drummer

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Recent Examples of drummer My buddy Steve Murphy, drummer and local music cognoscente, told me about a new club, Le Teendezvous, down Seven Bridges Road in Shrewsbury. Henry Selick, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2025 Four-time Oscar-nominated Dan Romer composed the score and the film features the first acting role of Femi Koleoso, the drummer and leader of the BRIT Award and Mercury Music Prize winning British jazz group Ezra Collective. Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025 The lineup will include sole remaining founding member Neal Schon on guitar, keyboardist Jonathan Cain (a member since 1980), drummer Deen Castronovo (who joined in 1998), and Arnel Pineda, the frontman since 2007. Piet Levy, jsonline.com, 6 Nov. 2025 Chan Marshall recorded the new EP with Dirty Delta Blues, the group comprising guitarist Judah Bauer, keyboardist Gregg Foreman, bassist Erik Paparozzi, and drummer Jim White (of Dirty Three). Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 4 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for drummer
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Noun
  • These contrivances became so well known that, in 2009, the All-American Rejects guitarist Nick Wheeler spent much of his appearance mocking them.
    Kim Hew-Low, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The keyboardist and guitarist Jerry Harrison joined the band in 1977, after his previous group, the Modern Lovers, had broken up.
    Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • They were joined by drummer and percussionist Chris Vatalaro — a Selway collaborator who’s played with Imogen Heap, Anohni and the Johnsons, Jarvis Cocker, and more — who has seemingly taken over for Portishead’s Clive Deamer, their previous live drummer.
    Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Actor Bill Murray performed as a singer and percussionist at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium on October 22.
    Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • As onlookers began to notice, more musicians suddenly joined in — including a pianist and extra singers — from other open balconies above the street.
    Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Producer Thom Bell, bassist Carol Kaye, and pianist Nicky Hopkins will also each receive their own Musical Excellence Award.
    Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The best violinist in the world never stopped playing.
    Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Hoss, whom audiences might remember as Blanchett’s violinist partner in 2022’s Tár, is a force as the outspoken, mercurial Eileen.
    Abby Monteil, Them., 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The keyboardist and guitarist Jerry Harrison joined the band in 1977, after his previous group, the Modern Lovers, had broken up.
    Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The tour will feature founder and guitarist Neal Schon, keyboardist and backing vocalist Jonathan Cain, lead vocalist Arnel Pineda, keyboardist and vocalist Jason Derlatka, drummer and vocalist Deen Castronovo and bassist Todd Jensen.
    Jack Irvin, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The drummer and saxophonist had left Kabul years earlier but stayed in touch with their Afghan students through the app, occasionally helping with visa applications.
    Vidushi Mishti Sharma, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Klaus Doldinger, the German saxophonist and composer who created the soundtracks to Wolfgang Petersen’s Das Boot and The NeverEnding Story, had died.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • And there was promotion of an 11-piece band that after Lee most notably included two saxophonists, a trombonist and a trumpet player.
    Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Wofford is very likely the only pianist who played with both Fitzgerald and cutting-edge trombonist and electronic music innovator George Lewis, as well as with Sergio Mendes and Quincy Jones, James Moody and Harry Nilsson, Zoot Simms and John Klemmer.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There’s been some talk on social media of the organist at Dodger Stadium playing a wacky mix of music.
    Alison Weinflash, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The story blends supernatural horror with a twist reminiscent of The Twilight Zone, following a church organist (Candace Hilligoss) whose cross-country road trip after a fateful car accident is beset with ghostly horror.
    Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025

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