Definitions

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  • noun music A musician who can perform on multiple reed instruments

Etymologies

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multi- + reed + -ist

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Examples

  • His latest CD, "Oblique-I" Pi, was inspired by a conversation, in 2002, with composer and multireedist Anthony Braxton.

    Thinking Man's Drummer Larry Blumenfeld 2011

  • Mitchell, the multireedist Oscar Noriega and the drummer Ches Smith.

    NYT > Home Page 2011

  • The four-hour show will feature the pianist Kenny Werner, the multireedist James Carter, the saxophonist Tia Fuller and the Gerald Clayton Trio, a piano-bass-and-drums combo.

    NYT > Home Page By JAMES C. MCKINLEY JR. 2011

  • Filling that role here is Mr. Gori, an agile, melodically inclined Italian multireedist.

    NYT > Home Page 2011

  • The four-hour show will feature the pianist Kenny Werner, the multireedist James Carter, the saxophonist Tia Fuller and the Gerald Clayton Trio, a piano-bass-and-drums combo.

    NYT > Home Page By JAMES C. MCKINLEY JR. 2011

  • He formed Pi initially as an outlet for the multireedist composer Henry Threadgill, whom he had met while serving as the label manager for Knitting Factory Works.

    NYT > Home Page By NATE CHINEN 2011

  • Endangered Blood Tuesday Organized but not necessarily led by the multireedist Chris Speed, Endangered Blood draws strength from its players' mutual, headlong commitment.

    NYT > Home Page 2011

  • The core of his chamberesque ensemble consists of musicians with whom he has worked as a sideman: the saxophonist Tony Malaby, the multireedist Andrew

    NYT > Home Page By NATE CHINEN 2011

  • Tuesday through Thursday Three members of this all-star band share substantial history: the pianist Steve Kuhn, the multireedist Dave Liebman and the bassist Steve Swallow all worked together in the early 1980s.

    NYT > Home Page 2011

  • Before that, at 8, the vocalist Fay Victor joins the multireedist Oscar Noriega, the drummer

    NYT > Home Page 2010

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