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Noun
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In the classical music business, the pianist Yuja Wang is one of the few safe bets.—
Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025 -
Blumberg worked with Tilbury, for instance, for around two weeks, sitting in the garden shed where the pianist keeps his Steinway, with Blumberg recording as Tilbury scribbled notes on a stave and played fragments of song.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
24 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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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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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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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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Wanda Holloway, a 36-year-old devoted mother of two who served as an organist at the local Missionary Baptist Church, was charged with conspiring to kill the mother of her 14-year-old daughter’s cheerleading rival.—
Christine Pelisek,
People.com,
15 Dec. 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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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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John Mayer, a relative Dead novice at the time, took on the difficult role of fronting Dead & Company alongside guitarist Bob Weir, drummers Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann, bassist Oteil Burbridge, and keyboardist Jeff Chimenti.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
4 Dec. 2024
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Dead & Company is comprised of original Grateful Dead members Bob Weir and Mickey Hart, in tandem with guitarist John Mayer, bassist Oteil Burbridge and keyboardist Jeff Chimenti.—
SPIN Staff,
SPIN,
4 Dec. 2024
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