How to Use bassist in a Sentence

bassist

noun
  • His new trio featured double bassist David Izenson and drummer Charles Moffett.
    Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2022
  • But the three members of Rush, which also included singer/genius bassist/keyboardist Geddy Lee, remained close friends.
    Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 8 Mar. 2022
  • Singer/guitarist Damon Johnson and the band’s original bassist Glenn Maxey are reuniting for live shows this year.
    Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 3 Mar. 2022
  • The 37-year-old singer-bassist and composer burned the rule book for her esoteric eighth album, Songwrights Apothecary Lab.
    Dallas News, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Francis’ schtick fits right in, with the bassist taking to the stage in Indiana strapped with a massive, oversized, almost cartoonish - but functioning - 17 string bass.
    Jim Ryan, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Mackey, Pulp’s bassist, died last year at the age of 56.
    Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Then their drummer and their bassist quit — the same day.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Grateful Dead bassist and co-founder Phil Lesh has died at the age of 84.
    Spin Staff, SPIN, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Nathan got his start in San Diego as the teen bassist in Power.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Apr. 2023
  • That same year, Rolling Stone ranked him 28th on its list of the 50 greatest bassists of all time.
    Clay Risen, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Alec John Such, a bassist and one of the founding members of Bon Jovi, has died.
    Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 5 June 2022
  • Cliff Burton, the bassist, was tossed through a window.
    Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2022
  • The bassist spoke to this instance and called it a double standard.
    Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 23 Jan. 2023
  • The band consisted of a drummer and bassist on the right side of the stage, keyboardist, guitarist, and DJ on the left.
    Billboard Japan, Billboard, 2 Apr. 2024
  • The pianist winced at the bassist, and the saxophonist struggled to find any space in the rhythm.
    Ariel Katz, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Hart, the band’s bassist, shared the news in an online post on Monday morning.
    Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Alec John Such, the original bassist for Bon Jovi, has died.
    Vulture, 5 June 2022
  • King is the bassist and vocals, and Captain is on lead guitar.
    Lucas Shaw, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2022
  • First the strings, then two guitarists, two keyboardists, a bassist and a drummer to round it out.
    Heather Bushman, The Indianapolis Star, 9 July 2023
  • The original bassist, Wilson left in a messy split in 2006.
    Kelsey Ables, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Baker went backstage and even got a shoutout on Twitter from the band’s bassist, Flea.
    Patrick Donnelly, Chron, 9 Apr. 2023
  • The former pair share son Wolfgang Van Halen, 33, who toured with his dad’s band as bassist.
    Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 6 May 2024
  • Longtime bassist Kevin Ray left the band in December 2020.
    Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 14 July 2023
  • Garcia wound up asking Lesh to join the Warlocks as bassist.
    Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Charlie Colin, the founding bassist of pop-rock band Train, has died.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 22 May 2024
  • The bassist was forced to face his own mortality, and so were his bandmates.
    Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2023
  • She’s played with a myriad of people since and was the bassist for Courtney Love’s Hole.
    Lucia Gillot, SPIN, 7 July 2022
  • White's brother and the band's bassist — Verdine White — shared the news via Instagram.
    Brigid Kennedy, The Week, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Lesh, a founding member and longtime bassist for the Grateful Dead, passed away Friday at the age of 84.
    Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 26 Oct. 2024
  • The first show in the city was also marked by an unwelcome development, as bassist Guy Berryman was absent due to illness.
    Jack Guy, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024

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