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guitarist

noun

Definition of guitarist

as in drummer

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Recent Examples of guitarist The Sunflower Bean guitarist had spent the past two months writing and recording dozens of new songs, painstakingly tracking every instrument and vocal part on his own. — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 9 July 2026 Singer-songwriter and guitarist Nick DiSalvo’s plaintive vocals and snaking riffs can gently suggest thoughtful indie rock or tense up to show off more doom-adjacent roots. — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 8 July 2026 Their lineup features singers Sheila Quero and Esther González, guitarist Vicky Blum, drummer Eli Fabregas, bassist Carla González and her trumpet-playing sister Mila González. — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026 Looking back on the No Need to Argue era in a 2020 interview with SPIN, guitarist Noel Hogan recalled that nearly all of the album was written while the group was on the road. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 8 July 2026 Klum credited her husband, Tokio Hotel guitarist Tom Kaulitz, with helping shift her perspective. — Charlie Carballo, USA Today, 8 July 2026 Jones was soon joined by singer Mick Jagger, rhythm guitarist Keith Richards, drummer Charlie Watts, and bassist Bill Wyman. — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 July 2026 But the real key to the magic is that frenetic tone — the dirty, grungy, previously unheard sludge created when guitarist/Ray’s brother Dave Davies slashed his amp’s speaker with a razor. — Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026 There in 2018 he was joined by guitarist/singer Lance Vanley, lead guitarist Jeremiah Vanley, drummer Cody Holloway and bassist Andrew Carey (since replaced by Dakota Hernandez) and Treaty Oak Revival’s story began. — Bill Forman, Daily News, 7 July 2026

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Noun

Ferrer ended up playing in Guns N’ Roses for 19 years, longer than Steven Adler and Matt Sorum combined, becoming the longest-serving drummer in the band’s history.

— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2026
In the brief but juicy clip, posted to gossip page Deux Moi’s Instagram, Charlotte Watts (Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts’ artist granddaughter) walks down the steps to the street, followed by an unidentified woman.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 10 July 2026

Definition of drummer

Noun

To call Joshua White the finest homegrown jazz pianist to emerge in San Diego over the past 20 years is high praise, but also well-deserved.

— George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026
Joined by pianist Paul Cornish, bassist Philip Norris and drummer Nazir Ebo, the acclaimed saxophonist showcased the quartet’s remarkable chemistry through a set of lyrical melodies, intricate interplay and expansive improvisation.

— Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of pianist

Noun

Lavers is riding with the same crew as the first go-around, which includes his partner McGrory, who sings under the alias Colle, and the violinist Zachary Paul.

— Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 26 June 2026
He is lured by the sound of music down a Montmartre street to Nicholas de Lenfent (Joseph Potter), an old friend from his village who has grown up to be a talented violinist and rakish twink.

— Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 22 June 2026

Definition of violinist

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Joined by pianist Paul Cornish, bassist Philip Norris and drummer Nazir Ebo, the acclaimed saxophonist showcased the quartet’s remarkable chemistry through a set of lyrical melodies, intricate interplay and expansive improvisation.

— Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
The two attempted to keep talking as they were played off by a saxophonist, which host Druski had warned about earlier in the evening.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026

Definition of saxophonist

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In the clip the band shared on Instagram, Jagger, Wood, and keyboardist Matt Clifford perform the song acoustically in what looked to be an intimate gathering.

— Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 8 July 2026
Led by the husband-and-wife team of singer-guitarist Susan Tedeschi and bottleneck guitar master Derek Trucks, the Tedeschi Trucks Band is a welcome anomaly with its lineup of three guitarists, two drummers, two singing percussionists, a keyboardist, a bassist and a three-piece brass section.

— George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2026

Definition of keyboardist

Noun

But Offering invites new collaborators into their process, like Haitian-Guyanese producer Michaël Brun and Cuban percussionist Pedrito Martinez.

— Stefanie Fernández, Pitchfork, 3 July 2026
Chinese percussionist Xu Yang told his social media followers the form and style of the drums used on the Great Wall appeared more like a Japanese Taiko performance.

— Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 17 June 2026

Definition of percussionist

Noun

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
The headliners are The Breaks, a jazz/funk/roots super-trio of sorts featuring Galactic drummer Stanton Moore, Greyboy Allstars organist Robert Walter, and New Mastersounds guitarist Eddie Roberts.

— Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 2 July 2026

Definition of organist

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

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