Ben Sidran (born 1943, Chicago) is an American jazz pianist.
He may be best-known for having written the Steve Miller hit song "The Joker." The composer is also a jazz keyboardist of wide renown (both on piano and Hammond B3 organ), as well as a record producer and writer, among his many pursuits.
Born in Chicago and reared in Racine, Wisconsin, Sidran was earning money as a pianist at fraternity parties in Madison, Wisconsin, even before he enrolled in the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1961. There he became a member of band The Ardells, along with Miller and Boz Scaggs.
When Miller and Scaggs left Wisconsin for the West Coast and stardom, Sidran stayed behind to earn a degree in English literature. After his 1966 graduation, he proceeded to the University of Sussex, England, to pursue a master's degree in American Studies.
Sidran rejoined Miller in an English recording studio the next year, playing on the album "Children of the Future." While in England, he was a session musician for artists that included Eric Clapton and the Rolling Stones In this concert he has performed mostly his greatest hits.
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