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Recent Examples of organist
While Hudson had joined the lineup as an organist, his responsibilities grew with the group’s sound to include the keyboard, accordion, woodwinds, and brass.
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Justin Curto, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2025
The cathedral’s thunderous organ, its 8,000-pipes painstakingly restored and cleaned of toxic dust, will also respond to the archbishop’s invocation, with four organists playing a variety of melodies.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 7 Dec. 2024
His kids loved the music and light show, but the organist often didn’t work on weekdays.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Dec. 2024
He’ll be flanked in the Chrome Hearts by guitarist Micah Nelson, organist Spooner Oldham, bassist Corey McCormick and drummer Anthony LoGergo.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 3 Jan. 2025
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Justin Curto, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2025
The cathedral’s thunderous organ, its 8,000-pipes painstakingly restored and cleaned of toxic dust, will also respond to the archbishop’s invocation, with four organists playing a variety of melodies.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 7 Dec. 2024
His kids loved the music and light show, but the organist often didn’t work on weekdays.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Dec. 2024
He’ll be flanked in the Chrome Hearts by guitarist Micah Nelson, organist Spooner Oldham, bassist Corey McCormick and drummer Anthony LoGergo.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for organist
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The Wicked star, an accomplished jazz pianist with three albums to his name, played As Time Goes By in tribute to stars including David Lynch and Maggie Smith.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
16 Feb. 2025
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At 18, Brandes organized a concert in Cologne for jazz pianist Keith Jarrett.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
12 Feb. 2025
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Check out Primus’ new drummer announcement on Instagram here.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
8 Feb. 2025
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Ireland’s Inhaler put their hand up for that slot over a decade ago when vocalist-guitarist Elijah (Eli) Hewson, guitarist Josh Jenkinson, bassist Rob Keating, and drummer Ryan McMahon joined forces during their school days.—
Lily Moayeri,
SPIN,
7 Feb. 2025
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Other honorees included jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval, who played God Bless America at a State Department ceremony on Saturday night.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
8 Dec. 2024
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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 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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Sonically, it’s dominated by new keyboardist Teeny Lieberson, who’s obviously a huge Depeche Mode fan.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
7 Feb. 2025
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They will be joined by Joe Russo on drums, keyboardist Reese Wynans, drummer Isaac Eady and special guest Chuck Leavell on piano at this spring’s shows.—
Dave Brooks,
Billboard,
6 Feb. 2025
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Building on her long-running septet, the New York City flutist and composer started setting poetry to music.—
Andrew Gilbert,
The Mercury News,
21 Jan. 2025
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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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During the trip, the orchestra will partner with the renowned Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble of San Francisco in a series of workshops led by Grammy award-winning percussionist and bandleader Javier Cabanillas.—
Cyril A. Reinicke,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
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The legendary percussionist and singer received her first and — up until this year — only Grammy nominations way back in 1985 (including one for Best New Artist) but went home empty-handed that night.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
3 Feb. 2025
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The two-hour event launched in 2019, and this year included amenities such as face-painting, an Asian indoor market, singing by soloist Wen Gi from Gurnee, the traditional Lion Dance plus performance art by the Soaring Eagle Kung Fu group of Palatine in a lower-level courtyard.—
Karie Angell Luc,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
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Two other soloists from the K-pop industry have scored more than a pair of placements on the pop radio roster.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Organist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/organist. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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