session player

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And he ended up working with Paul McCartney — not only on Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album in 1982, but later as a session player in McCartney's 1984 film, "Give My Regards to Broad Street."

From Salon • Oct. 28, 2020

After paying his dues as a sideman and session player, Rebennack released his first solo recording, the guitar-and-sax instrumental “Storm Warning,” in 1959.

From Slate • Jun. 7, 2019

He wound up as a session player, backing up other stars in the music studio.

From Washington Post • Aug. 8, 2017

That’s a decade after this singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist — who died Sunday at age 74 — moved to Los Angeles from his native Oklahoma and quickly established himself as a go-to session player.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2016

Chamberlain, 48, is a session player paid by the project, a below-the-radar rock star who often shows up only in the liner notes.

From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2016