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
On “Gravity Without Airs,” the cornetist Kirk Knuffke leads the band, but he has also made himself the new guy of the bunch.
From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2022
In the early years of his career, he performed with visiting American jazz musicians including cornetist Rex Stewart, trumpeter Buck Clayton and vibraphonist Lionel Hampton.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 31, 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
Our company was a good one—Walter C. Campbell, Vivian the Great, Margaret Blake, Mr. Wand, pianist, Dick Kohler, cornetist and leader of the company, and Mr. Atkins, advance agent.
From Sixty Years of California Song by Margaret Blake Alverson
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