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Recent Examples of pianist
Thurman created Tibet House US in 1986 alongside his wife, Buddhist actor Richard Gere and Buddhist pianist Philip Glass, at the Dalai Lama's request.
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Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
Outside of school, Sophie is an accomplished pianist with 12 years of experience.
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Garfield Hylton,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 June 2026
The pianist Víkingur Ólafsson played the aria from Bach’s Goldberg Variations, nodding to the fact that Gehry was born Ephraim Goldberg, in Canada.
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Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
Brand became a professional musician in 1949 at age 15, performing as a vocalist and later as a pianist with local big bands.
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Britannica Editors,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
15 June 2026
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Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
Outside of school, Sophie is an accomplished pianist with 12 years of experience.
—
Garfield Hylton,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 June 2026
The pianist Víkingur Ólafsson played the aria from Bach’s Goldberg Variations, nodding to the fact that Gehry was born Ephraim Goldberg, in Canada.
—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
Brand became a professional musician in 1949 at age 15, performing as a vocalist and later as a pianist with local big bands.
—
Britannica Editors,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
15 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pianist
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He is lured by the sound of music down a Montmartre street to Nicholas de Lenfent (Joseph Potter), an old friend from his village who has grown up to be a talented violinist and rakish twink.
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Ray McMillian is a talented Black classical violinist who defies systemic racism and his family’s discouragement to achieve musical success.
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The upbeat song in which Jagger envisions the end of the world also features Winwood on piano and organ, Watt on synths and background vocals, saxophonist James King, and trumpeter Ron Blake.
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Some 40 minutes later, Earth, Wind & Fire saxophonist Dino Soldo returned to address the audience and thanked the audience for their patience.
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Fleetwood Mac originated as a British blues band seven years before Nicks and her boyfriend, guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, joined the group, which already had a phenomenal female vocalist — the sublime Christine Perfect McVie.
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That tune was fronted by Five Finger Death Punch, and the cut credits Kenny Wayne Shepherd, who originally released the song back in 1998, as well as Brantley Gilbert and the Queen guitarist.
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Mihalka profiles several of baseball’s most prominent ballpark organists, including Gladys Goodding, who worked the keys and pedals for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1942 to 1957, and Nancy Faust, who was the organist for the Chicago White Sox from 1970 to 2010.
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That’s because longtime White Sox organist Nancy Faust played it first.
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The flutist Denis Bouriakov and the bassoonist Whitney Crockett applied pinpoint dexterity to Paganini and Rossini, respectively.
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Monette Marino, guitarist Joe Amato, bassist Harley Magsino, drummer Mike Holguin and saxophonist, flutist and harmonica player Tripp Sprague.
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The core group now augments itself with the bass clarinetist Madison Greenstone, trombonist Weston Olencki, and, for the first time in the band’s history, vocals.
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The singular jazz ensemble The Curhachestra is led by a trombonist, backed by lap steel guitar, electric bass and drums.
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Bassist Dominic DiGesu and drummer Max Bassin make up a top-notch rhythm section, while guitarist Emily Green constantly solos, sometimes doubling Winter’s playing, other times providing melodic riffs.
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Joined by collaborators old—Portishead’s Adrian Utley, Shahzad Ismaily—and new—Nick Hakim, the Smile drummer Tom Skinner—Orton knits an infinity scarf of wicker-weir folk, jazzy ambiance, and blue-eyed soul.
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The program includes the church ensemble, harpist Destiny Muhammad’s trio, and a North-meets-South Indo-jazz trio with Carnatic saxophonist Prasant Radhakrishnan and percussionist Sameer Gupta (who founded RootStock Arts).
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Though a genre-fluid affair, the Blue Note fest also features some of the most adventurous pacesetters in modern jazz, among them the flautist Shabaka, the London septet Kokoroko, the trumpeter Chief Adjuah, and the harpist Brandee Younger.
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