Meanings
plural flugelhornists
- One who plays the flugelhorn.
Radulph could not help but notice how the breasts of a lady flugelhornist trembled whenever she blew into her instrument.
1993, Rikki Ducornet, The Jade Cabinet, Dalkey Archive Press, page 1091 more example
Shank returned in 1974 in the company of the LA Four, a Latin-influenced, cool-bop ensemble that featured Almeida and the great double bassist Ray Brown - sometimes extending this successful group's style into broader recording projects, including the excellent trumpeter and flugelhornist Bobby Shew.
2009 April 6, John Fordham, “Bud Shank”, in The Guardian
Origin
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