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organist

noun

Definition of organist

as in pianist

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Recent Examples of organist The director of music and organist says making music in the historic space is a thrill. — Joe Holden, CBS News, 29 June 2026 Mihalka profiles several of baseball’s most prominent ballpark organists, including Gladys Goodding, who worked the keys and pedals for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1942 to 1957, and Nancy Faust, who was the organist for the Chicago White Sox from 1970 to 2010. — Tom Reinsfelder, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2026 That’s because longtime White Sox organist Nancy Faust played it first. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2026 Organs reached their peak in the 1960s, but some live organists still carry on this baseball tradition. — Tom Reinsfelder, The Conversation, 9 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for organist

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Dinner Party, consisting of pianist Robert Glasper, saxophonist Kamasi Washington, and producers Terrace Martin and 9th Wonder, has prioritized consistency from the beginning.

— Reed Jackson, SPIN, 10 Aug. 2026
Listen, not every kid is a future concert pianist, Picasso, or Lionel Messi-level soccer star, and that’s OK!

— Kara Nesvig, Parents, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of pianist

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Accompanying the drones will be a suite of musical scores and dialogue from the films, as well as a live performance by an electric violinist (dressed in a wizard’s cloak) to help amplify the soundtrack.

— Vince Basada, Sacbee.com, 11 Aug. 2026
There are also guest appearances by Brandi Carlile, Lee Ann Womack, the Jeremy Jordan Ensemble, percussionist Jay Bellerose, violinist Scarlet Rivera, and Taupin’s daughter, Georgey.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2026

Definition of violinist

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Travis Barker The Blink-182 drummer survived a plane crash that killed four other people in 2008.

— Diana Pearl, PEOPLE, 15 Aug. 2026
In September of 2022, at two tribute concerts for late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, Lee and Lifeson performed together for the first time since Peart’s death, with a revolving crew of drummers.

— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of drummer

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When Curran — himself the guitarist of the band Longface, and a practicing attorney — reached out with the idea that would become Sooper, Ogbonnaya was reluctant at first.

— Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
Lead singer and guitarist Marisa Dabice blazed through 10 punky tracks, which, given her strong voice and hooky songwriting, surely converted some early arrivals.

— William Earl, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of guitarist

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Makeba and trumpeter Masekela accompanied Simon on the Graceland tour despite the controversy.

— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2026
Guitarist Adam Turay and trumpeter Ryan Easter both come from the jazzier side of the tracks, the former playing with Afro-R&B group the Narcotix, the latter with more out-there units like WRENS.

— Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 23 July 2026

Definition of trumpeter

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The piece, inspired by the 12th-century polymathic mystic Saint Hildegard of Bingen, was skin-tinglingly breathy and slow, with long tones (played by Malone and her accompanist Stephen O’Malley) that rose up and swirled around the room.

— Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Some of the best scenes revolve around original songs by Burton’s longtime musical accompanist, Danny Elfman.

— Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2026

Definition of accompanist

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Wilson, who joined the band in 1998, was known at #0 and served as Slipknot’s keyboardist and turntablist.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026
Vocalist-keyboardist Tyrone Lindqvist looked out at the tens of thousands of people in front of him and reflected back upon the first time his Grammy-winning EDM trio out of Sydney performed at Outside Lands.

— Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of keyboardist

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