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session musician

British  

noun

  1. a studio musician, esp one who works freelance

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Frustrated, Jones called up session musician Lee Ritenour for help.

From BBC Nov. 4, 2024

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

Freese, 50, is a veteran session musician who has played drums for the likes of Nine Inch Nails, Sting, Weezer and other major artists.

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2023

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