drummer

Example Sentences

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He grew up in a musical household as his father was an amateur drummer.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026

Starr: I’m the drummer — that’s how it works.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

Yet this was hardly Peterson’s only virtue: Live recordings, especially of his greatest trio, with bassist Ray Brown and drummer Ed Thigpen, show that Peterson could also swing harder than anybody.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

The jazz virtuoso has an unusually, appealingly laid-back sound on a new archival release, recorded with bassist Ray Brown and drummer Ed Thigpen in Detroit in 1960.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Reeves was a popular senior, widely admired as a talented drummer.

From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose