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percussionist

noun

Definition of percussionist

as in drummer

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Recent Examples of percussionist In 1972, Little Feat expanded to a six-piece that included two Delaney & Bonnie sidemen who were Louisiana natives, bassist Kenny Gradney and percussionist Sam Clayton. — Al Shipley, SPIN, 8 Sep. 2026 Philip Bailey and his son, Oshunde, have been touring together for the better part of 16 years in Earth, Wind & Fire — the band that Bailey, the insanely groovy singer and percussionist, has been a member of since 1972. — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2026 Segovia, a percussionist, has always filled his home with music – playing impromptu concerts for the neighborhood out of open garage doors or inviting friends and fellow musicians over to jam. — Marissa J. Lang, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026 Students carry the legacy forward Among the scholarship recipients is Adolphus McCullum, a percussionist who began private lessons at age 7 and is now a rising senior at the School for Creative and Performing Arts. — Jane Imbody, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for percussionist

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Noun

An Exchange of Information, the follow-up to 2024’s Life Till Bones, marks the inaugural release on Hop Along drummer Mark Quinlan’s new label.

— Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 6 Nov. 2026
Each night will feature a set of fan favorites and greatest hits, as well as the touching tributes to late drummer/lyricist Neil Peart that have been a moving staple of the band’s ongoing Fifty Something tour.

— Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of drummer

Noun

Toward the end of the evening, the jazz pianist, a dapper man named Lafayette, took the microphone to thank each member of the band.

— Jane Bua, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
The music school Toki Rapa Nui, co-founded by classical pianist Mahani Teave, offers occasional concerts and guided visits of its sustainable Earthship building, which is shaped like an eight-petal flower.

— Mark Johanson, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of pianist

Noun

Geese are currently wrapping up the North American leg of their Getting Killed Again Tour, but lead guitarist Emily Green has another surprise up her sleeve.

— Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2026
Unlike the composer’s typically massive, sprawling drones, these pieces for pipe organ—accompanied by guitarist Stephen O’Malley and cellist Lucy Railton—are finely filigreed miniatures.

— Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of guitarist

Noun

Vile lives near the Philly house that Sun Ra and the band called home, where 102-year-old saxophonist Marshall Allen still lives.

— Leah Lu, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2026
From a legendary saxophonist to a country icon making his KC return, there are multiple options for shows in November.

— Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of saxophonist

Noun

Mariachi Damas de Jalisco are making room for songs made famous by women, violinist Elizabeth Sosa tells me.

— Zoey Goto, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2026
His father, Stanley Silverman, is a composer who has arranged music for Sting and Paul Simon; his mother, Mary (Delson) Silverman,was an opera singer, and his stepmother a violinist.

— Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of violinist

Noun

The trombonist Cutler is played by Terence Archie as stolid, unassuming and quietly in control.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 13 Oct. 2026
The main stage featured local performers including Brass and Boujee, with Kansas City rapper and entrepreneur Kemet Coleman and hip-hop trombonist Kadesh Flow.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of trombonist

Noun

That piece marks the origin—and, in its centennial, the destination—of the flutist Claire Chase’s twenty-four-year-long commissioning program, Density 2036.

— Shauna Lyon, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2026
His father, saxophonist, flutist and vocalist Scott Mayo, performed with Earth, Wind & Fire and Sérgio Mendes.

— Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 16 July 2026

Definition of flutist

Noun

The ambient dub producer and clarinetist will release Memoria on September 4 via Smalltown Supersound.

— Walden Green, Pitchfork, 6 July 2026
Principal clarinetist Dario Brignoli went in a different direction while playing an arrangement of George Gershwin’s Three Preludes.

— Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026

Definition of clarinetist

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