A bandleader is the leader of a band of musicians. The term is most commonly, though not exclusively, used with a group that plays popular music as a small combo or a big band, such as one which plays jazz, blues, rhythm and blues or rock and roll music. Most bandleaders are also performers with their own band. The bandleader role is dependent on a variety of skills, not just musicianship. A bandleader needs to be a music director and performer. Often the bands are named after their bandleaders. Some older bands have continued operating under their bandleaders' names long after the death of the original bandleader. [edit] Noted American bandleaders and their instruments - Harold B. Bachman
- Count Basie - piano
- Terence Blanchard - trumpet
- Will Bradley - trombone
- Les Brown - saxophone
- James Brown - singer
- Dave Brubeck - piano
- George Clinton - keyboard, vocals
- John Coltrane - saxophone
- Patrick “Patsy” Conway - cornet
- Miles Davis - trumpet
- Jimmy Dorsey - saxophone
- Tommy Dorsey - trombone
- Duke Ellington - piano
- Edwin Franko Goldman
- Benny Goodman - clarinet
- Lionel Hampton - vibraphone, percussion
- Bill Haley - guitar, singer
- Albert Austin Harding
- Emmylou Harris - guitar, singer
- Isaac Hayes - singer
- Jimi Hendrix - guitar, singer
- Woody Herman - clarinet
- Buddy Holly - guitar, singer
- Elmore James - guitar, singer
- BB King - guitar, singer
- Geddy Lee - vocals, bass
- Jimmie Lunceford - saxophone
- Dave Matthews - guitar, singer
- John Mayer - guitar, singer
- Pat Metheny - guitar
- Glenn Miller - trombone
- Charles Mingus - bass
- Rickey Minor - bass
- Dustin Moore - bass
- Buck Owens - guitar
- Gloria Parker - Marimba
- George Paxton - tenor saxophone
- Mike Portnoy - drums
- Arthur Pryor - trombone
- Buddy Rich - drum kit
- Little Richard - piano, singer
- Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - guitar
- B.A. Rolfe - trumpet
- Paul Shaffer - keyboards
- Artie Shaw - clarinet
- Lew Soloff - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
- John Philip Sousa - wind instruments
- Bruce Springsteen - guitar, singer
- Lew Tabackin - tenor saxophone, flute
- Derek Trucks - guitar
- Ernest Tubb - singer-songwriter
- Ike Turner - guitar, piano
- Rebekah Vangorde - flute
- Muddy Waters - guitar, singer
- Lawrence Welk - accordion
- Barry White - singer
- Maurice White - percussion
- Paul Whiteman - violin
- Anna Mae Winburn - singer
- Frank Zappa - guitar, singer
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