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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.
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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
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
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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
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for accompanist
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As a soloist, Mars has only released three full-lengths.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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Their promise to continue making music both as a group and as soloists wasn’t empty.—
Zoe Guy,
Vulture,
1 Mar. 2025
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The daughter of a church organist, Flack began playing classical piano at a young age.—
Kalhan Rosenblatt,
NBC News,
24 Feb. 2025
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Bottom 12, eliminated from at least next two ballots Helen Dell, 22.7% (18.3%): More love than expected for the long-time stadium organist.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2025
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Arakawa was a classical pianist and a co-founder of a home furnishing business, according to the Associated Press.—
Ayana Archie,
NPR,
28 Feb. 2025
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The Context Actor Gene Hackman, 95, and his wife, 63-year-old former classical pianist Betsy Arakawa, were found dead alongside one of their dogs in their Santa Fe home.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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Starr is also accompanied by Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Brenda Lee (whose career predates the Beatles) and contemporary bluegrass virtuoso Tuttle.—
Ilana Kaplan,
People.com,
5 Mar. 2025
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They are joined by Hawaiian slack key guitar virtuoso Stephen Inglis.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
22 Feb. 2025
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After several months of searching, Speak No Evil helmer James Watkins has been chosen to direct the feature based on the Batman villain, which has a script from horror maestro Mike Flanagan.—
Aaron Couch,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Feb. 2025
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Reading maestro Gustavo Dudamel waxing on about how we’ll be remembered like Beethoven.—
A.D. Amorosi,
Variety,
8 Feb. 2025
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The residences of many important artists have been lost, including those of the jazz saxophonist Benny Maupin, 84, and the jazz trumpeter Bobby Bradford, 90, whose collections of musical instruments were also destroyed.—
Sam Lubell,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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But the Black Bottom neighborhood is a center of the city’s music scene, and the Paradise Cafe is one of its oldest jazz clubs, one that trumpeter and bandleader Blue has inherited from his parents.—
Rob Hubbard,
Twin Cities,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Accompanist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accompanist. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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