session player
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His Brooklyn studio, Figure 8, remains an affordable and inclusive hub for experimental musicians, even as Ismaily becomes a marquee session player.
From New York Times • Jun. 27, 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
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’s freelanced as a session player for pop stars such as John Mayer.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2016