The Sidewinder is a 1964 album by the jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan, recorded at the Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, U.S.

The title track is perhaps Morgan's best-known composition; it would go on to become a jazz standard,[6] and was additionally released as a single,[7] reaching number 81 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1965.

[9] Record producer Michael Cuscuna recalls the unexpected success: "the company issued only 4,000 copies upon release.

[14] This approach is said to be most noticeable on Morgan's immediate follow-up albums, including The Rumproller,[15] The Gigolo[16] and Cornbread.

[19] In 2024, the album was selected to the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, and/or aesthetically significant".