drummer

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

The only other drummer I know that does that is Jim Keltner.

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

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

I could see a huge grin on his face, but I wasn’t affected too much by that until I remembered it later — I was just grooving on drummer autopilot.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick