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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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Five soloists boast multiple merry leaders: Josh Groban (four); Michael Bublé and Kimberley Locke (three each); and Jim Brickman and Meghan Trainor (two each).Gary Trust, Billboard, 13 Dec. 2024
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While some idols wait years to tour internationally as soloists or apart from their groups, Hwasa is seizing the opportunity early to prove that her appeal extends far beyond her home country.Jeff Benjamin, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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An organist and string trio accompanied classic hymns sung by 21 young voices from nearby Mount Olive Lutheran Church's Schola Cantorum children's choir.Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2024
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In reality, organist Al Kooper brought in the whistle.Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024
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As Callas glides from a conversation with her butler to an interview with an imaginary journalist to strained rehearsals with a patient pianist, the music of her past invades the narrative — sometimes in visually fantastical ways.Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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The great pianist, remember, became prime minister of Poland in January 1919.Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 23 Dec. 2024
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The whole thing was an exercise in virtuoso terraforming.Justin Davidson, Curbed, 3 July 2024
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Yet given his gifts (keyboard virtuoso, powerful soul voice, stellar dancer, able to craft a propulsive hook), why didn’t Billy Preston become a bigger star?Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
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Bard, molding an ensemble of hummers, resembles an imperious maestro.Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
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There were no film festivals in 1922 when German film maestro F.W. Murnau made his version, but in 1979, Werner Herzog premiered his take on Count Orlok’s nefarious designs in competition at Berlin and came away with a top prize.Steven Gaydos, Variety, 27 Nov. 2024
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Washington plays the trumpeter Bleek, a flashy, jazz-loving young man whose talent is always running neck and neck with his penchant for self-sabotage.Tim Grierson, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2024
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The tree made its first TV appearance on The Howdy Doody Show, and decorations went from cranberries and popcorn to red garland, white plastic globes, icicle lights and wiry white angel trumpeters.Kate Hogan, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Accompanist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accompanist. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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