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saxophonist

noun

Definition of saxophonist

as in pianist

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Recent Examples of saxophonist Contemporary jazz saxophonist Braxton Cooke will open, and undoubtedly find his way back on stage for a few jams. — Greg Carannante, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026 Image Roy Nathanson, 75, a jazz saxophonist who lives nearby has been playing gigs for the series since his own nonprofit, Brooklyn Porch Music, stopped offering performances by professionals. — Craig Kellogg, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026 Townshend was born in West London in May 1945, just days before Germany’s surrender, to musical parents – his father a professional saxophonist and his mother a singer. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2026 Tenor saxophonist Javon Jackson currently serves as chair of the Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz at the University of Hartford in Connecticut. — Bret Saunders, Denver Post, 2 Oct. 2026 Instead, everyone in the main room is dancing under a glistening disco ball to the syncopations of Riva, a three-piece comprised of a psychedelic saxophonist, drummer and keyboardist. — Mary Carreon, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026 The sessions also feature an impressive cast of musicians, including keyboardist Greg Phillinganes, guitarists Michael Sembello and Ben Bridges, saxophonist Jim Horn, drummer Raymond Pounds and Watts. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 28 Sep. 2026 This time around, the cast was no less impressive as the saxophonist fronted a quartet consisting of drummer Brian Blade, pianist Gerald Clayton and the Bay Area’s own Larry Grenadier on bass. — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2026 Wednesday is the 100th anniversary of the birth of jazz saxophonist John Coltrane. — Steven D. Reske, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026

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Noun

One pianist out of 12 will be selected by the Miami audience and sent to the finals at the Busoni Competition.

— Mike Hamersly, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026
Seydoux plays Lucy, an experimental pianist who moves with her beloved but panic attack-liable husband Philip (Laurence Rupp) and young son to a rural farmhouse in Bavaria.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of pianist

Noun

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
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

Definition of trombonist

Noun

Surkamp and his Pavlov’s Dog collaborators reunited in the early 2000s and Surkamp’s wife, Sara, joined as a vocalist and guitarist.

— Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Building an international band that includes Eiko Ishibashi, Jim O’Rourke, and a whistler, the Australian guitarist shapes longform spells of emotional and musical ambiguity.

— Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of guitarist

Noun

The work is spun into another story in the film about a young trumpeter called Sebastián, played by singer-songwriter Guitarricadelafuente.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2026
Edwin Díaz was coming in from the bullpen, not to the accompaniment of a live trumpeter preceding a save opportunity, but to a recording preceding a middle inning of an uninspiring defeat.

— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of trumpeter

Noun

The material comes from band members—also including singer Serj Tankian and drummer John Dolmayan— management and some fans.

— Steve Appleford, SPIN, 15 Oct. 2026
Inspired by drummer James Krivchenia’s love of the Grateful Dead’s extensive catalog of live albums, Big Thief’s version currently includes 10 sets, with a new performance to be added on the second Tuesday of every month moving forward.

— Alex Suskind, Pitchfork, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of drummer

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

Noun

But the San Diego imaginative new music series Art of Elan is now taking it to the desert for a special performance led by percussionist Steven Schick at an outdoor theater in Borrego Springs.

— Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Bashiri Johnson was a quiet, brilliant New York percussionist who’d been mentored by James Mtume and played with Madonna, Michael, and Luther.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of percussionist

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