on drums

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: playing the drums
That was Miles Davis on trumpet and Max Roach on drums.

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Costello and special guest guitarist Charlie Sexton, known best for his years alongside Bob Dylan, keyboardist Steve Nieve, Pete Thomas on drums and bassist Davey Faragher performed a two-hour set of Costello's early hits, holding the Ryman crowd in the palm of their hands. Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 6 July 2025 The rest of the band played with the same kind of frenzy, pushing from song to song with Brad Hargreaves on drums or CreeV’s synth filling the space between. jsonline.com, 5 July 2025 Joining Springsteen were, on drums, Anton Fig; on guitar, Sig McGinnis; on keys, Shaffer; sitting in on sax and tambourine for the night, David Sanborn; and for reasons that remain elusive to our cursory internet research, Francisco Centeno on bass, and not Will Lee. Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 25 June 2025 For this summit meeting, they were joined by Russell’s rotating Rainbow Coalition band — Megan Coleman on drums, Ganessa James on bass and, bringing a touch of Daniel Lanois-like swamp guitar to the mix, Megan McCormick on electric guitar. Chris Willman, Variety, 21 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for on drums

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