Definition of sideman in English:
sideman
nounPlural sidemen ˈsʌɪdmənˈsaɪdmæn
A supporting musician in a jazz band or rock group.
Example sentencesExamples
- One of the things that's interesting to me is that you seem to be able to balance careers as both a sideman and as a leader of your own band.
- A favourite sideman of Charles Mingus in the early 1960s, Ervin went on to form one of contemporary jazz's great quartets and recorded a series of seminal albums including The Freedom Book and The Space Book.
- Do you think you could ever be a sideman in someone else's band?
- Bassist Dave Young's credentials are many, as a sideman with some of the world's greatest jazz artists, and as a leader.
- Duke Ellington brought an elegance to jazz composition that earned the respect of classical musicians, as well as the sidemen in his own band.