How to Use percussionist in a Sentence

percussionist

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  • Kraft was the right percussionist at the right time in the right place.
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2022
  • The former punk-rock band percussionist has been a mainstay of the San Diego DJ scene since 1979.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2021
  • Thompson is a percussionist in the high school band and plays in a jazz group outside of school called the Green Carpet Express.
    — oregonlive, 21 June 2023
  • Playing drums for the new band of the decade’s best drummer, former Nirvana percussionist Dave Grohl, wasn’t a gig for the meek.
    — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 27 June 2022
  • Artists quickly took to social media to share tributes and mourn the loss of the beloved percussionist.
    — Katrina Nattress, SPIN, 26 Mar. 2022
  • Akins heard about the open space from Jeff Woods, his percussionist bandmate in Beastie Goys.
    — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 23 July 2023
  • One of them was Louis Cole, who is precisely as skilled a drummer as the anonymous clown-percussionist in Clown Core.
    — Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2021
  • Her mother was a dancer and her father a percussionist.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Then Burnett and percussionist Jay Bellerose grab you with a stairstep’s pulse as menacing as Krauss’ threat.
    — A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 19 Nov. 2021
  • The percussionist was the wild card of the night for Radiohead fans, who have grown accustomed to Philip Selway’s playing.
    — William Earl, Variety, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Longtime percussionist John Lacques leads the event, which doubles as a fundraiser for the 2,100-acre preserve that opened a year ago.
    — Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2022
  • Thomas was the alto sax player, flutist and percussionist.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2021
  • There are five horns and four backup singers and a percussionist — all of which Springsteen uses smartly to bring early ‘70s jazzy jams to life.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The late percussionist joined the Foo Fighters in 1997, replacing the group's first drummer William Goldsmith.
    — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com, 27 Mar. 2022
  • In 1999, she wed Michael Carabello, a former percussionist in the rock band Santana.
    — Jacob Bernstein, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2023
  • His dad was a percussionist for salsa bands on the island, and his mom came from a family of musicians.
    — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2022
  • The harpists, cellists, percussionists, and more — playing in harmony as the piece hits its crescendo — wear Empire waists and satin gloves.
    — Vulture, 8 May 2023
  • Mickey Hart, the band’s percussionist, had taken a break amid a struggle with heroin.
    — Erin Osmon, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023
  • While the wordless chorus was left out, eight percussionists (plus timpanist) were there for the grand conclusion.
    — Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Those in turn led to this week’s upcoming San Diego and Irvine concerts, which will feature large string and brass sections, a 12-piece choir, two percussionists and a core five-piece band.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2023
  • And on the other side of the stage, there’s a percussionist (Ane Marthe Sørlien Holen), and the musicians are also singing a sort of meowing harmony all the way through.
    — The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Steve Scales, our percussionist, who had been in Vietnam, and I who had been in anti-Vietnam protests, were being teargassed!
    — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 27 Sep. 2022
  • This despite percussionist Erin Dowrey’s reliably solid place in the pocket at the trap kit.
    — Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The percussionist was found dead in a hotel room in Bogota, Colombia, as the band was expected to play at a festival that evening.
    — Elise Brisco, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2022
  • The percussionist — who has been touring with the band since its longtime drummer, Taylor Hawkins, died last year — has played drums for a number of artists, including Bublé.
    — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Rojas spent years traveling the world on cruise ships performing as a DJ and percussionist.
    — Ben Crandell, sun-sentinel.com, 21 Aug. 2021
  • There will be handbells, Christmas vocals, a Latin percussionist and more.
    — Staff Report, Chicago Tribune, 9 Dec. 2022
  • The boat slows to a stop as percussionist Pius Cheung appears, standing on a sandstone outcrop overhead.
    — Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The rock band confirmed the death of its percussionist Saturday in a loving statement shared on social media.
    — Christi Carrasstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2023
  • While Verdine called his brother a founding member of the band in his tribute, the late percussionist was not credited on any Earth, Wind and Fire records until 1974.
    — Brian Niemietz New York Daily News (tns), al, 2 Jan. 2023

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