Etymology
Origin of tenorist
Example Sentences
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Bert was born in Yonkers, New York, and first attempted the tenor saxophone, later stating that the Count Basie tenorist Lester Young's style had informed his approach to the trombone.
From The Guardian • Oct. 8, 2012
Some, like Harriott and Tan Tan, ended up in London, along with the trumpeter Shake Keane, the flautist Harold McNair, the tenorist Wilton Gaynair and the trombonist Rico Rodriguez.
From The Guardian • Jul. 21, 2011
In 1946 he was a founder member of the Stars of Swing, with Woodman, Mingus and the tenorist Lucky Thompson, this all-star group seemingly destined for success until Thompson became unco-operative.
From The Guardian • Oct. 6, 2010
Influenced by Dexter Gordon and Charlie Parker, and later Sonny Rollins, then Sun Ra tenorist John Gilmore, Coltrane steadily developed his own style; laboriously at first, and then with growing assurance and freedom.
From The Guardian • Aug. 9, 2010
Louis van Beethoven, son of the above-named tenorist, a boy of eleven years, and of most promising talents.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 07, May, 1858 by Various
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