trumpeter

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Recent Examples of trumpeter While playing theatres across the country, Carson had worked with a young trumpeter named Doc Severinsen, who had been hired as an NBC studio musician at twenty-two and played lead in Henderson’s orchestra when Allen’s show first aired. Chris Almeida, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2025 The famous trumpeter and vocalist lived with his wife, Lucille Wilson Armstrong, in the Queens neighborhood of Corona from 1943 until his death in 1971. Michele Herrmann, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025 Washington plays the trumpeter Bleek, a flashy, jazz-loving young man whose talent is always running neck and neck with his penchant for self-sabotage. Tim Grierson, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025 The product of a multinational household — daughter of a West African percussionist and a Swedish designer, stepdaughter of avant-jazz trumpeter Don Cherry — this year's most daring Best New Artist nominee went on to join several abrasive and ear-shattering British punk bands in the early '80s. EW.com, 13 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for trumpeter
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Noun
  • Wofford is very likely the only pianist who played with both Fitzgerald and cutting-edge trombonist and electronic music innovator George Lewis, as well as with Sergio Mendes and Quincy Jones, James Moody and Harry Nilsson, Zoot Simms and John Klemmer.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Upon their retirements between the 2024/25 and 2025/26 season, harpist Turner and principal trombonist Jay Friedman will be the longest-serving CSO musicians in history, having both joined the orchestra in 1962.
    Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The drummer and saxophonist had left Kabul years earlier but stayed in touch with their Afghan students through the app, occasionally helping with visa applications.
    Vidushi Mishti Sharma, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Klaus Doldinger, the German saxophonist and composer who created the soundtracks to Wolfgang Petersen’s Das Boot and The NeverEnding Story, had died.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Jazz In recent years, the pianist Vijay Iyer and the drummer Tyshawn Sorey, defining composers and leaders of contemporary jazz, have become one of its most formidable pairings.
    Hilton Als, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
  • In another Oscar-winning performance, Jamie Foxx expertly embodied legendary singer, songwriter and pianist Ray Charles in 2004's Ray.
    Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Jazz In recent years, the pianist Vijay Iyer and the drummer Tyshawn Sorey, defining composers and leaders of contemporary jazz, have become one of its most formidable pairings.
    Hilton Als, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The Beatles—consisting of late founder, singer and rhythm guitarist John Lennon, Paul McCartney, late lead guitarist George Harrison and drummer Ringo Starr—rose to fame in the United Kingdom in 1963 before exploding in popularity in 1964 on in the United States.
    Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Just months later, however, Young formed the Chrome Hearts with Micah, organist Spooner Oldham, Promise of the Real bassist Corey McCormick, and Promise of the Real drummer Anthony LoGerfo.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2025
  • After serving as the congregation's organist for more than a decade, Merritt is stepping down.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Vocal powerhouse and violinist Natalie Stovall stepped in for the duet and nailed a 12-second high note.
    Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Tina Fey will join the celebrity chef in the season premiere, followed by Emmy- and Tony-winning actress Christine Baranski, violinist Itzhak Perlman and fashion designer Daniel Roseberry.
    Erin Lassner, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Lollapalooza show, the group says, was apparently manifested by the guitarist Parkinson.
    Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Chefitz was a mountain climber, soccer player, cross-country motorcyclist, flamenco guitarist, writer and poet — to name just some of his hobbies.
    Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Actor Bill Murray performed as a singer and percussionist at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium on October 22.
    Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Oct. 2025
  • At the Traditional Music Society’s Saturday class, Kansas City percussionist Bird Fleming stood in front of a congregation of students from various races, ages, and genders.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025

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