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Billy Mohler

Born: February 22, 1975

Billy Mohler is an exploratory jazz bassist who has also amassed wide-ranging credits in the pop world as a GRAMMY-nominated writer, producer, multi-instrumentalist and session player, working with Dolly Parton, Macy Gray, Lady Gaga, Nile Rogers, Sia, Awolnation, Mavis Staples, Kelly Clarkson, Steven Tyler, Jon Brion and a host of others.

A graduate of Berklee College of Music, Mohler attended the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz as one of only five students, studying with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and other luminaries. His 2019 debut Focus, hailed by Nextbop.com as “an incredibly free, unconstrained and inventive record filled with exciting twists and turns and constant detours,” marked the auspicious start of his quartet featuring tenor saxophonist Chris Speed and Kneebody members Shane Endsley (trumpet) and Mohler’s childhood friend Nate Wood (drums). The group has followed up with its 2022 sophomore release Anatomy, a sonically inventive effort that highlights the players’ loose, raw, indeterminate chemistry as well as Mohler’s rough-hewn, insistently rhythmic compositions.

The Eternal

By Billy Mohler

Label: Contagious Music
Released: 2025
Track listing: Those Who Know; Reflection; Eternal 1; Hawk Wind ; Adaptation; Eternal 2; Destroyer, Sooner; Eternal 3; No Age; Eternal 4; Tsunami; Eternal 5.

Steve Lehman, Nels Cline, Satoko Fujii & Hobbs/Shanko

by Maurice Hogue
March 24, 2025

It's not easy to find a more accomplished figure in creative music than Anthony Braxton. Alto saxophonist Steve Lehman knows that, and he honours his one-time mentor with a bristling new live album, The Music Of Anthony Braxton, destined for 2025 best-of lists. This recording is a reminder of Lehman's fearlessness. There are other excellent new ...

Billy Mohler: Emotions and Groove

by Vincenzo Roggero
March 18, 2025

Billy Mohler, a bassist with diverse musical experiences, is becoming an increasingly prominent presence in the ever-evolving and vibrant Los Angeles jazz scene. With the release of his latest album and an upcoming European tour, we took the opportunity to discuss various aspects of his artistic journey. All About Jazz: Let's start with The ...

Billy Mohler: Emozioni e Groove

by Vincenzo Roggero
March 10, 2025

Billy Mohler, contrabbassista dalle diversificate frequentazioni musicali, sta diventando una presenza sempre più importante nella scena sempre più in fermento di Los Angeles. Abbiamo approfittato dell'uscita del suo ultimo album e dell'imminente tour europeo con numerose date italiane (incluse nel calendario in calce all'articolo), per approfondire vari aspetti del suo percorso artistico. All About ...

Billy Mohler: The Eternal

by Vincenzo Roggero
March 10, 2025

Tre splendidi album (Focus! del 2019, Anatomy del 2022, e Ultraviolet del 2024) registrati con lo stesso quartetto--e che quartetto (il leader al contrabbasso, Nate Wood alla batteria, Chris Speed ai sassofoni, Shane Endsley alla tromba)--avevano portato alla ribalta il nome di Billy Mohler ben oltre i confini del mondo del pop/rock dove, con il gruppo ...

Chicago Edge Ensemble, The Exu, Laihonen/Innanen & Don Paul

by Maurice Hogue
February 11, 2025

This episode is a great example of the wide range of improvised music, ranging from the free jazz of the new European trio, The Exu, the Finnish pair of drummer Simo Laihonen and saxophonist Mikko Innanen and the Chicago Edge Ensemble, to solo piano by Joachim Kuhn, to NY underground legend Booker T (Not the Booker ...

Emiliano D'Auria, Billy Mohler, Sun-Mi Hong, New Jazz Underground

by Ludovico Granvassu
February 7, 2025

From the poetry of Anthony Joseph to the storytelling in music of Emiliano D'Auria, enjoy a set characterized by music with a strong narrative quality.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 New Jazz Underground “oney one's one" cook/swing/work/relax (Self-produced) 0:16 Host talks 5:13 Anthony Joseph ...

Zakir Hussain, Billy Mohler & Random Pickin’s

by Maurice Hogue
January 20, 2025

This is the second 3-hour holiday joint with music selected from newer releases back to some archival stuff and lots in between. Sampled new releases include music from bassist Billy Mohler and a new quartet featuring guitarist Jeff Parker, Italy's BSDE 4Tet, Finnish pianist Joona Toivanen's trio, and some archival music from Minneapolis/Los Angeles bassist and ...

Flight

By Alex Sadnik

Label: Big Ego
Released: 2024
Track listing: Donna Lee; Parker's Mood; Bird of Paradise; Yardbird Suite; Red Cross; Segment/Diverse.