abstract:A sideman is a professional musician who is hired to perform or record with a group of which he or she is not a regular member. They often tour with solo acts as well as bands and jazz ensembles.
The second album, Vivir (1997), enjoyed global sales of more than five million discs and launchedhisfirstworld tour, backed by sidemen for Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, and Billy Joel.
Highly dynamic 28-year-old drummer Eric Harland joins the group as one of the most demanded sidemen today, and frequently gigs with Dave Holland as well.
Hines is playing more piano than most bandleaders, but he's also giving his sidemen plenty of room to shine, particularly saxophonist and arranger Budd Johnson, who first appears in the band's reed section in 1937, and would continue to work on and off with Hines for the rest of Hines's life (Johnson died a year after Hines, in 1984).