bandleaders
They cue musicians
Bandleaders is the plural of bandleader—a person who leads a musical group, typically directing performances and often conducting from the front.
The term applies across genres, from jazz big bands to marching bands to rock groups: The bandleaders of the swing era became celebrities in their own right.
Skill at impressive presentation
- charismaMagnetic personal appeal
- stage presencePerformer's commanding aura
- frontmanLead performer of group
- spotlightConcentrated illumination source
audience · bandstand · emcee · entertainer · crowd · encore · setlist · headliner
Suspended recreational seat
- jazzImprovisational American music genre
- bebopFast, complex jazz style
- bluesMournful American music genre
- funkDepression or groove music
soul · R&B · Motown · salsa · mambo · merengue · highlife · Afrobeat
- Count BasieKansas City bandleader
- Glenn MillerSwing era bandleader
- Cab CallowayScat-singing jazz bandleader
- Tito PuenteLatin jazz percussionist icon
Benny Goodman · James Brown · Quincy Jones · bandstand · dancehall
Slender rod for leading
- podiumRaised platform for speakers
- cueTrigger for action
- downbeatNegatively toned or dispirited
- rehearsalPre-performance practice session
directing · score · arrangement · orchestration · tempo · dynamics · cutoff · fermata
Large instrumental ensemble
- comboItems grouped together
- quintetGroup of five
- quartetEnsemble of four
- brass sectionOrchestra's wind-blown metal instruments
showmanship
Skill at impressive presentation
- charismaMagnetic personal appeal
- stage presencePerformer's commanding aura
- frontmanLead performer of group
spotlight · audience · bandstand · emcee · entertainer · crowd · encore · setlist · headliner · microphone
swing
Suspended recreational seat
- jazzImprovisational American music genre
- bebopFast, complex jazz style
- bluesMournful American music genre
funk · soul · R&B · Motown · salsa · mambo · merengue · highlife · Afrobeat · ska
Duke Ellington
- Count BasieKansas City bandleader
- Glenn MillerSwing era bandleader
- Cab CallowayScat-singing jazz bandleader
Benny Goodman · Tito Puente · James Brown · Quincy Jones · bandstand · dancehall
baton
Slender rod for leading
rehearsal · directing · score · arrangement · orchestration · tempo · dynamics · cutoff · fermata · conducting
orchestra
Large instrumental ensemble
- maestrosconductors, music directors, symphony conductors, choirmasters, virtuosos
- biographiesbiography, biographies, autobiography, autobiographies, memoir
- performersactor, dancer, actress, singer, musician
bandleaderssidemen
Supporting band members
session musicians · accompanists · backing band · hired guns · rhythm section