accompanists

Call some professional pianists "accompanists," and they may bristle as if you've just asked them to play "Chopsticks."

NPR Topics: News 2010

Call some professional pianists "accompanists," and they may bristle as if you've just asked them to play "Chopsticks."

NPR Topics: News 2010

Call some professional pianists "accompanists," and they may bristle as if you've just asked them to play "Chopsticks."

NPR Topics: News 2010

Call some professional pianists "accompanists," and they may bristle as if you've just asked them to play "Chopsticks."

NPR Topics: News 2010

He's not grouchy to the performers, like some accompanists, and he doesn't try to impress a show's musical director by embellishing a piece and overshadowing the person who's auditioning.

Didn't Get That Role? Don't Blame the Piano Player Joanne Kaufman 2011

My thanks to his two stalwart accompanists, and to my various friends who guarded the doors and kept waiters and dishwashers at bay.

Michal Shapiro: Grandfather, Grandson, Grandmasters (Video) Michal Shapiro 2011

There are only a precious few top-drawer vocal accompanists out there, but what pianist Fred Hersch achieves with singers is even more rarified: He's their perfect partner.

Virtuosos in Solos, Duos and Trios Will Friedwald 2011

My thanks to his two stalwart accompanists, and to my various friends who guarded the doors and kept waiters and dishwashers at bay.

Michal Shapiro: Grandfather, Grandson, Grandmasters (Video) Michal Shapiro 2011

It's a little misleading, however, to call the drummers "accompanists."

In concert: U. Shrinivas at Millennium Stage 2011

Like Waller and Waters, her record sessions are populated with the best players of her time, and such ace accompanists as John Allred (trombone), Howard Johnson (tuba) and guitar virtuoso Matt Munisteri all pause for the cause on her outstanding 2010 "Inside This Heart of Mine."

Friends, Sisters, Countrymen Will Friedwald 2011