baritonist
English
Etymology
baritone + -ist
Noun
baritonist (plural baritonists)
- (jazz) A player of the baritone saxophone
- 1994 June 3, Neil Tesser, “Eric Alexander, Cecil Payne & John Ore”, in Chicago Reader:
- Featured most notably with Dizzy Gillespie's big band, Payne showed the influence of Harry Carney (the best-known baritonist of the swing era) in his meaty and authoritative sound […] .
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- A player of the baritone horn (brass instrument)