Bunbury continues as Couse's frequent musical collaborator and live accompanist. Rowles was praised as an accompanist by female singers. In his teens, Leinsdorf worked as a piano accompanist for singers. The second act is musical, performed with a piano accompanist. He worked at the Graz Opera as an accompanist and conductor. James Cleveland appears as a featured singer and a piano accompanist. He signed for Decca Records, not as a conductor but as a piano accompanist. It is a dramatic interpretation requiring a skilled (male) vocalist and equally skilled accompanist. Alfred studied violin at Holyrood, Edinburgh, where his accompanist was Hungarian expatriate George Lichtenstein. He was a frequent accompanist of sitar player Ravi Shankar. Memphis Slim was given almost equal credit on the album as Dixon's piano accompanist. In 1961 Bacharach discovered singer Dionne Warwick while she was a session accompanist. As a singer, with Wood as her accompanist, she won praise from the critics. She and accompanist Michael Savona toured Canada extensively. Kaye performed with Sylvia as his accompanist.