percussionist
noun
per·cus·sion·ist
pər-ˈkə-sh(ə-)nist 
: one skilled in the playing of percussion instruments
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Keith Moon, The Who’s original percussionist, died from an accidental overdose in 1978.
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Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2025
Now Heartbeat presents the hundred-and-twenty-year-old opera in English—a rare occurrence for this particular tale—with instrumentation boiled down to a simple eight clarinets and two percussionists.
—The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2025
The composers also relied on French percussionist and string player Louis Perez to bring textures to the submarine sequence.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 30 May 2025
This trumpet player and composer, Rob Mazurek, plays with percussionist Chad Taylor in the band Chicago Underground.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2025
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Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2025
Now Heartbeat presents the hundred-and-twenty-year-old opera in English—a rare occurrence for this particular tale—with instrumentation boiled down to a simple eight clarinets and two percussionists.
—The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2025
The composers also relied on French percussionist and string player Louis Perez to bring textures to the submarine sequence.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 30 May 2025
This trumpet player and composer, Rob Mazurek, plays with percussionist Chad Taylor in the band Chicago Underground.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2025
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percussionist
noun
per·cus·sion·ist
pər-ˈkəsh-(ə-)nəst
: a person who plays percussion instruments
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