Todd Coolman is a jazz bassist residing near New York City. Since moving to New York in 1978, he has performed with Horace Silver, Gerry Mulligan, Art Farmer, Lionel Hampton and Benny Goodman. Coolman recently recorded “Lexicon”. In 1999, Coolman won the Grammy Award for Best Album Notes for Miles Davis Quintet 1965-1968.
Todd Coolman is currently Professor of Music and Director of the Jazz Studies Program in the Conservatory of Music at Purchase College. Coolman received his Ph.D. in philosophy from New York University. He is currently married to Darla, also a musician and lives in NJ.