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reedman

American  
[reed-man] / ˈridˌmæn /

noun

  • reedmen
    plural
  1. a musician who plays a reed instrument.


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Etymology

Origin of reedman

First recorded in 1870–75; reed + man


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He credits fellow Chicago reedman Roscoe Mitchell and a comment he once made to him: “Don’t play on the 1!”

From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2021

His father, who ran his family’s wholesale grocery business, also was a reedman who jammed with visiting musicians including Jack Teagarden and Jimmy Dorsey.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 12, 2019

This is a tribute album to guitarist Jim Hall and reedman Jimmy Giuffre, who have rarely been covered, but Quiet Revolution proves they ought to be.

From Slate ● Dec. 10, 2018

In his first season, he brought in one of his heroes, the protean avant-garde reedman Anthony Braxton , who sometimes tends toward atonality and abstruse harmonies.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 1, 2017

Many composers have tried to translate great paintings into music, but Ted Nash, one of the more adventurous reedmen with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, pulls it off.

From Slate ● Dec. 16, 2010

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