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
By the third song, Sit Down, Stand Up, they're flexing their musical muscles, with an extended outro of percussive lunacy, aided by US session musician Chris Vatalaro.
From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025
With the Band’s demise, Hudson settled into a consistent life as a session musician, appearing on records by Poco, Van Morrison, the Call, Camper Van Beethoven, Mary Gauthier and many others.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 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
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