session musician
C16471
concept
A session musician is a professional instrumentalist or vocalist hired to perform in recording sessions or live performances without being a permanent member of the band or ensemble.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| session musician canonical | 140 |
| studio musician | 4 |
| session guitarist | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: session musician
Generated description
A session musician is a professional instrumentalist or vocalist hired to perform in recording sessions or live performances without being a permanent member of the band or ensemble.
Instances (145)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Bucky Barrett | — |
| Arnold McCuller | — |
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Jerry Lee Smoochy Smith
surface form:
Jerry Lee "Smoochy" Smith
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| Paul Griffin | — |
| Matt Chamberlain | — |
| Leon Russell | — |
| Jim Keltner | — |
| Madeline Bell | — |
| Jim Gilstrap | — |
| David Spinozza | — |
| Michael Brecker | — |
| Lee Pardini | — |
| Carol Kenyon | — |
| Hugh McCracken | — |
| Larry Carlton | — |
| Tommy Cogbill | — |
| Venetta Fields | — |
| Keith John | — |
| Pino Palladino | — |
| Roger Hawkins | — |
| Harvey Mason Sr. | — |
| Curt Bisquera | — |
| Steve Ferrone | — |
| Richard Tee | studio musician |
| Will Lee | — |
| Ray Cooper | — |
| David T. Walker | — |
| Guthrie Govan | — |
| Pat Thrall | — |
| Elliot Randall | — |
| Lee Sklar | — |
| Josh Freese | — |
| Karl Brazil | — |
| Nicky Hopkins | — |
| Herbie Flowers | — |
| Alan Rubin | — |
| Grant Geissman | studio musician |
| Carl Radle | — |
| Ralph Schuckett | — |
| Chris Spedding | — |
| Norbert Putnam | — |
| Charlie McCoy | — |
| Kenny Buttrey | — |
| Lenny Castro | — |
| Julia Waters | — |
| Jenee Fleenor | — |
| Taras Prodaniuk | — |
| Tommy Funderburk | — |
| Skip Edwards | — |
| Greg Leisz | — |