Bandleader
A bandleader is the leader of a band of musicians. The term is most commonly, though not exclusively, used with a group that plays popular music as a small combo or a big band, such as one which plays swing, jazz, blues, rhythm and blues or rock and roll music.
Most bandleaders are also performers with their own band. The bandleader role is dependent on a variety of skills, not just musicianship. A bandleader needed to be a music director and performer. In general the bands are named after their bandleaders. Some older bands have continued operating under their bandleaders' names long after the death of the original bandleader.
Noted American bandleaders and their instruments have included:
 Artie Shaw - clarinet
Count Basie - piano
Terence Blanchard - trumpet
Will Bradley - trombone
Les Brown - saxophone
James Brown - singer
Dave Brubeck - piano
Miles Davis - trumpet
Jimmy Dorsey - saxophone
Tommy Dorsey - trombone
Duke Ellington - piano
Benny Goodman - clarinet
Lionel Hampton - vibraphone, percussion
Bill Haley - guitar, singer
Emmylou Harris - guitar, singer
Isaac Hayes - singer
Jimi Hendrix - guitar, singer
Woody Herman - clarinet
Elmore James - guitar, singer
BB King - guitar, singer
Geddy Lee - vocals, bass
Jimmie Lunceford - saxophone
Dave Matthews - guitar, singer
John Mayer - guitar, singer
Glenn Miller - trombone
Charles Mingus - bass
Buck Owens - guitar
Gloria Parker - Marimba
George Paxton - tenor saxophone
Arthur Pryor - trombone
Buddy Rich - drum kit
Little Richard - piano, singer
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - guitar
B.A. Rolfe - trumpet
Paul Shaffer - keyboards
Artie Shaw - clarinet
Lew Soloff - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
John Philip Sousa - wind instruments
Bruce Springsteen - guitar, singer
Lew Tabackin - tenor saxophone, flute
Derek Trucks - guitar
Ernest Tubb - singer-songwriter
Muddy Waters - guitar, singer
Barry White - singer
Maurice White - percussion
Paul Whiteman - violin
Anna Mae Winburn - singer
Frank Zappa - guitar, singer
British bandleaders have included:
Bert Ambrose
Ian Anderson - flute, guitar, singer
Gary Barlow - singer
Jeff Beck - guitar
Acker Bilk - clarinet
John Barry
David Bowie - saxophone, guitar, singer
Elvis Costello - guitar, singer
Billy Cotton
Stewart Copeland - drummer
Alex Harvey - singer
Ted Heath - trombone
Julian Miles "Jools" Holland - piano
Spike Hughes
Jack Hylton
Yusuf Islam - guitar, singer
Elton John - piano, singer
Mark Knopfler - guitar, singer
Geoff Love
Simon Park
Johnny Pearson
Rod Stewart - singer
Les Reed
Italian bandleaders have included:
Pippo Barzizza
Renato Carosone - piano
Gorni Kramer
Mantovani
Dutch bandleaders have include:
Michiel Borstlap
Willem Breuker - trumpet
Jack Coenen - trombone, leading the Jack Million Band specialized in the music of Glenn Miller
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
German bandleaders have included:
Peter Herbolzheimer
Bert Kaempfert
James Last - double bass
Max Raabe - singer
French bandleaders have included:
Raymond Lefevre
Paul Mauriat
Franck Pourcel
Belgian bandleaders have included:
Francis Bay
Argentine bandleaders have included:
Waldo de los Rios
Japanese bandleaders have included:
Yoshiki Hayashi - piano & drums
Toshiko Akiyoshi - piano
Gackt
Keisuke Kuwata - guitar multi-instrumentalist
Australian bandleaders have included:
Stuart Lang - cornet
Mark "Slim" Roberts - cornet, trumpet
See also
Bandmaster
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