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Recent Examples of drummer
While the identities of those killed have not yet been confirmed by authorities, Fox News Digital learned music executive Dave Shapiro and drummer Daniel Williams died in the crash.
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Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2025
The crash also claimed the life of Daniel Williams, a former drummer in the Christian metal band The Devil Wears Prada.
Shapiro, an Albany native, was one of the founders of Sound Talent Group, which also lists Built to Spill, Pierce the Veil and Guns n’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan on its roster.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 23 May 2025
Devours is hopeful that people in the audience can keep an open mind, not unlike when Kenney Jones replaced Keith Moon as the band’s drummer.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 23 May 2025
The Who's drummer Zak Starkey claims he was fired a second time.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 20 May 2025
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Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2025
The crash also claimed the life of Daniel Williams, a former drummer in the Christian metal band The Devil Wears Prada.
Shapiro, an Albany native, was one of the founders of Sound Talent Group, which also lists Built to Spill, Pierce the Veil and Guns n’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan on its roster.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 23 May 2025
Devours is hopeful that people in the audience can keep an open mind, not unlike when Kenney Jones replaced Keith Moon as the band’s drummer.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 23 May 2025
The Who's drummer Zak Starkey claims he was fired a second time.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drummer
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This trumpet player and composer, Rob Mazurek, plays with percussionist Chad Taylor in the band Chicago Underground.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
23 May 2025
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While the band has had at least 16 different lineups since its inception in 1968, two of its members — guitarist and lead singer Roy Gullane and flutist, tin whistle player, singer and percussionist Phil Smillie — have been on board since 1970.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 May 2025
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She be accompanied by a five-piece group, led by ace pianist Sullivan Fortner, that includes Dušan Balarin on theorbo, a bass flute that has 14 strings and can measure more than six feet from end to end.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2025
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The infection has been in the US news recently with the deaths of pianist Betsy Arakawa and actor Gene Hackman.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
28 May 2025
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Born in Los Angeles at the turn of the century when Benjamin met Wood at Cal Arts after transferring from the Eastman School of Music (where the keyboardist met the other three founders), the group corralled and integrated a diverse array of influences and references.—
Andrew Gilbert,
Mercury News,
23 May 2025
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Lead singer/keyboardist Lonnie Jordan is the only original member in the current lineup.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
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The piece, finished in 1947 by the French organist and composer, is based on the Catholic Mass for the Dead in Gregorian chant.—
Melinda Moore,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2025
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Nicola, the elder daughter, is a church organist, and Easter, her younger sister, is a minister.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Apr. 2025
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Their oldest son, Nathaniel Wiley-Harrigan, is a top high school trumpeter pursuing a career in jazz trumpet performance and their youngest son, Noah Harrigan, plays violin and is learning piano through Suburban Youth Symphony Orchestra.—
Jessi Virtusio,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
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On the original, Braxton (on flute), the trumpeter Kenny Wheeler and the bassist Dave Holland align on an ingenious cyclical theme, tacking on one new phrase with each run-through, while the drummer Jerome Cooper adds fluttering texture.—
Hank Shteamer,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2025
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Pianist Sonia Lee and flutist Pija Hocevar will perform at the Platt Library.—
Marla Jo Fisher,
Oc Register,
30 May 2025
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The lineup includes three Grammy winners — saxophonist David Sanchez, bassist John Clayton and drummer Lewis Nash — along with pianist and six-time Grammy nominee Gerald Clayton and top San Diego flutist Holly Hofmann.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 May 2025
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“Drummer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drummer. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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