drummer

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They added the drummer and began blending acoustic music with electronic sounds, some of which were altered fragments of what Messrs. Moran and Gilmore had just played.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026

Before all that, though, Starr was eager to talk about “Long Long Road,” whose cover photo shows pop music’s most famous drummer in a ruffled purple shirt.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 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

The overall effect sounds as if the drummer, formerly the guardian of the steady pulse, has been asked to improvise a solo from the first beat of the piece.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall