bassoonists

noun

plural of bassoonist
as in organ-grinders

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  1. violinists
  2. drummers
  3. guitarists
  4. pickers
  5. trumpeters
  6. organists
  7. artists
Noun
  • They will be backed up by violinists from the Met Orchestra and Katia Reguero, a violinist who is married to the Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor.
    — James Barron, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Definition of violinists
Noun
  • In a new interview with Zane Lowe, Grohl discussed the Foo Fighters’ switching drummers following Hawkins’ death, giving some context from a drummer’s perspective.
    — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2026
Definition of drummers
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  • Turnstile’s powerhouse rhythm section of bassist Franz Lyons and drummer Daniel Fang, and guitarists Pat McCrory and Meg Mills (who replaced founding guitarist Brady Ebert in 2022) are skilled musicians who allow Yates to soar while holding down the sound.
    — Daniel Kohn, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2025
Definition of guitarists
Noun
  • Lockmakers arguably depended on pickers and thieves to keep them in business.
    — Shayla Love, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026
  • China’s long-only quant funds, whose boom Bloomberg tied to their rapid adoption of AI, beat human stock pickers by 20 percentage points in 2025, saw their edge over the index halve by April, and then lost an average 17% in July.
    — Milos Maricic, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of pickers
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  • Kermit Ruffins pays tribute to Louis Armstrong By far the most exciting performance scheduled at Jazz Fest’s Economy Hall Tent features one of the Crescent City’s greatest living trumpeters saluting the most important trumpeter in New Orleans history.
    — Al Shipley, SPIN, 21 Apr. 2026
Definition of trumpeters
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  • Mihalka profiles several of baseball’s most prominent ballpark organists, including Gladys Goodding, who worked the keys and pedals for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1942 to 1957, and Nancy Faust, who was the organist for the Chicago White Sox from 1970 to 2010.
    — Tom Reinsfelder, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2026
Definition of organists
Noun
  • As our voices reflected off the curved walls, Wittman led me to the adjacent recording studio, available for musicians, artists, and scientists interested in exploring frequencies.
    — Jessica Sulima, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2026
  • But creativity has to remain at the center of this process, and tools can’t replace artists.
    — Kevin Giraud, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of artists
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