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BANDLEADER

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.
==Noted American bandleaders and their instruments have included:==

Lew Soloff - Trumpet, Flugelhorn

Buddy Rich - drum kit

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

Percy Faith

Benny Goodman - clarinet

Woody Herman - clarinet

Glenn Miller - trombone

Buck Owens - guitar

Arthur Pryor - trombone

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - guitar

B.A. Rolfe - trumpet

Artie Shaw - clarinet

John Philip Sousa - violin, flute, cornet, baritone, trombone and alto horn

George Paxton - tenor saxophone

Lew Tabackin - tenor saxophone, flute

Ernest Tubb - singer, songwriter

Paul Whiteman - violin

Miles Davis - trumpet

Charles Mingus - bass

Jimmie Lunceford - saxophone

Bruce Springsteen - singer

Barry White

Maurice White - percussion

Isaac Hayes - singer

Phil 'crazy' Tedson - trumpet

Frank Zappa - Guitar
==British bandleaders have included:==

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
==Italian bandleaders have included:==

Pippo Barzizza

Renato Carosone - piano

Gorni Kramer

Mantovani
==Dutch bandleaders have include:==

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
==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:==

Toshiko Akiyoshi - piano
==Australian bandleaders have included:==

★ Stuart Lang - Cornet

Mark "Slim" Roberts - Cornet

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