Thesaurus results for DRUMMER

drummer

noun

Definition of drummer

as in guitarist

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Recent Examples of drummer Vocalist Audrey Cymone and drummer Zoey Su join the video chat from their respective homes in the greater Los Angeles area, while guitarist Lula Seifert and bassist Lucy Fraser Zoom in together. — Jae-Ha Kim, Rolling Stone, 29 July 2026 Jimmy Eat World’s Adkins, Burch, drummer Zach Lind and guitarist Tom Linton earned recording money between tours by working construction, driving around car dealership customers and selling art supplies and auto parts. — Vanessa Franko, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2026 For his part, Craddock, the drummer in Cats, says the industry and his job security has felt increasingly unstable post-pandemic. — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2026 Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante played a huge role in the latter. — Lina Lecaro, SPIN, 22 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for drummer

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Noun

Produced by Young and longtime collaborator Niko Bolas under the Volume Dealers banner alongside Lou Adler, Second Song reunites Young with drummer Anthony LoGerfo, bassist Corey McCormick, guitarist Micah Nelson and keyboard veteran Spooner Oldham.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 7 Aug. 2026
Six years earlier, in 1985, Vernon Reid, guitarist of Living Colour, partnered with the illustrious music journalist Greg Tate to start the Black Rock Coalition.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of guitarist

Noun

Little Feat percussionist Sam Clayton, a Fallbrook resident, recalled in a 2019 San Diego Union-Tribune interview.

— George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2026
There are also guest appearances by Brandi Carlile, Lee Ann Womack, the Jeremy Jordan Ensemble, percussionist Jay Bellerose, violinist Scarlet Rivera, and Taupin’s daughter, Georgey.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2026

Definition of percussionist

Noun

Seydoux stars as Lucy, a concert pianist who has just moved her family to a country house in hopes of easing the severe burnout of her husband Philip (Laurence Rupp).

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 30 July 2026
To her friends and family, Brynn was known as a pianist and as an aspiring journalist.

— Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026

Definition of pianist

Noun

There are also guest appearances by Brandi Carlile, Lee Ann Womack, the Jeremy Jordan Ensemble, percussionist Jay Bellerose, violinist Scarlet Rivera, and Taupin’s daughter, Georgey.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2026
Being a pilot has come in handy during his career as a violinist, too.

— Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Money, 25 July 2026

Definition of violinist

Noun

The 2003 recording that appears on 2009’s The Live Anthology box set is eight minutes long, with a virtuoso performance by keyboardist Benmont Tench on the lengthy instrumental bridge.

— Al Shipley, SPIN, 7 Aug. 2026
The core band is guitarist/singers Junior Mack and Alan Paul, guitarist Andy Aledort (who spent a decade playing with Dickey Betts), drummers Dave Diamond and Lee Finkelstein, bassist Craig Privett and keyboardist Mike Katzman.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of keyboardist

Noun

Hakim, a genre chameleon who has performed as a sideman for Adrianne Lenker, made a record with the jazz saxophonist Roy Nathanson, and been sampled by T-Pain, has also claimed minimalist icons Steve Reich and Terry Riley as influences.

— Mitch Therieau, Pitchfork, 30 July 2026
Even in the prime of his worldwide fame, the legendary jazz saxophonist regularly came home for gigs.

— Dan Kelly July 28, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026

Definition of saxophonist

Noun

For composer and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra trombonist Christopher Crenshaw, that collective spirit is the music’s genius.

— Abraham Swee, USA Today, 29 June 2026
The core group now augments itself with the bass clarinetist Madison Greenstone, trombonist Weston Olencki, and, for the first time in the band’s history, vocals.

— Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 16 June 2026

Definition of trombonist

Noun

This complicated story of mix-ups and mishaps at sea will be accompanied by the pianist and organist Ben Model, who will share keyboard duties with Makia Matsumura throughout the festival.

— Tim Page, The Washington Examiner, 25 July 2026
The music fest is directed by Raúl Prieto Ramírez, Spreckels Organ Society’s artistic director and San Diego’s civic organist.

— Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2026

Definition of organist

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