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Recent Examples of organist
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.
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Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2024
In reality, organist Al Kooper brought in the whistle.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024
These nocturnal artisans were assisted by the four organists of Notre Dame, each of whom was intimately acquainted with the unique character of the organ’s sound from years spent playing the instrument.
—Caroline Baum and Sérène Nourrison, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
Nationally renowned theater organist Mark Herman performs songs of the season.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 1 Dec. 2024
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Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2024
In reality, organist Al Kooper brought in the whistle.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024
These nocturnal artisans were assisted by the four organists of Notre Dame, each of whom was intimately acquainted with the unique character of the organ’s sound from years spent playing the instrument.
—Caroline Baum and Sérène Nourrison, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
Nationally renowned theater organist Mark Herman performs songs of the season.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 1 Dec. 2024
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The jazz pianist, who had a lifelong passion for playing music, discovered a vibrant community of skilled musicians who shared his enthusiasm for collaboration and pushing the boundaries of the genre.J.M. Banks, Kansas City Star, 11 Jan. 2025
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On November 14, 2024, French-Lebanese pianist and composer Omar Harfouch made history in the Vatican Apostolic Library, one of the most sacred repositories of human knowledge.Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
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The friend said that Moore’s brother-in-law is a musician, who has spent the past 20 years as a touring drummer.Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 10 Jan. 2025
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Perhaps that’s why Tango in the Night is the rare late ’80s blockbuster with a real human touch in its arrangements, at a time when other classic rock drummers and bassists were being sidelined in the studio by drum machines and synthesizers.Al Shipley, SPIN, 9 Jan. 2025
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One night in 1969, jazz trumpeter Al Hirt, who had opened a nightclub in Atlanta, coaxed Uecker up onstage.Chris Koseluk, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2025
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The immensely talented jazz-pop trumpeter has hit No. 1 on the Billboard jazz albums chart on multiple occasions and sold millions of records during a professional career that dates back to the mid-’80s.Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 26 Dec. 2024
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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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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
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The other snap with Swift features the same group of women and the Eras Tour keyboardist, Karina DePiano, all glammed up.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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The occasional supergroup has made a tradition of playing Phish after-parties—Medeski and Martin (the keyboardist and the drummer of the jazz-fusion band Medeski Martin & Wood), who have been linked with the jam band since 1995, channel the same psychedelic release in their own playing.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2024
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An elbow injury disrupted the career that Elaine Schmidt might have had as a high-level flutist.Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2025
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Anchoring the horn section is saxophonist/flutist Mitch Frohman, a founding member of the SHO who like Hernández established himself on New York’s Latin music scene during the heyday of salsa dura in the mid-‘70s.Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 17 Dec. 2024
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Shakti was not only an East-West fusion, but also, with its two percussionists, a fusion of North and South Indian rhythms.Jon Pareles, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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Coldplay was originally formed in London in 1997 with singer and pianist Martin guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman and drummer/percussionist Will Champion after meeting at University College London.Dory Jackson, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024
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Jimin has only released two albums as a soloist so far.Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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Ross Gershenson is the horn soloist for Concerto for Horn and Orchestra (2007), composed by the South Bay’s Lee Actor.Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025
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“Organist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/organist. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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