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 was a composer, notably of technically sophisticated sax melodies, and was one of the major small group jazz bandleaders of the 1920s and 1930s.
Usually such musicians are not permanent members of a musical ensemble and often do not achieve fame in their own right as soloists or bandleaders.
He was a composer, arranger, bandleader, and jazz educator, and is credited with pioneering the use of two bass drums.
The bandleader finds the pastoral life a crashing bore and so heads for the big city to find fortune.
He is also known for his work as a bandleader and music educator.
In the 1950s, some jazz bandleaders began to replace the double bass with the then newly invented electric bass.
Even on its heyday very few composers and bandleaders dedicated any effort to this form, maybe because of the difficult rhythm.
The bandleader kept the original record in a safe for nearly 60 years.
