reedman

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Recent Examples of reedman His father, who ran his family’s wholesale grocery business, also was a reedman who jammed with visiting musicians including Jack Teagarden and Jimmy Dorsey. Adam Bernstein, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2019
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Noun
  • Things turn even jazzier a couple minutes in, when trumpeter Cees Bruinsma lays down the song’s ruminative central riff before veering off into exploratory flights of fancy.
    Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 4 June 2026
  • Still, a budding jazz guitarist (Torn was mentored by pioneering trumpeter Don Cherry) joining forces with a rock icon’s sidemen for his recording debut shows a strong independent streak and no small amount of ambition.
    Reed Jackson, SPIN, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • The program includes the church ensemble, harpist Destiny Muhammad’s trio, and a North-meets-South Indo-jazz trio with Carnatic saxophonist Prasant Radhakrishnan and percussionist Sameer Gupta (who founded RootStock Arts).
    Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
  • The tenor saxophonist was one of America’s most renowned jazz musicians, embracing tradition and innovation for six decades.
    Matt Schudel, Washington Post, 27 May 2026
Noun
  • Rollins and his two older siblings were all introduced to music early by their father, who was a clarinetist.
    Don Heckman, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
  • Performers include clarinetist Anthony McGill, violinists Leila Josefowicz and Geneva Lewis, and the Colburn Orchestra, making its Ojai Music Festival debut.
    Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Thile will also team with acclaimed jazz and classical singer Cécile McLorin Salvant and pianist Sullivan Fortner on a new version of Kurt Weill’s The Threepenny Opera, which will receive its world premiere at the 2027 Festival.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2026
  • Frequent collaborators, the acclaimed violinist and pianist perform works by Schubert, Grieg, Ives, Ysaÿe and Ravel in their first joint appearance at Disney Hall since 2010.
    Arts Editor, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • The Kansas City Symphony concert features jazz vocalist and trombonist Aubrey Logan, with guest conductor Stuart Chafetz leading music by John Williams, Scott Joplin, George Gershwin and Florence Price.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2026
  • Her father was a jazz trombonist and her mother a pianist.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • That would be the drummer, Binzer (Rory Keenan), who sits at the back of the stage, surveys the group and the roomful of revellers, and pliably makes adjustments that keep the party going.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 29 May 2026
  • Kourtney shares Rocky with her husband, Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker.
    Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 28 May 2026
Noun
  • The score by Amine Bouhafa and Isabelle Laudenbach — the director’s sister, and also an accomplished flamenco guitarist — deftly interpolates scraps and strains of Bizet’s original compositions, stripped of operatic excess and given a folky lilt.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 31 May 2026
  • Three of those bands’ key members — Toto guitarist-vocalist Steve Lukather, former Average White Bands bassist/singer Hamish Stewart and Men At Work singer-guitarist Colin Hay — are All-Starr Band veterans.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2026
Noun
  • Torn between toiling away at farmwork, his corrective swimming lessons, and learning music from a local organist — the elderly Michel (Alexandre Astier, Clichy’s former directing partner), who shows him more kindness than most — Christophe’s world gradually widens.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 19 May 2026
  • The stadium organist, Dwayne Hilton, played accompanying music and got everyone involved.
    Warren Mayes, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2026

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“Reedman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reedman. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.

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