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guitarist

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Definition of guitarist

as in drummer

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Recent Examples of guitarist Elle’s music supervisor hired an instructor to walk him through how to convincingly play the chords on set, which were later overdubbed by a professional guitarist. — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 17 July 2026 Heaven worked as a guitarist for Samia, Del Water Gap and Gus Dapperton before releasing their first EP in 2022. — Jem Aswad, Variety, 17 July 2026 Having a steel guitarist and fiddle player contributed heavily to the tone-switching. — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 16 July 2026 Today, vocalist Alexandra James and guitarist Zachary James announced their new album, Doomed Lovers, a project that puts Twin Temple squarely in the throwback-country-music lane. — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2026 Mastodon is moving forward on Marrow Deep, its first new album in five years and the veteran heavy rock band’s first full-length since the departure and death of founding guitarist Brent Hinds. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 13 July 2026 The band members — including band leader Giovanni McKenzie, lead guitarist Rashad Storr, bass player Mateo Winder, lead singer Travis Johnson and Tonique Gilot — were among the 10 individuals who died in the crash, Eyewitness News reported. — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026 Finally, Gosha calls his brother-in-law Kosyo (Ivan Barnev), a taxi driver-slash-heavy metal guitarist, to take them there. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 11 July 2026 Klum credited her husband, Tokio Hotel guitarist Tom Kaulitz, with helping shift her perspective. — Charlie Carballo, USA Today, 8 July 2026

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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

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Pat Almazan, daughter of Frank Teplansky, praised her father as a WWII and Korean War veteran, as well as an artist, pianist and magician.

— Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 14 July 2026
Lizzo, pianist Yunchan Lim and the CSO officially opened what is now the Hunter Pavilion on Saturday night.

— Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2026

Definition of pianist

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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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The London saxophonist and his ensemble fuse jazz with diverse strains of global trance music—Moroccan gnawa, Berlin kosmische—into a hypnotic, utopian expression of spiritual union.

— Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 13 July 2026
For his concert tonight, Wednesday at the all-ages Dizzy’s, Sellers has assembled a talent-rich band that includes Kenyatta, trumpeter Curtis Taylor, bassist Justin Grinnell and fast-rising young saxophonist Kahlil Childs.

— George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026

Definition of saxophonist

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In 2013, Browning ultimately reformed the band under a different name, Nocturnus AD, and onboarded two new guitarists, a bassist, and keyboardist.

— Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 14 July 2026
The record also marks the first Mastodon album to feature guitarist Nick Johnston, alongside significant contributions from keyboardist João Nogueira.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 13 July 2026

Definition of keyboardist

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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

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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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