Bandleading

adj, noun

adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The art of leading a musical band. uncountable

    "But Israel belongs to the select group of drummers--Art Blakey, Max Roach, Paul Motian, and Ronald Shannon Jackson among them--who approach bandleading with fresh and distinctive vision."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Leading a musical band. not-comparable

    "Great jazz quartets have often flowered when a bandleading pianist finds a soulmate on sax: Monk and Charlie Rouse, for instance, or Brubeck and Paul Desmond."

Example

More examples

"Great jazz quartets have often flowered when a bandleading pianist finds a soulmate on sax: Monk and Charlie Rouse, for instance, or Brubeck and Paul Desmond."

Etymology

From band + leading.

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