keyboardist
noun
key·board·ist
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Definition of keyboardist
: a person who plays a keyboard musical instrument
Examples of keyboardist in a Sentence
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Upon moving to Nashville in 1970 to take a job as keyboardist with Kris Kristofferson, Mr. Fritts injected the down-home musical values of Muscle Shoals into the often middle-of-the-road ethos of Music City. — Bill Friskics-warren, New York Times, "Donnie Fritts, Who Bridged Soul and Country Music, Dies at 76," 29 Aug. 2019 Simes is the composer, producer and musical director of the Who, and has performed with the rock group on tour as a keyboardist, percussionist and backup vocalist, among other roles. — Los Angeles Times, "Hot Property: Football’s Reggie Bush lists his home field in Pacific Palisades," 24 Aug. 2019 His band is predominantly made up of friends from home: the drummer Julian Farias, the guitarist Gabriel Baltazar, the bassist Esai Salas, and the keyboardists Ismael and J-Kwe$t. — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, "The Extreme Highs and Lows of Cuco’s Début Album, “Para Mí”," 26 July 2019 White Reaper — rounded out by singer Tony Esposito, keyboardist Ryan Hater and guitarist Hunter Thompson — isn't new to the Forecastle stage. — Bailey Loosemore, The Courier-Journal, "Forecastle duet: Louisville band White Reaper rocks out onstage with The Killers," 15 July 2019 The six-piece band, according to founder/owner/keyboardist JC Keys, has been together approximately 10 years, and plays everything from the 1980s, including one-hit wonders. — Steve Smith, courant.com, "White Wedding Band To Perform July 17," 5 July 2019 Consisting of singer Paul Klein, drummer Jake Goss, keyboardist Les Priest and touring member Giuliano Pizzulo, LANY -- an acronym for Los Angeles New York -- are no strangers to touring. — Ellise Shafer, Billboard, "LANY Return to the Stage in L.A. With Electric Energy, Vibrant Visuals: Recap," 28 June 2019 To give the clip a fresh sound, Clark also brought in original keyboardist, Mike Moran, to perform a new piano track. — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, "Watch Freddie Mercury's previously unreleased video for 'Time Waits for No One'," 20 June 2019 Jonny Greenwood, the band’s longtime lead guitarist and keyboardist, unceremoniously announced the release via Twitter on June 11. — Allegra Frank, Vox, "Radiohead’s unreleased OK Computer audio was stolen. Now the band is letting everyone hear it.," 11 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'keyboardist.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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keyboardist
noun
English Language Learners Definition of keyboardist
: a musician who plays a keyboard (sense 1b)
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