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Recent Examples of organist
He’s learned over the years there are nuances to being a sports organist that many traditional musicians don’t know.
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Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025
The console, where the organist sits at the keyboards, is typically all the audience can see.
—Heather Kathryn Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
His father was a church organist who taught in Lutheran elementary schools, and Marty attended a Lutheran prep school.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
Her father, Laron, worked as a draftsman for the Veterans Administration, and her mother, Irene, was a church organist.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2025
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Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025
The console, where the organist sits at the keyboards, is typically all the audience can see.
—Heather Kathryn Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
His father was a church organist who taught in Lutheran elementary schools, and Marty attended a Lutheran prep school.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
Her father, Laron, worked as a draftsman for the Veterans Administration, and her mother, Irene, was a church organist.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for organist
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Jazz influences: Herbie Hancock, Kamasi Washington, Norah Jones, Keith Jarrett Ashley Henry With Henry, a vocalist/pianist/band leader primarily pounding away on the keys at the piano, this masterful album mostly carries the feel of a traditional jazz ensemble.—
Steve Baltin,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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The late pianist Nicky Hopkins, record producer Thom Bell and bassist Carole Kaye will get posthumous Musical Excellence Awards.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2025
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Together with bass player Zeta Bosio and drummer Charly Alberti, Cerati proved from the onset that his band’s regal melodies and Spanish wordplay were just as seductive as the polished radio hits in English that dominated the airwaves.—
Ernesto Lechner,
Rolling Stone,
3 May 2025
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Cain, who served as guitarist as well as MD, didn’t have to go far in his Rolodex to find a first-rank group of musicians, most of whom he’s played with for two decades or more, including keyboard player Jen Gunderman, drummer Chris Kimmerer, fiddle player Melissa Barrison and bassist Rob Cureton.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
3 May 2025
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Don’t miss: Local trumpeter/singer/Treme star/barbecue master Kermit Ruffins doing a tribute to Louis Armstrong.—
Dan Reilly,
Vulture,
9 Apr. 2025
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Local trumpeter Keyon Harrold returns as MATI’s artist-in-residence, while Pedrito Martinez joins as the artist-at-large, performing across multiple sets.—
Marc Schneider,
Billboard,
15 Apr. 2025
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Anoushka’s accompanist that night was Zakir Hussain, one of the world’s foremost tabla drum players.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Mar. 2025
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The series is organized by McDaniel, a veteran Broadway music director and accompanist who also oversees the Cabaret & Performance conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
4 Dec. 2024
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Accompanied by Foo Fighters bandmate keyboardist Rami Jaffee, as well as Studio 606 engineer and drummer John Lousteau and Birds of Satan bassist Wiley Hodgden, the quartet had some help from a few of their famous friends as well.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
29 Apr. 2025
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Producer-songwriter Thom Bell, keyboardist Nicky Hopkins and bassist Carol Kaye will be honored for their musical excellence — Kaye was part of thousands of studio sessions.—
Christie D’Zurilla,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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My son swayed gently between my legs, still wearing last night’s jammies, azure eyes trained on the flutist’s quivering embouchure.—
Ashlea Halpern,
AFAR Media,
30 Apr. 2025
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Many of those songs and others are in the musical (a booklet in the Playbill introduces each one, with illustrations by the flutist Hery Paz), along with most of those musicians and singers.—
Elisabeth Vincentelli,
New York Times,
20 Mar. 2025
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Barba sent a recording of that machine’s sound to the jazz percussionist Chad Taylor, a frequent collaborator, and asked him to drum along with it for the soundtrack.—
Mustafah Abdulaziz,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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Zappa’s Mothers at the time of the performance included drummer Chester Thompson, keyboardist George Duke, guitarist Jeff Simmons, saxophonist Napoleon Murphy Brock, bassist Tom Fowler, and percussionist Ruth Underwood, who also contributed her memories of the June 1974 show to the liner notes.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
25 Apr. 2025
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The finale marks a global celebration for a journey that began in February in Seoul and spanned 31 concerts across 15 regions — including a historic headlining show at Los Angeles’ BMO Stadium that made J-Hope the first Korean male soloist to headline a stadium in North America.—
Jeff Benjamin,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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The piano soloist will be Dr. Roland El Ghazal, who joined the Symphonette a few years ago.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Organist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/organist. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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