The bandleader was a malevolent jester, somewhat androgynous.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Serpent and the Rainbow] Reference

Joining us now is Salman Ahmad, Junoon's bandleader.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 28, 2001] Reference

Offstage, the bandleader seems to shrink into himself.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Master Of Melody] Reference

Nigeria's Femi Kuti is not just another hot bandleader.    From Wordnik.com.  [Social Protest To An Afrobeat] Reference

NOVAK: And Glenn Miller, the bandleader, is buried here?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 13, 2004] Reference

Alexander, a cornet-playing bandleader who died in 1958.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Annotated "Ramble On Rose"] Reference

Emboldened, Thatcher had a few words with the bandleader.    From Wordnik.com.  [Murder to Go]

And Iraq ain't no bandleader, if I may quote "The Godfather.".    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 15, 2002] Reference

Later in life he became a songwriter, bandleader and publisher.    From Wordnik.com.  [Charley Patton Lyrics] Reference

The bandleader who was killed, a beloved person there at the school.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 17, 2005] Reference

MICHELE NORRIS, host: Percussionist and bandleader Ray Barretto has died.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jazz, Latin Musician Ray Barretto Dies] Reference

Which talk show bandleader wrote the ` 80 ` s anthem "It ` s Raining Men"?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 10, 2005] Reference

His brother, Thad, went on to become a celebrated horn player and bandleader.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nimble, 'Young' Hank Jones] Reference

He's just beginning a U.S. tour and has released his 35th CD as a bandleader.    From Wordnik.com.  [A South African Great, Playing 'To Get Well'] Reference

The visionary bandleader Sun Ra was a one-man history -- and future -- of jazz.    From Wordnik.com.  [All I Want For Christmas...] Reference

US record producer, bandleader and star of his own popular TV show of the 1960s.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mitch Miller obituary] Reference

What emerges on this new album is Wilson's mastery as a bandleader and composer.    From Wordnik.com.  [She's Traveling Miles] Reference

CHIDEYA: Femi Kuti has been a bandleader in his own right for more than 20 years.    From Wordnik.com.  [Continuing the Afrobeat Tradition] Reference

We profiled bandleader Questlove who also picked his five favorite D.C. albums for us.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Roots are coming to town! (again)] Reference

Eventually, Cootie Williams, the bandleader, basically made the first recording of it.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Monk': A New Look At An American Original] Reference

HANSEN: How has the transition been for you from going - from band member to bandleader?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life After Phish: Page McConnell Goes Solo] Reference

They talk about how tyrannical James Brown was as a bandleader and how he gave out fines.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Examines James Brown's Legacy] Reference

Fletcher HendersonSwing bandleader pianist/arranger Fletcher Henderson was born in Georgia in 1897.    From Wordnik.com.  [Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume 142] Reference

STING: My son is a singer, songwriter, bandleader, and my youngest daughter is a recording artist too.    From Wordnik.com.  [Music For Sting's Favorite Season] Reference

My teacher was Ziegret Fochman (ph), and my musical director was Werner Moore (ph) -- great bandleader.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: Paul Anka Talks About His Life in Show Business - March 11, 2000] Reference

ANDERSON: ... bandleader, actor and media mogul, but he ` s probably best known as host of "The Merv Griffin Show.".    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 13, 2007] Reference

HAMMER: SHOWBIZ TONIGHT ` s Brooke Anderson spoke with Doc Severinsen this afternoon, Carson ` s long-time bandleader.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 20, 2005] Reference

The voice coarsened, the moves began to slow, but as a bandleader and conceptualist, he was Duke Ellington in polyester.    From Wordnik.com.  [James Brown, 1933-2006] Reference

His voice coarsened, his moves began to slow, but as a bandleader and conceptualist, he was Duke Ellington in polyester.    From Wordnik.com.  [Funky Shaman] Reference

Her mother was Lucy Ricardo, her father a handsome Cuban bandleader, and they were all very happy until little Ricky came along.    From Wordnik.com.  [Courting Trouble]

Billy EckstineJazz crooner/trumpeter/trombonist and bandleader Billy Eckstine was born July 1914 in Pittsburgh into a big family.    From Wordnik.com.  [Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Rewind, Volume I] Reference

He was also a great arranger, bandleader and piano player, a consummate showman and a great sensualist with gargantuan appetites.    From Wordnik.com.  [Biographies Abounding] Reference

The late bandleader lit a fire under the jitterbug generation, became a swing-era sensation and expanded the range of popular music.    From Wordnik.com.  [Artie Shaw At 100: Celebrating A Swing Era Sensation] Reference

The visit comes at the invitation of the Havana-based institute and was facilitated by the Cuban pianist and bandleader Chucho Vald é s.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lincoln Center, Cuba Get Jazzy] Reference

DAVID BIANCULLI, host: This weekend marks the hundredth birthday of bandleader and clarinet player Artie Shaw, one of the true jazz greats.    From Wordnik.com.  [100 Years Of Jazz Clarinetist Artie Shaw] Reference