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Thomason, Barbara

Session violist who was plenty busy in the ‘70s and ‘80s as a studio musician, especially with Earth, Wind & Fire.  Barbara appears on no less than five EWF albums, starting with 1976’s Spirit right up through 2005’s The Essential Earth, Wind & Fire.

Her string backing has graced solo albums by Stanley Clarke and George Duke, as well as The Clarke/Duke Project, Vol. 1.

Other artists with whom she has recorded include David Ackles, Terence Boylan, Peggy Lee, Lee Oskar, Greg Phillinganes, Dianne Reeves, Patrice Rushen, and Frank Sinatra.

She performs here…

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