cornetist

noun

variants or cornettist
Definition of cornetistnext
as in trumpeter

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  1. trumpeter
  2. pianist
  3. drummer
  4. organist
  5. percussionist
  6. flutist
Noun
  • The music of jazz trumpeter Enrico Rava washes over the dining room as solicitous waiters recite the evening’s specials, their delivery unaffected by the thud of bombs falling on a neighborhood nearby.
    Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Producer, arranger, trumpeter, executive, and more, Jones won 28 Grammy Awards and guided historic sessions with such giants as Frank Sinatra, Miles Davis, and Michael Jackson in addition to his groundbreaking work in film and television.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of trumpeter
Noun
  • Curators at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York City discovered a music manuscript believed to be by Polish pianist and composer, Frédéric Chopin, in the museum’s collection.
    Ashley J. DiMella Fox News, Fox News, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Afterward, renowned Chinese pianist Lang Lang—who’s on speed dial to perform for everyone from Pharrell to the Pope and Presidents worldwide—mastered Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with spine-tingling vigor.
    Freya Drohan, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2024
Definition of pianist
Noun
  • Colin Petersen, the original drummer for the Bee Gees, died Monday, Fox News Digital confirmed.
    Tracy Wright, Fox News, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Petersen was the Bee Gees’ first full-time drummer, joining the band in 1967 and anchoring them through their Beatlesque pop years.
    Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of drummer
Noun
  • The band, originally called Unique Attraction, formed at the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts in 1985, where the members shared classes with jazz bassist Christian McBride, singer Amel Larrieux, organist Joey DeFrancesco and Black Thought and Questlove of the Roots.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
  • The team also hired Nancy Faust — a North Park University graduate — as baseball’s first female organist.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2024
Definition of organist
Noun
  • The veteran rock band – who celebrate their 40th anniversary this year – shared an open call out for a new drummer on social media today (Nov. 18) following the recent and unexpected departure of longtime percussionist Tim ‘Herb’ Alexander.
    Tyler Jenke, Billboard, 19 Nov. 2024
  • The 13-year-old percussionist grabbed a big drum and got ready to throw it at the shooter.
    Nouran Salahieh, Michelle Krupa and Nicole Chavez, CNN, 5 Sep. 2024
Definition of percussionist
Noun
  • Upcoming performers are flutist Lori Bell on June 28, singer Melissa Morgan on July 26, singer Rose Mallett on Aug. 23, flutist Holly Hofmann on Sept. 27 and trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos on Friday, Oct. 25.
    Del Mar Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2024
  • The album takes the acclaimed lyricist from the rap world to jazz as a woodwind artist, highlighting him as a flutist.
    DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of flutist
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