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Recent Examples of accompanist
In Lasker-Wallfisch’s recollection, the accompanist conjured an uncanny shimmering sound at the beginning.
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Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2024
An accompanist who toured and recorded with numerous jazz luminaries before earning renown as a bandleader in his own right, Tana has been Wolff’s go-to drummer for Bay Area trio gigs from SFJAZZ to Piedmont Piano Company.
—Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 25 July 2024
As one of the Southland’s leading accompanists he’s made forays north in recent years with artists like saxophonist Remy Le Boeuf and vocalist Sara Gazarek.
—Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 25 June 2024
Records, a once-mighty jazz label that had gone dormant at Universal, in 2014, and released albums by the Henry Butler-Steven Bernstein Hot 9, the pianists Sullivan Fortner and Rodney Kendrick (Ms. Lincoln’s onetime accompanist), Mr. Haden and others.
—Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, 10 June 2024
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Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2024
An accompanist who toured and recorded with numerous jazz luminaries before earning renown as a bandleader in his own right, Tana has been Wolff’s go-to drummer for Bay Area trio gigs from SFJAZZ to Piedmont Piano Company.
—Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 25 July 2024
As one of the Southland’s leading accompanists he’s made forays north in recent years with artists like saxophonist Remy Le Boeuf and vocalist Sara Gazarek.
—Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 25 June 2024
Records, a once-mighty jazz label that had gone dormant at Universal, in 2014, and released albums by the Henry Butler-Steven Bernstein Hot 9, the pianists Sullivan Fortner and Rodney Kendrick (Ms. Lincoln’s onetime accompanist), Mr. Haden and others.
—Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, 10 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for accompanist
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If consumption of that smash — as well as the project in full — continues, Rosie could tie Jung Kook’s Golden in just two weeks and match as the second-longest charting album by any K-pop soloist in the history of the Billboard 200.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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The performance will include the chancel choir, Dorian bells and soloists.—
La Jolla Light,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 May 2025
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The piece, finished in 1947 by the French organist and composer, is based on the Catholic Mass for the Dead in Gregorian chant.—
Melinda Moore,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2025
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Nicola, the elder daughter, is a church organist, and Easter, her younger sister, is a minister.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Apr. 2025
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She be accompanied by a five-piece group, led by ace pianist Sullivan Fortner, that includes Dušan Balarin on theorbo, a bass flute that has 14 strings and can measure more than six feet from end to end.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2025
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The infection has been in the US news recently with the deaths of pianist Betsy Arakawa and actor Gene Hackman.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
28 May 2025
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Imagine Jimi Hendrix also being a tuba virtuoso, or Andy Warhol also excelling on an Etch-A-Sketch.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
28 May 2025
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Dissatisfied with the quality of the day’s commercial recordings, Paul, who’d worked with pop stars including Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters, and was a guitar virtuoso and bandleader, endeavored to push the practice forward — to make recording a kind of erudite art form.—
Erin Osmon,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2025
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Osgood Perkins is staying in business with Neon, the indie outfit that released his features Longlegs and The Monkey and helped crown him as Hollywood’s latest horror maestro.—
Aaron Couch,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2025
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The English performer is nonstop traveling for her roles in television and film and has worked with cinema maestros like Steven Spielberg (Ready Player One) and now, Jake Schreier.—
Malik Peay,
Essence,
8 May 2025
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Their oldest son, Nathaniel Wiley-Harrigan, is a top high school trumpeter pursuing a career in jazz trumpet performance and their youngest son, Noah Harrigan, plays violin and is learning piano through Suburban Youth Symphony Orchestra.—
Jessi Virtusio,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
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On the original, Braxton (on flute), the trumpeter Kenny Wheeler and the bassist Dave Holland align on an ingenious cyclical theme, tacking on one new phrase with each run-through, while the drummer Jerome Cooper adds fluttering texture.—
Hank Shteamer,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Accompanist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accompanist. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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