fusionist
noun
fu·sion·ist ˈfyü-zhə-nist 
: a person involved in a political fusion or in musical fusion
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Jazzy Nights schedule, which will kick off with June 8 with violin fusionist Damien Escobar. 
Brian Mccollum, Detroit Free Press, 23 Mar. 2022 Subtlety is the shared idiom across WurlD’s fusionist experiments. Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2022 And of course, the lineup wouldn’t be complete without songwriter/singer Tone Stith and pop-R&B fusionist Destiny Rogers who are set to deliver headlining performances on Friday and Saturday, respectively. Ebbony Pinillos, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2022 For the Brooklyn fusionist, Fatigue is a spiritual passage—blending folk, gospel, soul, and experimental pop into a tonal and textural masterpiece. Jason Parham, Wired, 23 Dec. 2021 Ahmari had convened that group—the post-fusionist caucus—with his friend Matthew Schmitz, a young editor at First Things and another Catholic convert, who had grown up in Nebraska. Benjamin Wallace-wells, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2019 Other performers will include Latin-jazz fusionists Bossa Soul, rockin’ brass band Brio Brass, the Jazz Standards and the Selby Avenue Brass Band. Dan Emerson, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2019 For the libertarian or fusionist, this might have been a gross infringement on the freedom of citizens to break bonds of their own will. Declan Leary, National Review, 11 June 2019 And the Da Camera JAM series begins April 5 with jazz/bluegrass fusionist Jacqui Sutton. Houston Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2018 See More
Brian Mccollum, Detroit Free Press, 23 Mar. 2022 Subtlety is the shared idiom across WurlD’s fusionist experiments. Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2022 And of course, the lineup wouldn’t be complete without songwriter/singer Tone Stith and pop-R&B fusionist Destiny Rogers who are set to deliver headlining performances on Friday and Saturday, respectively. Ebbony Pinillos, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2022 For the Brooklyn fusionist, Fatigue is a spiritual passage—blending folk, gospel, soul, and experimental pop into a tonal and textural masterpiece. Jason Parham, Wired, 23 Dec. 2021 Ahmari had convened that group—the post-fusionist caucus—with his friend Matthew Schmitz, a young editor at First Things and another Catholic convert, who had grown up in Nebraska. Benjamin Wallace-wells, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2019 Other performers will include Latin-jazz fusionists Bossa Soul, rockin’ brass band Brio Brass, the Jazz Standards and the Selby Avenue Brass Band. Dan Emerson, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2019 For the libertarian or fusionist, this might have been a gross infringement on the freedom of citizens to break bonds of their own will. Declan Leary, National Review, 11 June 2019 And the Da Camera JAM series begins April 5 with jazz/bluegrass fusionist Jacqui Sutton. Houston Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2018 See More Word History
Etymology
fusion + -ist entry 1
First Known Use
1851, in the meaning defined above