session player

Example Sentences

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He bought a Moog machine for himself and soon was applying his earlier music training to this new instrument, becoming an electronic-music producer and session player.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

McClain grew up studying classical music and began playing guitar as a teenager; he got his start in the music industry as a session player for the likes of Lionel Richie and Gladys Knight.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Mr. Smith also became a regular session player at J&M, the recording studio owned by Cosimo Matassa, where the sound of classic New Orleans R&B was forged.

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2023

It was very frustrating because I wasn’t there to just play on something like a metronome or a session player.

From Washington Post • Dec. 10, 2020

And he ended up working with Paul McCartney — not only on Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album in 1982, but later as a session player in McCartney's 1984 film, "Give My Regards to Broad Street."

From Salon • Oct. 28, 2020