instrumentalist

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Sometimes Robinson’s truth seeker is the man anchoring the beat, and sometimes he’s the instrumentalist testing the edges of what the audience can withstand.

From Salon • Oct. 13, 2025

The French composer and instrumentalist scored hundreds of films—including the bittersweet movie musical “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025

A prolific musician who once released 30 singles in 30 days, Corto.Alto is the alter-ego of Glaswegian jazz instrumentalist Liam Shortall.

From BBC • Jul. 25, 2024

But when the composer and instrumentalist Tyshawn Sorey set out to write one for saxophone and orchestra several years ago, he quickly dispensed with convention.

From New York Times • May 6, 2024

As it was passed from ragtime to early ‘Dixieland’ jazz bands, though, syncopation became more sophisticated: now, instead of the right hand cheating the left, one instrumentalist was playing against another.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall