drummer

C1929
concept

A drummer is a musician who plays percussion instruments, primarily drums, to provide rhythm, timing, and dynamic foundation within a musical ensemble or performance.

All labels observed (16)

Label Occurrences
drummer canonical 696
percussionist 110
jazz drummer 81

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: drummer
Generated description
A drummer is a musician who plays percussion instruments, primarily drums, to provide rhythm, timing, and dynamic foundation within a musical ensemble or performance.

Instances (868)

Instance Via concept surface
Jody Linscott percussionist
Dave Raun
Mongo Santamaría percussionist
Zafer Tawil percussionist
Colin Trevor Flooks
Johnny Otis
Poncho Sanchez percussionist
Ralph Rolle
Michael Shrieve
Chepito Areas percussionist
Larry Troutman percussionist
Daniel Platzman
Paul Thompson
Jon Hiseman
Michael Carabello percussionist
Chris Layton – drums
surface form: Chris Layton
Rick Allen
Jimmy Chamberlin
Peter Criss
Eric Carr
Eric Singer
Mark Pickerel
Chris Layton
Stephen Morris
Noel Bridgeman
Andrew Tolman
Warren
surface form: Warren "Baby" Dodds
jazz drummer
Mel Lewis jazz drummer
Mark Berry percussionist
Bez percussionist
Donald Johnson
Doyle Bramhall
Glennie
surface form: Evelyn Glennie
percussionist
Gary Whelan
Chris Frazier
Mark Schulman
Jason Bonham
Bobby Blotzer
Khurt Maier
Scott Coogan
Pete Holmes
Keel
surface form: Dwain Miller
Earl Forest
Anthony Tillmon Williams jazz drummer
Curt Cress
Chico Hamilton jazz drummer
Anthony Allen
Greg Gilmore
Larry Aberman
Alvin Patterson percussionist