Conrad Korsch

Conrad Korsch is a New York City based acoustic and electric bassist/multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, and educator. Born and raised in Philadelphia until age 22, he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Jazz Bass Performance from Temple University, where he attended on scholarship and graduated Magna Cum Laude and with other honors. As bassist with Rod Stewart, Carly Simon, Andrea Bocelli, Bette Midler, Clay Aiken, Deborah Gibson, the Broadway show Swing!...

Conrad Korsch is a New York City based acoustic and electric bassist/multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, and educator. Born and raised in Philadelphia until age 22, he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Jazz Bass Performance from Temple University, where he attended on scholarship and graduated Magna Cum Laude and with other honors. As bassist with Rod Stewart, Carly Simon, Andrea Bocelli, Bette Midler, Clay Aiken, Deborah Gibson, the Broadway show Swing!, the annual Jerry Lewis/MDA Telethon's New York house band, and as a substitute in the Saturday Night Live house band, Conrad has appeared on nearly every broadcast TV show which features live music. He can also be seen in several major motion pictures and DVDs, and has been featured in BASS PLAYER, BASS GUITAR, GIG and NEW YORK magazines, the book "The Working Bassist: What You Really Need To Know To Survive In New York City", and various online interviews.

Having worked with such world class producers as Steven Epstein (on the Grammy nominated "Swing!" Broadway Cast Album), Richard Perry, John Leventhal, Billy Mann, and David Torn, he has acquired a long list of recording credits including Carole King, Rod Stewart, Joan Osborne, Marc Cohn, Madeleine Peyroux, and Gavin DeGraw. A versatile "doubler" on acoustic and electric bass, his performance credits range from Lincoln Center's "Brazilfest" to David Krakauer's "Klezmer Madness", jazz vocal group Manhattan Transfer to singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash, and Tony Award winning Broadway shows to Motown's The Fifth Dimension. Through his "Scrumptious Music" production company, he has engineered recordings for various artists, composed and produced music for Jingles/Film/Internet, and released his own singer-songwriter album "Live Love Leave" which intimately showcases not only his abilites on vocals and a variety of musical instruments, but also his poetic lyrics and often atypical string quartet arrangements. When not touring with Rod Stewart or others, he can be found most Friday evenings playing in the "Birdland Big Band", an exciting and modern group named after the legendary NYC jazz club where they perform.

He has taught for the University of the Arts, Swarthmore College, NYC Bass Collective, Sam Ash Music Institute (Manhattan), and NARAS' "Grammy in the Schools" program, and is a member of Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL..