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Recent Examples of percussionist
The one-night-only performance will feature guitarist Antonio Triana, percussionist Johnny Sandoval, singers Reyes Barrios and Antonio de Jerez, and dancers Vanessa Acosta, Wendy Castellanos and Cristina Hall.
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Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
The Grateful Dead percussionist and Indian tabla master were tight, as friends and as musicians.
—Gary Graff, Billboard, 19 Dec. 2024
The percussionist went on to earn two Emmy nominations.
—Nicole Briese, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
The first few rows of the back area of the orchestra section are an ideal vantage point to catch all the excitement as well as not be overwhelmed by those offstage percussionists.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 21 Nov. 2024
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Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
The Grateful Dead percussionist and Indian tabla master were tight, as friends and as musicians.
—Gary Graff, Billboard, 19 Dec. 2024
The percussionist went on to earn two Emmy nominations.
—Nicole Briese, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
The first few rows of the back area of the orchestra section are an ideal vantage point to catch all the excitement as well as not be overwhelmed by those offstage percussionists.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 21 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for percussionist
Noun
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The friend said that Moore’s brother-in-law is a musician, who has spent the past 20 years as a touring drummer.—
Martha Ross,
The Mercury News,
10 Jan. 2025
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Perhaps that’s why Tango in the Night is the rare late ’80s blockbuster with a real human touch in its arrangements, at a time when other classic rock drummers and bassists were being sidelined in the studio by drum machines and synthesizers.—
Al Shipley,
SPIN,
9 Jan. 2025
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In the classical music business, the pianist Yuja Wang is one of the few safe bets.—
Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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Blumberg worked with Tilbury, for instance, for around two weeks, sitting in the garden shed where the pianist keeps his Steinway, with Blumberg recording as Tilbury scribbled notes on a stave and played fragments of song.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
24 Jan. 2025
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An elbow injury disrupted the career that Elaine Schmidt might have had as a high-level flutist.—
Jim Higgins,
Journal Sentinel,
1 Jan. 2025
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Anchoring the horn section is saxophonist/flutist Mitch Frohman, a founding member of the SHO who like Hernández established himself on New York’s Latin music scene during the heyday of salsa dura in the mid-‘70s.—
Andrew Gilbert,
The Mercury News,
17 Dec. 2024
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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
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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
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One night in 1969, jazz trumpeter Al Hirt, who had opened a nightclub in Atlanta, coaxed Uecker up onstage.—
Chris Koseluk,
The Hollywood Reporter,
16 Jan. 2025
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The immensely talented jazz-pop trumpeter has hit No. 1 on the Billboard jazz albums chart on multiple occasions and sold millions of records during a professional career that dates back to the mid-’80s.—
Jim Harrington,
The Mercury News,
26 Dec. 2024
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He’ll be flanked in the Chrome Hearts by guitarist Micah Nelson, organist Spooner Oldham, bassist Corey McCormick and drummer Anthony LoGergo.—
SPIN Staff,
SPIN,
3 Jan. 2025
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Wanda Holloway, a 36-year-old devoted mother of two who served as an organist at the local Missionary Baptist Church, was charged with conspiring to kill the mother of her 14-year-old daughter’s cheerleading rival.—
Christine Pelisek,
People.com,
15 Dec. 2024
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The rapper and flautist will reschedule his show for a later date and time.—
Audrey Gibbs,
The Tennessean,
27 Mar. 2024
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Performing with the flautist and Outkast member at the concerts are: Carlos Niño, Nate Mercereau, Surya Botofasina, and Deantoni Parks.—
Matthew Strauss,
Pitchfork,
25 June 2024
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“Percussionist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/percussionist. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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