Bandleader

This page lists 1,718 biographies of bandleaders, covering lives from 1495 to 2002. Featuring George N. Parks, Herbie Hancock and Josep Pons. Each profile gives life dates, nationality, education, positions held and a sourced, attributed account of the person's life.

People in this occupation

Humphrey Lyttelton

1921 – 2008

Waino Kauppi

1899 – 1932

Pupi Campo

1920 – 2011

Lincoln Holroyd

1881 – 1961

Lee Castle

1915 – 1990

Canada Lee

1907 – 1952

Charlie Palmieri

1927 – 1988

Charlie Barnet

1913 – 1991

Tex Beneke

1914 – 2000

Joe Cabot

1921 – 2016

Arthur Lange

1889 – 1956

Steve Freund

b. 1952

Cannonball Adderley

1928 – 1975

Kevin Eubanks

b. 1957

Clyde Reasinger

1927 – 2018

Luis Alfonzo Larrain

1911 – 1996

Thelma Terry

1901 – 1966

Carlos Varela

Keith Brion

b. 1933

John Wilson

b. 1972

Charlie Ventura

1916 – 1992

Cecil Scott

1905 – 1964

Gene "Bowlegs" Miller

1933 – 1987

Freddy Randall

1921 – 1999

George Probert

1927 – 2015

Dewey Jackson

1900 – 1994

John Kirby

1908 – 1952

Brent Fischer

b. 1964

Sam Wooding

1895 – 1985

Jack Hylton

1892 – 1965

Louis Cottrell, Jr.

1911 – 1978

Andrew Freddie Thomas

1957 – 2009

Isham Jones

1894 – 1956

Al Kavelin

1903 – 1982

Paul Bascomb

1912 – 1986

Ayinde Bakare

1912 – 1972

Bob Chester

1908 – 1977

Aaron Rimbui

b. 1979

Simon Brehm

1921 – 1967

Ryan Cohan

b. 1971

Willie Bryant

1908 – 1964

Ben Selvin

1898 – 1980

Orrin Tucker

1911 – 2011

Russ Morgan

1904 – 1969

Henry Hall

1898 – 1989

Jimmie Lunceford

1902 – 1947

John Hubbard Beecher

1927 – 1987

Wilbur Sweatman

1882 – 1961

Ray Miller

1896 – 1974

Peggy Gilbert

1905 – 2007

Jimmie Elkins

1902 – 1971

Fred Hall

1898 – 1954

Eric Delaney

1924 – 2011

Frank Weir

1911 – 1981

Kenny Baker

1921 – 1999

Edmundo Ros

1910 – 2011

Jake Porter

1916 – 1993

Richard M. Jones

1892 – 1945

Hal Singer

1919 – 2020

Doc Cook

1891 – 1958

Johnny Bothwell

1919 – 1995

Adolph Hofner

1916 – 2000

Paul Ash

1891 – 1958

Chris Barber

1930 – 2021

Papa Jack Laine

1873 – 1966

Joseph Frankel

1882 – 1956

Norman Mason

1895 – 1971

Roger Dawson

b. 1940

Charlie Gaines

1900 – 1986

Peter Duchin

b. 1937

Paul Howard

1895 – 1980

Barry L. Houser

b. 1977

Wendell Brunious

b. 1954

Russ Case

1912 – 1964

Gene Kardos

1899 – 1980

Craig Ball

P. R. Bidez

1892 – 1961

Arturo O'Farrill

b. 1960

George Hall

1893 – 1989

Toshiko Akiyoshi

b. 1929

Red Prysock

1926 – 1993

Snookum Russell

1913 – 1981

Johnny Long

1916 – 1972

Oscar Rabin

1899 – 1958

Cab Kaye

1921 – 2000

J. C. Heard

1917 – 1988

Maurice McAdow

1904 – 2001

Richard Franko Goldman

1910 – 1980

Francisco Cristancho Camargo

1905 – 1977

Roy Fox

1901 – 1982

Tommy Vig

b. 1938

Edward Kendall

1808 – 1861

Art Shryer

Bobby Scott

1937 – 1990

Freddie Fisher

1904 – 1967

Don Friedman

1935 – 2016

Johnny Knorr

1921 – 2011

Austin Wylie

1893 – 1947

Bob Thompson

1924 – 2013

Sammy Kaye

1910 – 1987