Bandleaders and Conductors

An architect of rock and roll with musical partner Fats Domino…

Don Warren was a founding director of Drum Corps International and founder of the Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps in the Chicago area. After seeing a drum corps perform at …

Known for his mastery of different genres

His arrangements accompanied rock classics such as “Space Oddity”…

10 facts you may not have known about the legendary musician…

Buddy Bregman, a conductor and arranger, died Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017, in Los Angeles, according to multiple news sources. He was 86.

Neville Marriner, a renowned conductor who founded the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, died Oct. 2, 2016, according to multiple news sources. He was 92. He died in his …

Frank Sinatra Jr., a singer and conductor who followed in his famous father’s footsteps, has died. He was 72. Sinatra died Wednesday, March 16, in Daytona Beach, Florida. His sister, …

Pierre Boulez, the world-renowned French conductor who was a major force in modern classical music, has died. He was 90. Boulez, who once served as the principal conductor of the …

Duke Ellington is one of the best known figures in jazz history. But did you know he was a movie star, too?