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Recent Examples of percussionist
The sun found its way through the trees as the composer and percussionist Levy Lorenzo stood in front of the stage and began with a ceremonial pounding of bamboo poles.
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Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025
Among the other contributors to the LP are American Utopia percussionist Mauro Refosco, who has toured and recorded with Byrne for more than three decades.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 10 June 2025
Keith Moon, The Who’s original percussionist, died from an accidental overdose in 1978.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2025
Now Heartbeat presents the hundred-and-twenty-year-old opera in English—a rare occurrence for this particular tale—with instrumentation boiled down to a simple eight clarinets and two percussionists.
—The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2025
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Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025
Among the other contributors to the LP are American Utopia percussionist Mauro Refosco, who has toured and recorded with Byrne for more than three decades.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 10 June 2025
Keith Moon, The Who’s original percussionist, died from an accidental overdose in 1978.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2025
Now Heartbeat presents the hundred-and-twenty-year-old opera in English—a rare occurrence for this particular tale—with instrumentation boiled down to a simple eight clarinets and two percussionists.
—The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for percussionist
Noun
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Draped in all-white, the Colombian star was flanked by dancers and drummers repping the colors of his native country.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
14 July 2025
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Phil Crews always wanted to be a drummer and percussionist.—
C. R. Walker,
Chicago Tribune,
10 July 2025
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Local jazz pianist Jen Allen and her powerful sextet of vocalist Leala Cyr and Alejandra Sofia, guitarist Dan Liparini, bassist Matt Dwonszyk and drummer Jonathan Barber celebrate their new album with a release party at The Side Door in Old Lyme on July 19 at 7:30 p.m. $53-$64.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
12 July 2025
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From great jazz vocalists like Dianne Reeves and legends like Branford Marsalis to emerging local and international talent and highly entertaining and flamboyant gigs from pianist Jeff Goldblum and hip hop legend Nas, the festival is a sheer delight for music lovers.—
Joanne Shurvell,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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Live bands and Basque flutists pirouette around gigantes and bigheads, dancers with enormous papier-mâché heads of historical figures including kings, queens and Moors.—
Tony Perrottet,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 June 2025
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Woodwind contributions in the Schubert from clarinetist Stephen Williamson, oboist William Welter, and outgoing flutist Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson were both impassioned and lucid.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2025
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As delightful as the performances remain, they are overshadowed by the death of keyboardist Brent Mydland — whose drug overdose on July 26 permanently altered the trajectory of the band and sent Garcia into a dark spiral — and nightmarish management.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
3 July 2025
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She was joined by her full band, including a trumpet section and accordion, and supported by her keyboardist Albert Menendez singing Maluma’s parts.—
Olivia Petty,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 June 2025
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Later in the night he was joined by trumpeter Maurice Brown, and the two collaborated on a rousing, high-energy performance that was a hit among the revelers.—
Kelly Wetherille,
Footwear News,
10 July 2025
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Jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong, who played the Shubert Theatre in 1943 and 1947.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
15 June 2025
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The man — the organist and keytarist and vibes master — is Greazy Keyz.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
16 June 2025
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My husband, who is sixty-nine, is also retired but freelances as a pianist and organist five or six days a week.—
Liana Finck,
New Yorker,
5 June 2025
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The singer/flautist, however, has long been vocal in her support for her LGBTQ fans, and in 2023, her brand Yitty unveiled a line of gender-affirming shapewear.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
2 June 2025
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The musician, who rose to fame on the arm of quick-witted bars, released back-to-back flute albums in 2023, surprising fans and critics alike who were impressed by his skills as a flautist.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
7 May 2025
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“Percussionist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/percussionist. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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