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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.
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Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, 10 June 2024
Van Zweden has been a courteous concerto accompanist, and in January, with the pianist Rudolf Buchbinder, a soloist of patrician grace, Beethoven’s Fourth Concerto glowed, surging forward without feeling pressed.
—Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 7 June 2024
Lee recently relocated to the Bay Area after working a staff accompanist at Northern Kentucky University and as a teacher at the University of Cincinnati’s Communiversity Program.
—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 5 May 2024
Supported only by a keyboardist called Colin Chambers, Bey summoned ghosts of soul-jazz past, often evoking Nina Simone; when her accompanist switched to the electric funk of a Fender Rhodes tone, her similarities to Roberta Flack were accentuated.
—Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2024
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Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, 10 June 2024
Van Zweden has been a courteous concerto accompanist, and in January, with the pianist Rudolf Buchbinder, a soloist of patrician grace, Beethoven’s Fourth Concerto glowed, surging forward without feeling pressed.
—Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 7 June 2024
Lee recently relocated to the Bay Area after working a staff accompanist at Northern Kentucky University and as a teacher at the University of Cincinnati’s Communiversity Program.
—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 5 May 2024
Supported only by a keyboardist called Colin Chambers, Bey summoned ghosts of soul-jazz past, often evoking Nina Simone; when her accompanist switched to the electric funk of a Fender Rhodes tone, her similarities to Roberta Flack were accentuated.
—Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for accompanist
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Violinist Liana Bérubé will be the soloist for the concert, set for 7 p.m. at St. Francis Episcopal Church, 1205 Pine Ave.Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Nuptial music was by pianist Rev. Frode Gundersen and soloists Kirt Thomas and Dr. Colin Behl.Cary Jenkins, arkansasonline.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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The band, originally called Unique Attraction, formed at the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts in 1985, where the members shared classes with jazz bassist Christian McBride, singer Amel Larrieux, organist Joey DeFrancesco and Black Thought and Questlove of the Roots.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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The team also hired Nancy Faust — a North Park University graduate — as baseball’s first female organist.Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2024
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His parents were both music educators, and Koerner followed a similar path, working as a freelance pianist in his 20s.Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2024
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The plot follows a pianist who witnesses the death of a psychic through an apartment window, and then teams up with a reporter to solve the crime.Meagan Navarro, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
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The virtuoso believes there should be healthy aspects of listening to dance music that benefit listeners positively other than just loving the genre.Lisa Kocay, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
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Van Halen claims that Roth found the idea to be offensive and refused to entertain any type of tribute to the guitar virtuoso.Devon Ivie, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2024
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Read All About It Quincy Jones, a maestro of American music who worked with legends from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson and earned a record 80 Grammy Award nominations, has died at 91.Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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One To Watch: Devil’s Cut From mixology maestro Shingo Gokan, recently named as one of the most influential people in the industry globally in Drinks International’s Bar World 100, Devil’s Cut is a brand-new cocktail hotspot in Las Letras.Isabelle Kliger, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Bandleader Lionel Hampton, trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and other giants also tapped the young Jones for their European tours.Lisa Respers France, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
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The music of jazz trumpeter Enrico Rava washes over the dining room as solicitous waiters recite the evening’s specials, their delivery unaffected by the thud of bombs falling on a neighborhood nearby.Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Accompanist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accompanist. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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