrose
- Acker Bilk - clarinet
- John Barry
- Elvis Costello - singer
- Billy Cotton
- Fred Elizalde
- Ted Heath - trombone
- Julian Miles "Jools" Holland - piano
- Spike Hughes
- Jack Hylton
- Geoff Love
- Johnny Pearson
- Simon Park
- Les Reed
- Gary Barlow - singer
- Michiel Borstlap
- Willem Breuker - trumpet
- Tonny Eijk
- Pim Jacobs
- Erik van der Luijt
- Malando - violin
- Rogier van Otterloo
- André Rieu - violin
- Cees Schrama - keyboards
- Joop Stokkermans - piano
- Lajos Veres - multi-instrumentalist, mostly violin
- Stuart Lang - cornet
- Mark "Slim" Roberts - cornet, trumpet