0 a person who leads a large group of musicians while they play, and who often plays an instrument at the same time:
Glenn Miller was one of the most famous bandleaders of the 1930s.
1 a person who leads a large group of musicians while they play, and who sometimes plays an instrument at the same time
He is considered to be a virtuoso saxophonist, and a skilled bandleader.
It is one in a series of compositions commissioned by the bandleader/clarinetist featuring solo clarinet.
Often the bands are named after their bandleaders.
At age 11 he was performing as a bandleader.
Jolson is reluctant, fearing he'll be recognized, and the bandleader indeed does introduce him as he sits at the table with the others.
He was then only sixteen, and he would thereafter claim to have been the youngest bandleader in the world.
Threadgill is more on his game as a composer and as a bandleader than at any point in his career.
The bandleader kept the original record in a safe for nearly 60 years.
