drummer

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Drummer Tom Skinner, best known as part of the trio the Smile with Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead, has a jazzy style so distinctive you can’t help but notice what he’s playing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Park has also worked extensively in television, notably the English-language mini-series "The Little Drummer Girl", adapted from John Le Carre's novel, and last year's HBO series "The Sympathizer" about a North Vietnamese spy.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

His work at MI5 and MI6 went on to inspire a further 25 books with many of them, including Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and The Little Drummer Girl, adapted for screen.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

For this piece, random performers are paired up for duets to try to replicate the magic of David Bowie and Bing Crosby’s “Little Drummer Boy” to varying degrees of success.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2025

“My wife has no use for me and Drummer, my milk wagon horse, is got it in for me. Do you know what he did to me just the other day?”

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith