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

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

“No, I’m not. It was god-awful. And I was the drummer, way in the back. No one even paid any attention to me.”

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman