accompanist
noun
ac·com·pa·nist
ə-ˈkəmp-nist 
-ˈkəm-pə-
: one (such as a pianist) who plays an accompaniment
Examples of accompanist in a Sentence
He will be her accompanist on the piano.
Recent Examples on the Web
No less a guitarist than Mark Knopfler hired him as an accompanist for his 2001 solo tour.
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Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Sep. 2023
The German tenor Jonas Kaufmann, who performs those works with his adept accompanist, Helmut Deutsch, is renowned for his gorgeous voice.
—The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2023
Her accompanists are a roster of Boston’s first-call players, pianist Mark Shilansky, ubiquitous bassist John Lockwood, and drummer Les Harris Jr. Sept. 10, 4 p.m. $20.
—BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2023
He was renowned as a chamber musician and accompanist and also celebrated as a soloist.
—Max Norman, The New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2023
Tim Ray, a Berklee professor who joined Bennett as his piano accompanist around 2016 and was soon appointed his musical director, noted that Bennett was a particular fan of female jazz singers who were fluent improvisers — Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan.
—James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
There’s plenty to recommend here, starting with the presence of narrator, commentator and too-occasional musical accompanist Dom Flemons, an old-time music encyclopedia and founding member of another genre-breaking entity, the sublime Carolina Chocolate Drops.
—Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 4 July 2023
That was back when Jones performed as a proto-techno-pop band whose sole accompanist was Jed Hoile, a trenchcoated mime-cum-dancer.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2022
The piano accompanist will be Peter Storms; the violinist is Yuriy Geyer.
—Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2023
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Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Sep. 2023
The German tenor Jonas Kaufmann, who performs those works with his adept accompanist, Helmut Deutsch, is renowned for his gorgeous voice.
—The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2023
Her accompanists are a roster of Boston’s first-call players, pianist Mark Shilansky, ubiquitous bassist John Lockwood, and drummer Les Harris Jr. Sept. 10, 4 p.m. $20.
—BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2023
He was renowned as a chamber musician and accompanist and also celebrated as a soloist.
—Max Norman, The New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2023
Tim Ray, a Berklee professor who joined Bennett as his piano accompanist around 2016 and was soon appointed his musical director, noted that Bennett was a particular fan of female jazz singers who were fluent improvisers — Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan.
—James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
There’s plenty to recommend here, starting with the presence of narrator, commentator and too-occasional musical accompanist Dom Flemons, an old-time music encyclopedia and founding member of another genre-breaking entity, the sublime Carolina Chocolate Drops.
—Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 4 July 2023
That was back when Jones performed as a proto-techno-pop band whose sole accompanist was Jed Hoile, a trenchcoated mime-cum-dancer.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2022
The piano accompanist will be Peter Storms; the violinist is Yuriy Geyer.
—Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2023
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First Known Use
1768, in the meaning defined above
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accompanist
noun
ac·com·pa·nist
ə-ˈkəmp-(ə-)nəst
: a musician who plays an accompaniment
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