cornetist
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cornetist
Example Sentences
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“Techno Logic,” recorded in London, Berlin and New York, features British tuba player and composer Theon Cross and vocalist and cornetist Ben LaMar Gay.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025
You might start with the veteran jazz cornetist Graham Haynes’s recent set, rich in luxurious silences, with the pan-African percussionist Shakoor Hakeem and the Czech multi-instrumentalist and electronic musician Lucie Vitkova.
From New York Times • Dec. 23, 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
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
On the 26th of March, 1876, White appeared at a grand concert given in the Boston Theatre, in company with Levy the renowned cornetist.
From Music and Some Highly Musical People by Trotter, James M.
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