session player
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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
He left the city for the first time to attend Indiana University’s renowned conservatory program, already an active session player at Stax.
From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2019
After paying his dues as a sideman and session player, Rebennack released his first solo recording, the guitar-and-sax instrumental “Storm Warning,” in 1959.
From Slate • Jun. 7, 2019
He wound up as a session player, backing up other stars in the music studio.
From Washington Post • Aug. 8, 2017
That’s a decade after this singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist — who died Sunday at age 74 — moved to Los Angeles from his native Oklahoma and quickly established himself as a go-to session player.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2016
