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• Bring your lawn chairs, blankets and picnics to enjoy this free concert of jazz classics, with an emphasis on percussion.
  — Sam Boyer, cleveland, 20 Aug. 2021
• Garcia’s efforts on percussion — especially on the vibes — bring so much color and life to the music.
  — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2026
• The flowing and colorful (garb) Mino Cinelu had been added on percussion.
  — Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026
• The group currently has Alex Harding on baritone sax, Corey Wilkes on trumpet, the leader on drums and all three on percussion.
  — Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2022
• Concert featuring the Electric Waste Band with Walton on percussion and vocals.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2021
• Elizabeth Pupo-Walker on percussion, who found an old ancient rusted paper cutter at Concord and loved the sound of it, so that’s on there at the beginning off .
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 13 July 2026
• This Silk Road Ensemble performance will include five musicians on percussion, oud, bass, violin and cello.
  — Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2022
• This served as the inspiration for composer Antonio Sanchez’s score, which had to focus on percussion to punctuate dialogue rather than scoring visuals.
  — Ryan Fleming, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2025
• There are also contributions from pianist Katherine Tinker, his Smile bandmate Tom Skinner on percussion, and others.
  — Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 26 Sep. 2025
• Where that version reflected the lush strings and soft horns of mid-Seventies soul hits, the Blind Boys’ interpretation focused on percussion and a slower tempo allowing Beasley and his fellow singers to wring new meaning from the chorus.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2023
• Here, that body includes an array of West Coast jazz heavyweights, including Carlos Niño on percussion; Nate Mercereau on guitar, percussion, and wind; and Sam Reid and Jamael Dean, both on piano.
  — Linnie Greene, Pitchfork, 17 Feb. 2026
• But since his pioneering work with Crimson, Fripp had taken interest in some new influences that were esoteric even for him—particularly Indonesian gamelan music, where emphasis falls on the collective as a group of musicians perform the same melodies at the same time on percussion instruments.
  — Sam Sodomsky, Pitchfork, 11 Jan. 2026
• The Who was also joined by longtime collaborators Jon Button on bass, Jody Linscott on percussion, and, sliding onto the throne occupied by Zak Starkey for nearly 30 years, drummer Scott Devours.
  — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2025
• Produced by Kabir Sehgal, the album features contributions from musicians Subir Roy on flute, Debashis Halder on sarangi, Uday Mukherjee on tabla and percussion, Deb Sankar Roy on violin, Bhaskar Jyoti Kalita on flute, and Uditya Lahkar on percussion.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
• On tour, the group also features the E Street Horns (Barry Danielian, Eddie Manion, Ozzie Melendez and Curt Ramm), the E Street Choir (Lisa Lowell, Michelle Moore, Ada Dyer and Curtis King) and Anthony Almonte on percussion and vocals.
  — Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Feb. 2026