Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who conducts a musical band, especially a dance band.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The leader of a dance band.
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- noun A musician who leads a
band of musicians.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the leader of a dance band
Etymologies
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Examples
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It's to a much lesser extent that Mr. Owens, who turned 68 last month, is known as a bandleader and star in his own right.
A Local Sideman Takes the Lead Will Friedwald 2012
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The bandleader was a malevolent jester, somewhat androgynous.
The Serpent and the Rainbow Wade Davis 1985
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Soul Revival Cruz Contreras until recently had been best known as bandleader
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Soul Revival Cruz Contreras until recently had been best known as bandleader
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Tignor is best known as the bandleader of New York’s Slow Six, for which he composed and created his signature software instruments; the group has been described as “a five-piece collective whose mesmerizing experimental music is a true classical/rock mashup” (Adequacy. net).
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Leno reclaims his late-night seat television at the helm of The Tonight Show began with a spoof of The Wizard of Oz. In grainy black-and-white, Jay and cast mates such as bandleader
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Leno reclaims his late-night seat television at the helm of The Tonight Show began with a spoof of The Wizard of Oz. In grainy black-and-white, Jay and cast mates such as bandleader
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Second, if you work an environment where you regularly bounce ideas off the "bandleader," arranger or song-writer, deliberately subverting his writing is highly disrespectful.
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Among them were the “Harlem Hellfighters,” the musicians of the 369th Infantry Regiment, whose bandleader was James Reese Europe.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Hoping to steer rock fans toward “better” music, officers of the Socialist Unity Party heavily promoted Alo Koll, a Leipzig bandleader who played thoroughly safe music, and commissioned three dance teachers to invent a refined, respectable, civilized, “socialist” dance step, which became known as the “Lipsi.”
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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