cornetist
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cornetist
Example Sentences
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I was not yet born to be present at the most legendary gig in jazz history—when cornetist King Oliver with his second horn Louis Armstrong played the Lincoln Gardens in Chicago in the early 1920s.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025
Her father, a cornetist, operated a tavern and concert hall in nearby Fond du Lac that boasted of having the first revolving crystal ball north of Chicago.
From Washington Post • Oct. 23, 2020
The cornetist Ron Miles released the album “I Am a Man” in 2017, full of laments for an already broken world that seemed to be further coming apart.
From New York Times • Oct. 9, 2020
Carmichael wanted to quickly capture the tune that was famously inspired by a girl, the improvisational prowess of his cornetist friend Bix Beiderbecke or maybe both.
From Washington Times • Aug. 1, 2020
In 1887 he went to Berlin and became fourth cornetist of the Philharmonic Orchestra and valet to Dr. Schweinsrippen, the conductor.
From A Book of Burlesques by Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis)
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