keyboardist

noun

key·​board·​ist ˈkē-ˌbȯr-dist How to pronounce keyboardist (audio)
: a person who plays a keyboard musical instrument

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John Mayer, a relative Dead novice at the time, took on the difficult role of fronting Dead & Company alongside guitarist Bob Weir, drummers Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann, bassist Oteil Burbridge, and keyboardist Jeff Chimenti. Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2024 Dead & Company is comprised of original Grateful Dead members Bob Weir and Mickey Hart, in tandem with guitarist John Mayer, bassist Oteil Burbridge and keyboardist Jeff Chimenti. Spin Staff, SPIN, 4 Dec. 2024 The other snap with Swift features the same group of women and the Eras Tour keyboardist, Karina DePiano, all glammed up. Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025 The occasional supergroup has made a tradition of playing Phish after-parties—Medeski and Martin (the keyboardist and the drummer of the jazz-fusion band Medeski Martin & Wood), who have been linked with the jam band since 1995, channel the same psychedelic release in their own playing. The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for keyboardist 

Word History

First Known Use

1973, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of keyboardist was in 1973

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“Keyboardist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keyboardist. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.

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