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The arrangements are stripped-down, but their furious energy remains intact as Mr. Hough all but assaults his piano keys, often dragged back from the emotional edge (or a spiraling monologue) by his accompanist on bass, Sue Goldberg.
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Brett Sokol, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2024
The crowd roared with every pitch and kept their water bottles to themselves, a worthy accompanist to a team flirting with greatness.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
In Lasker-Wallfisch’s recollection, the accompanist conjured an uncanny shimmering sound at the beginning.
—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
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Brett Sokol, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2024
The crowd roared with every pitch and kept their water bottles to themselves, a worthy accompanist to a team flirting with greatness.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
In Lasker-Wallfisch’s recollection, the accompanist conjured an uncanny shimmering sound at the beginning.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for accompanist
Noun
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He was credited as a soloist alongside Joel Smallbone and as part of the cast of Journey to Bethlehem.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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Amplification met the glaring illumination with the evening’s piano soloist, Kirill Gerstein, unnaturally dominating a sonically repressed orchestra.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 July 2025
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Bobby Freeman has been the Arizona Diamondbacks' organist since the team's inception in 1998.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
14 July 2025
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Danger moved to Hollywood in 1987 after the organist from his Minnesota church sold his turkey farm to move to the beach — and invited Danger to become the pastor at St. John’s.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
27 June 2025
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Set in a historic 1894 stable, Stable Hall is live music venue that brings in renowned talent like Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, while Jazz, TX, by jazz pianist Doc Watkins hosts shows every night of the week an intimate, subterranean setting.—
Katie Chang,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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Some community activists have opposed the sale, including concert pianist Orlando Alonso, who has championed an alternative proposal for restoring the Olympia as a center for the arts.—
Carl David Goette-Luciak,
Miami Herald,
23 July 2025
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Perhaps the most systematic attempt to bring order to this chaos comes from Google DeepMind, which in July 2024 proposed a framework with five levels of AGI performance: emerging, competent, expert, virtuoso, and superhuman.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
8 July 2025
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Even with Caitlin Clark once again sidelined, the Fever have been able to count on the virtuoso scoring talent of Kelsey Mitchell and the veteran expertise of Natasha Howard to help stabilize them.—
Devin Robertson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 July 2025
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Most touching were the moments of partnership between not just the three veteran maestros but the band.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
10 July 2025
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Playwright Richard Greenberg was the maestro of shimmering verbal arias.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 July 2025
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Later in the night he was joined by trumpeter Maurice Brown, and the two collaborated on a rousing, high-energy performance that was a hit among the revelers.—
Kelly Wetherille,
Footwear News,
10 July 2025
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Jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong, who played the Shubert Theatre in 1943 and 1947.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
15 June 2025
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“Accompanist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accompanist. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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