drummer

Example Sentences

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Drummers love to say that you’re their favorite drummer.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

“Let There Be Love” finds the drummer using his hands on his tom-toms to make them sound like congas, giving the track an Erroll Garner flavor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Unlike the Redondo Union trio, he doesn’t surf and plays no instruments even though his Redondo Union friends are looking for a drummer to start a band.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 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 drummer arrived and squatted outside awaiting permission to begin; the fiddler joined him.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya