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
Mike Joyce
Earth Tribe Rhythms
surface form: Byron Metcalf
percussionist
Dashmesh Khalsa percussionist
Matt Baum
Elissa Bello
Riverside
surface form: Piotr Kozieradzki
Polish drummer
Andy Newmark
Phillip Rhodes
Carl Allen
Gina Schock
B. J. Wilson
Henry Spinetti
Lee Young jazz drummer
Graham Broad
Hossam Ramzy percussionist
Manu Katché
Bobby Harrison rock drummer
Nasheet Waits jazz drummer
Taru Alexander jazz drummer
Eric Harland jazz drummer
Dominic Howard
Kapil Trivedi
Brendan Buckley
Neil Sanderson
Shawn Pelton
Nick D’Virgilio
J. Glenn
Doug Fink
Denzil Best
John Rutsey
Todd Sucherman
Roger Taylor
surface form: Roger Taylor (Duran Duran drummer)
Michael Giles
Pat Mastelotto
Jason Boesel
Keltner
surface form: Jim Keltner
John Panozzo
Bob Siebenberg
Haden–Motian–Redman Quartet
surface form: Paul Motian
jazz drummer
Jerry Marotta
Richard Jupp
Billy Higgins jazz drummer
Eric Kretz
Larry Eagle
Vincent Lopez
Vinnie Lopez
Andy Khachaturian
John Dolmayan
Fred White
Jabo Starks