1.   He liked to tell interviewers that the musicians he hired were generally not big-name soloists but sidemen who were excellent readers and who worked especially well in sections.

2.   If they were forced to hire four musicians, they threatened, they would pay walkers and use the synthesizer anyway.

3.   Its musicians are hired on a concert-by-concert basis.

4.   She hires excellent musicians, including former Atlantan Russell Malone, whose guitar work is animated by sly mutations of familiar forms.

5.   More and more churches are sponsoring concerts, hiring musicians for Sunday services and even placing some artists on staff.

6.   Off to one side, with a can of beer in his hand, was the man who had hired the musicians.