Neither man is a particularly good singer or top-level musician (though Mr. Frishberg is no slouch as a jazz pianist).
Mr. Corea, nearing 60, is at the very top level of performing jazz musicians, although he is sometimes taken for granted by jazz fans who remember how deeply he got into fusion in the 70's and 80's and assume he never came out the other side.
Recordings of Jackson are backed by singers and musicians on the top level of a two-tiered stage.
Musicians play on the top level and carnival celebrants jump around the vehicle as it cuts through the throngs.
What's troubling about the settlement of the musicians' strike is that the top level of Broadway entertainment and artistry, the brand-name level, has been subject to a watering down that may eventually inform the expectations of an audience.
The ballet's musicians (Gayle Dixon, Sandra Billingslea, Crystal Garner, Christopher Finckel, Donald Eaton and Samir Chatterjee) sit on the top level of a two-tier set.
The top level, east side.
"Jiang wants him at the top level".
He is still at a top level.
"No one auditions at the top level.
"It starts with the top level.
