session musician
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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After a top-flight career as a session musician, Preston’s star ascends ever higher after his January 1969 collaboration with The Beatles.
From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026
Eventually, he decided to try his luck in America where, "after six months of doing almost nothing", he became an in-demand session musician and programmer.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025
Mr. Barrett was already well known around Jamaica as a session musician when, in 1969, Mr. Marley asked him and his brother, Carlton, a drummer, to join the Wailers as the band’s rhythm section.
From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2024
Beloved New Orleans session musician backed Little Richard and others and recorded his party favorites like “Rockin’ Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu.”
From Seattle Times • Dec. 31, 2023
While Inscore wrote and produced his own music — he released a solo album as B.R.A.M. in 2009 — he found his widest success as a pop producer, session musician and songwriter.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2023
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