multi-instrumentalist
noun
mul·ti-in·stru·men·tal·ist
ˌməl-tē-ˌin(t)-strə-ˈmen-tə-list 
-ˌtī-
: a musician who plays two or more instruments
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Scott Thurston, a veteran multi-instrumentalist who’d played with everyone from the Stooges to Jackson Browne, started touring with the Heartbreakers in 1989 and began recording with the band on Echo.
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Al Shipley, SPIN, 1 Nov. 2024
And Lane was present for almost all the work as Mosley cut new parts — played primarily by multi-instrumentalist Jonny Fung and drummer Phil Lawson — over pieces of the original demo, shifting it to a country production.
—Tom Roland, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2024
Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory was written and recorded collaboratively with Van Etten’s bandmates—percussionist Jorge Balbi, bassist Devra Hoff, and multi-instrumentalist Teeny Lieberson.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2024
Meanwhile, the touring musician turned solo multi-instrumentalist Spencer Zahn was operating at the intersection of jazz, electronic, and neoclassical sounds.
—The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
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Al Shipley, SPIN, 1 Nov. 2024
And Lane was present for almost all the work as Mosley cut new parts — played primarily by multi-instrumentalist Jonny Fung and drummer Phil Lawson — over pieces of the original demo, shifting it to a country production.
—Tom Roland, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2024
Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory was written and recorded collaboratively with Van Etten’s bandmates—percussionist Jorge Balbi, bassist Devra Hoff, and multi-instrumentalist Teeny Lieberson.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2024
Meanwhile, the touring musician turned solo multi-instrumentalist Spencer Zahn was operating at the intersection of jazz, electronic, and neoclassical sounds.
—The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
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