cornetist
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cornetist
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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
Haynes, who was named a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master in 1995, is survived by his daughter and two sons: Graham, a jazz cornetist, and Craig, a drummer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2024
The cornetist Ben LaMar Gay, a friend of Locks’s, joined, too.
From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2021
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
“Yes, and he was the cornetist outside, too.”
From The Motion Picture Chums at Seaside Park The Rival Photo Theatres of the Boardwalk by Victor [pseud.] Appleton
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