Thesaurus results for SAXOPHONIST

saxophonist

noun

Definition of saxophonist

as in pianist

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Recent Examples of saxophonist 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 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 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

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Noun

As a treat for Arnault and his wife, Hélène, a concert pianist, the Kushners had arranged for a performance by Andrea Bocelli.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Then the pianist flinched and the leader sprinted off the stage.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of pianist

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

If the score’s style is a bit of a pastiche of Queen’s own Eighties soundtrack work, the guitarist didn’t mind, since the band were already working in an ironic vein back then.

— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2026
No, the Foos didn’t augment their lineup with a synth of a saxophone player, instead lead guitarist Chris Shiflett interpreted that famous riff.

— Lars Brandle, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of guitarist

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 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 musicians included long-time collaborator guitarist Al Schackman, bassist Chris White, and drummer Rob Hamilton.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
The pals would convene at Roberge’s home after school and watch a Genesis concert VHS owned by his older brother Jeff Roberge, who became drummer for Foxtrot Zulu.

— Leena Tailor, SPIN, 23 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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