keyboardist

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Recent Examples of keyboardist She was armed with a full band — two backup singers, a bassist, drummer, guitarist and keyboardist — but largely stuck to the script. Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 20 Aug. 2025 Depeche Mode played the Mexico shows during the group’s Memento Mori Tour, which marked the band’s first tour since keyboardist Andy Fletcher’s death in 2022. Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2025 Bobby Whitlock, the singer-keyboardist and co-founder of 1970s blues-rock band Derek & the Dominos alongside Eric Clapton, has died, according to his manager, Carol Kaye. Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 11 Aug. 2025 Singer-songwriter and instrumentalist Bobby Whitlock, best known as the keyboardist for Eric Clapton's blues-rock band Derek and the Dominos, has died. Edward Segarra, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for keyboardist
Recent Examples of Synonyms for keyboardist
Noun
  • Roger Hodgson, a posh young guitarist whose post-private school rearing clashed with Davies' own humble origins, wound up gelling with Davies, and Supertramp was born — after a few months under the moniker of Daddy.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Singer and keyboardist Amy Lee and guitarist Ben Moody began working together in 1994, initially performing acoustic sets at bookstores and coffee shops in Little Rock.
    Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Hinds co-founded Mastodon in 2000 with bassist Troy Sanders, guitarist Bill Kelliher, and drummer Brann Dailor.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Hermlin was performing as a drummer with another ensemble, not his own orchestra.
    Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The five members — Montesi, Dressler, fiddlers Maggie MacPhail and Julia Homa, and cellist/pianist Giulia Haible — originally met at the Boston Harbor Scottish Fiddle School ten years ago; at the time their ages ranged from 7 to 11.
    Brett Milano, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
  • For his album release concert Sunday at Tio Leo’s, Sprague will perform with Moore, bassist Mackenzie Leighton and pianist Danny Green.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Featured on the album are violinist and violist Macie Stewart, cellist Ben Whiteley, upright bassist Nick Macri, and woodwinds player Hunter Diamond.
    Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Federal immigration agents reportedly arrested a professional violinist on the same day of his wife's birthday.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Eddie produced many albums on the Alegre and Tico Records labels, including the 1971 classic Vámonos pa’l monte, which also featured his brother Charlie as guest organist.
    Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Bobby Freeman has been the Arizona Diamondbacks' organist since the team's inception in 1998.
    Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • There was also excitement playing with bassist Justin Felton and percussionist Jon Nellen.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Jorge Luis Pacheco takes the Break room stage Saturday, Sept. 27, at 7 p.m. Hailing from Havana, Cuba, Pacheco is a virtuoso pianist, singer, composer, percussionist and arranger.
    Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 24 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Numerous generations have looked up to the great tenor saxophonist, who performed alongside John Coltrane in the ‘60s and participated in numerous transcendent dates before his passing in 2022 at 81.
    Bret Saunders, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
  • An aspiring jazz saxophonist might consider Lawrence University (#312) in Appleton, Wisconsin.
    Emma Whitford, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Saxophonist-flutist-vocalist Denson is a gifted jazz-funk veteran, and his band can be relentlessly energetic live.
    Bret Saunders, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Sophia is a flutist in the CHMS band program and picked up bass guitar during the last school year and joined the school’s Jazz Band.
    Chuck Fieldman, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025

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“Keyboardist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keyboardist. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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