Thesaurus results for GUITARIST

guitarist

noun

Definition of guitarist

as in drummer

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Recent Examples of guitarist Surkamp and his Pavlov’s Dog collaborators reunited in the early 2000s and Surkamp’s wife, Sara, joined as a vocalist and guitarist. — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 Building an international band that includes Eiko Ishibashi, Jim O’Rourke, and a whistler, the Australian guitarist shapes longform spells of emotional and musical ambiguity. — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026 For most of the past 30-plus years, guitarist Joe Bonamassa has been a standard-bearer in the blues world. — Daniel Kohn, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2026 Eleventh Dream Day formed in 1983, and as guitarist and singer Rick Rizzo recalls, Jacobs was at the band’s very first shows, tape recorder in hand. — Kevin McKeough, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026 For guitarist Carlos O’Connell, the pairing also carries a personal connection. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 12 Oct. 2026 When Gilbert’s death was announced last month, Punk paid tribute to the guitarist in a post on Instagram. — Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026 According to Ultimate Classic Rock, co-founder and lead guitarist Neal Schon then told the crowd that Castronovo was en route to the hospital and that the band’s drum tech, Steve Toomey, would fill in. — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 9 Oct. 2026

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Noun

The material comes from band members—also including singer Serj Tankian and drummer John Dolmayan— management and some fans.

— Steve Appleford, SPIN, 15 Oct. 2026
Inspired by drummer James Krivchenia’s love of the Grateful Dead’s extensive catalog of live albums, Big Thief’s version currently includes 10 sets, with a new performance to be added on the second Tuesday of every month moving forward.

— Alex Suskind, Pitchfork, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of drummer

Noun

One pianist out of 12 will be selected by the Miami audience and sent to the finals at the Busoni Competition.

— Mike Hamersly, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026
Seydoux plays Lucy, an experimental pianist who moves with her beloved but panic attack-liable husband Philip (Laurence Rupp) and young son to a rural farmhouse in Bavaria.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of pianist

Noun

Contemporary jazz saxophonist Braxton Cooke will open, and undoubtedly find his way back on stage for a few jams.

— Greg Carannante, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026
Image Roy Nathanson, 75, a jazz saxophonist who lives nearby has been playing gigs for the series since his own nonprofit, Brooklyn Porch Music, stopped offering performances by professionals.

— Craig Kellogg, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of saxophonist

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But the San Diego imaginative new music series Art of Elan is now taking it to the desert for a special performance led by percussionist Steven Schick at an outdoor theater in Borrego Springs.

— Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Bashiri Johnson was a quiet, brilliant New York percussionist who’d been mentored by James Mtume and played with Madonna, Michael, and Luther.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of percussionist

Noun

Dylan’s backing band, as introduced at Carnegie, was composed of the Hawks guitarist Robbie Robertson, the organist Garth Hudson, the bassist Rick Danko, the pianist Richard Manual and the drummer Levon Helm.

— Atoosa Moinzadeh, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2026
There was no choir, no church organist, and no children or young families.

— John Blake, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of organist

Noun

The main stage featured local performers including Brass and Boujee, with Kansas City rapper and entrepreneur Kemet Coleman and hip-hop trombonist Kadesh Flow.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 17 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of trombonist

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