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Recent Examples of accompanist
The crowd roared with every pitch and kept their water bottles to themselves, a worthy accompanist to a team flirting with greatness.
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Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
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.
—Brett Sokol, New York Times, 15 Aug. 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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Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
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.
—Brett Sokol, New York Times, 15 Aug. 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
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Geffen Hall Nicola Benedetti is the soloist in Wynton Marsalis’s Violin Concerto on a program with a new work by Caroline Mallonee and Stravinsky’s Petrushka, conducted by David Robertson.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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Jagger is new to the summit on those rosters — at least as a soloist — but Bowie is not.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The teacher, recitalist, and accompanist won first place in the Union League Civic & Arts Foundation’s 2009 classical piano competition.—
Myrna Petlicki,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Sep. 2025
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Monday Summer Organ Festival: The 37th annual San Diego International Summer Organ Festival, running Mondays through Sept. 1, continues next week with Not-So-Silent Movie Night, featuring organist Russ Peck accompanying the films of Laurel and Hardy.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Aug. 2025
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Saxophonist Jerry Weldon joins guitarist Ted Ludwig, Hammond B3 organist Pat Bianchi and percussionist Steve Pruitt at Birdies Cabaret Theater & Lounge, 301 Main St., North Little Rock.—
Eric E. Harrison,
Arkansas Online,
16 Aug. 2025
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The former artistic director of the organization's jazz programming, composer and pianist Jason Moran, departed in July after joining the Kennedy Center in 2011.—
Anastasia Tsioulcas,
NPR,
11 Sep. 2025
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The pianist’s choice of instrument also matters.—
Anna Haines,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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MetLiveArts, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s performing arts series, will kick off its 2025-2026 season tomorrow night with a program featuring pipa virtuoso Wu Man.—
Jane Levere,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Jorge Luis Pacheco takes the Break room stage Saturday, Sept. 27, at 7 p.m. Hailing from Havana, Cuba, Pacheco is a virtuoso pianist, singer, composer, percussionist and arranger.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
24 Aug. 2025
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Depending on your passions, Cookson can also bring aboard a dive maestro with full kit, specialist naturalist guides, yoga instructors or professional photographers to discreetly capture the voyage in cinematic detail.—
Rachel Ingram,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Hedges became a punchline at the plate, but a maestro behind it.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
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Daring composer Jlin also collaborates with violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain and percussive dancer Leonardo Sandoval.—
Sheila Regan,
Twin Cities,
7 Sep. 2025
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Blending lyrical sensuality and emotional force, Primavera tells the story of Cecilia, a gifted young violinist raised in an orphanage in 18th-century Venice, whose world is turned upside down by her encounter with Antonio Vivaldi.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
7 Sep. 2025
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The Windy City Ramblers — led by the bouncy trumpeter Mario Abney and, sometimes, his two pint-size kids — would then process into Pritzker Pavilion.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
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While playing theatres across the country, Carson had worked with a young trumpeter named Doc Severinsen, who had been hired as an NBC studio musician at twenty-two and played lead in Henderson’s orchestra when Allen’s show first aired.—
Chris Almeida,
New Yorker,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Accompanist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accompanist. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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