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 |
|---|---|
| Brent Rowan | — |
| Tim Drummond | — |
| Kenneth Buttrey | — |
| Craig Krampf | — |
| Scott Crago | — |
| Barney Kessel | — |
| Rick Marotta | — |
| Matt Clifford | — |
| Kenny Aaronson | — |
| Don Peake | — |
| Tony Mottola | studio musician |
| John Giblin | — |
| Steve Douglas | — |
| Dave Mattacks | — |
| Tommy Eyre | — |
| Aaron Sterling | — |
| Ralph Rolle | — |
| Lee Ritenour | — |
| Catherine Russell | — |
| Jim Price | — |
| Benny Benjamin | — |
| Richard "Pistol" Allen | — |
| Robert White | — |
| Eddie Willis | — |
| Nathan East | — |
| Greg Phillinganes | — |
| Joe Hunter | — |
| David Mansfield | — |
| Joe Messina | — |
| Darryl Phinnessee | — |
| Milton Sledge | — |
| Alan Parker | — |
| Joe Maphis | — |
| Romeo Penque | — |
| Jeff Huskins | — |
| Harvey Brooks | — |
| Caleb Quaye | — |
| Steve Gadd | — |
| Andy Newmark | — |
| Henry Spinetti | — |
| Tim Renwick | — |
| Chris Stainton | — |
| Dominic Miller | — |
| James Genus | — |
| Tony Burrows | — |
| Henry Lowther | — |
| Shawn Pelton | — |
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Keltner
surface form:
Jim Keltner
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| Robin Le Mesurier | — |
| Marty Rifkin | — |