Sentence examples for upright player from inspiring English sources

That home was all but cleared at 2 30 p.m. Thursday, except for the out-of-tune upright player piano.

No one's ever told me that women shouldn't play the bass". Pianist John Wood, who frequently enlists Wheeler to play with his trios, thinks the reason Wheeler is in such demand is due more to her musical skills than the novelty of being a woman upright player.

The cities and counties introducing these programs have an obligation to be careful that they enlist upright players, and the courts that will validate the bond issues have an obligation to be meticulous.

Kayhan Kalhor, an Iranian kemanche (upright fiddle) player, collaborated with a Turkish musician, Erdal Erzincan, who plays baglama, a long-necked, bouzouki-like lute; they improvised a songful dialogue of melodies apparently shared by Persian and Turkish tradition, with Mr. Kalhor sometimes switching from bow to pizzicato to join with the picking of the baglama.

In retirement, Abbott wrote a novel, The Upright Piano Player (2010), which was greatly admired.

She is an upright, physical player, actively engaged with her music and projecting it with strength.

In a new commercial, Ms. Gasteyer appears in a clingy red sequin dress and is accompanied by an upright bass player and drummer.

"He was an upright bass player," says Tufts, "and I was a drummer so… there was just this crazy chemistry we had the first time we played together".

Al Cardillo, a Mineola upright bass player, said he started a Sunday jazz brunch at the Papa-Razzi restaurant in Westbury in 1996.

With the Patriots valiantly fighting to stay upright amid player injuries, Mangini played down the importance of the Jets' and Patriots' coming encounter.

His walking line on "Prayer for Peace" suggested the heft and swing of an upright acoustic player, while his solos were guitarlike, blistering excursions.