She interrupted the cocktail pianist to ask him to play a little ditty written in her honor by a local admirer.

A cocktail pianist and aspiring author of crime novels, Jack Hanaway is an affable charmer with a mean streak that pops out when he's performing.

Mr. Buchholz did not sing, nor did he pound out "The Rockies may tumble, Gibraltar may crumble" with a cocktail pianist's usual vengeance.

To support herself, she worked as a cocktail pianist, and built a reputation as a pop singer.

"Luz e Norte," compiled for practical use by Spanish dance ensembles, presents the music in a sketchy manner, much the way fake books do today for cocktail pianists.

Often, his piano parts are not appreciably more interesting than, say, the improvised playing of a tasteful, jazz-trained cocktail pianist.

IF Pete Malinverni were slightly more explicit about the melodies he plays on the piano, he might be accused of being a cocktail pianist.

Mr. Camilo plays with a cocktail pianist's soul and a jazz musician's technique.

Some observers dismissed Garland as a "cocktail" pianist.

Here, Dublin's elite nibble finger sandwiches, pastries and scones with thick jam and cream, and listen to a cocktail pianist.