drummer

Example Sentences

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Unlike the Redondo Union trio, he doesn’t surf and plays no instruments even though his Redondo Union friends are looking for a drummer to start a band.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 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 imagine it's a hard job being Ringo Starr's drummer.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

That lonely drummer practicing his roll long after the rest of the band has gone to bed.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy