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This is a list of session musicians — professional musicians who perform in individual sessions rather than being a permanent member of an ensemble. The list covers ...
A session musician (also known as studio musician or backing musician) is a musician hired to perform in a recording session or a live performance. The term sideman is also used in the case of live performances, such as accompanying a recording artist on a tour. Session musicians are usually not permanent or official members of a musical ...
James Lee Jamerson (January 29, 1936 – August 2, 1983) [1] [a] was an American bassist.He was the uncredited bassist on most of the Motown Records hits in the 1960s and early 1970s (Motown did not list session musician credits on their releases until 1971), and is now regarded as one of the greatest and most influential bass players in modern music history.
A. Don Abney; Arthur Adams (singer) Alex Feather Akimov; Tariqh Akoni; Don Alias; Davie Allan; Richard Allen (drummer) Jerry Allison; Duane Allman; Santiago Almeida
Take these 20 famous figures who are secretly musicians, for example. The folks on this list have all had highly successful careers as actors, authors, politicians, athletes, directors, and people ...
Lists of songs by session musician (1 C, 1 P) Sound-alike musical groups (7 P) Pages in category "Session musicians"
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Williams became a popular session guitarist, playing on albums by the Pointer Sisters (1980), Peter Allen (1980), Aretha Franklin (1980) and the Four Tops (1981). In 1982, he was used once again on Michael Jackson 's Thriller album, where his signature funky strumming and a minimalist solo famously anchor " Billie Jean ".