How to Use bandleader in a Sentence

bandleader

noun
  • Seeing his bandleader back on the shiny floor.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
  • For decades, Ball toured as a blues solo artist and bandleader.
    — Mars Salazar, Austin American Statesman, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Coffman chalked up some of the strain to Longstreth’s style as a bandleader.
    — Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
  • But the Grammys had more going on than just his bandleader's wins.
    — Peter Weber, The Week, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Lukather, now the de facto bandleader, proved a capable host from the start.
    — Theoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 15 Aug. 2025
  • In recent years, the 51-year-old bandleader has backed his words with action.
    — Scott McDonald, sandiegouniontribune.com, 4 June 2018
  • The two men wound up working side-by-side as band teachers and bandleaders for 30 years.
    — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Jazz bandleader Chick Webb soon asked the young singer to join his orchestra.
    — Amy Henderson, Smithsonian, 30 Mar. 2017
  • Nobody could dance and play instruments and be a bandleader like Prince.
    — Ron Hart, SPIN, 3 June 2022
  • His bandleader, Jon Batiste, joined in with a helpful piano riff.
    — Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2020
  • Lenk’s café owner shares a bench with Tony Shalhoub’s bandleader.
    — Craig Nakano, latimes.com, 7 June 2018
  • Kim Novak played your mother in a biopic of your father, who was also a bandleader.
    — David Netto, Town & Country, 26 Oct. 2018
  • In the living room is a piano once owned by jazz bandleader Paul Whiteman.
    — Neal J. Leitereg, latimes.com, 11 July 2018
  • Horns blared and drummers played a rapid tattoo as the bandleaders swung their limbs with metric precision.
    — Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 21 June 2026
  • Arnaz was a bandleader on and off screen, meaning Bardem had to learn to sing and play the conga drum.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2021
  • During the next few years, Cato would fill in as bandleader whenever Batiste was out.
    — Chris Almeida, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2025
  • If Detroit can make it to the big one, expect this offense to go off with Goff as bandleader.
    — The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Jane Krakowski hosts, and Randy Jackson serves as bandleader.
    — Chuck Barney, Detroit Free Press, 1 Jan. 2021
  • His father, Rafael Azarias Pacheco, was a renowned bandleader and clarinetist.
    — Elias E. Lopez, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2021
  • At the time, many in the music press didn’t know what to make of bandleader Maurice White’s soulful stew.
    — Jordan Runtagh, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Kimmel will address his friend and bandleader’s passing on Tuesday’s show.
    — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Over chicken and potatoes, Stoner, the tour’s bassist, and bandleader, reviewed the show.
    — Lindsay Crudele, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2023
  • Even then, a bandleader called Slim, who’s poisoning his own music with his anger, views the Kid as a threat.
    — Laura Collins-Hughes, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2019
  • The album is a mix of 10 classics and five new songs by bandleader Tony Guerrero.
    — Hal Boedeker, OrlandoSentinel.com, 23 Apr. 2018
  • The drummer's father was a local bandleader and played a large role in influencing his love of music.
    — Jacqueline Weiss, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The other was Sun Ra, the avant-garde pianist and bandleader who died in 1993.
    — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2020
  • It's directed by Rob Arthur, who's served as Frampton's bandleader for many years.
    — Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
  • Desi, who had starred in the Broadway musical the film was based on, was a bandleader; Lucy was one of the film's stars.
    — Maria Carter, Country Living, 1 Mar. 2017
  • The bandleader, Brown said in interviews over the years, had nothing to do with the song’s composition.
    — William Browning, Smithsonian, 27 Oct. 2017
  • As the longtime bandleader of Jimmy Kimmel Live!
    — Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Nov. 2025

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