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organ-grinder

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as in pianist

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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

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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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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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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

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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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

Definition of guitarist

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Elena Pinderhughes, Club Molson Elena Pinderhughes brought her unique blend of jazz, soul and improvisation to Club Molson, showcasing her talents as a flutist, vocalist and composer.

— Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
The flutist Denis Bouriakov and the bassoonist Whitney Crockett applied pinpoint dexterity to Paganini and Rossini, respectively.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026

Definition of flutist

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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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