Jason Sypher is a multifaceted bassist who has had a varied career as an interpreter of folk styles and jazz, a restless creative force on the bass who can bow on the instrument like a fiddler, pluck like an old time banjo or just drive a tune into bedrock. Originally studying jazz in San Francisco and Oregon, he moved to New Orleans and immersed himself in blues, cajun, jazz and zydeco creating his style and sound up from the streets to the clubs. Within a few years he was recording and performing with legends Irma Thomas, Clifton Chenier Jr., Little Freddie King, Kermit Ruffins and Clarence Gatemouth Brown. He has lived in the mountains of North Carolina and on the canals of Amsterdam absorbing the music wherever he travels. He performed and recorded with Leon Redbone, Howard Fishman, Mike Compton, I Draw Slow, Susan McKeown and The Sweetback Sisters. He toured twice with the well-known Irish supergroup Lunasa who introduced him to Japan. In the fall of 2014 he began playing with multiple Grammy winning singer/instrumentalist Rhiannon Giddens. Over the past several years he has anchored the many iterations of Rhiannon’s musical endeavors from large electric bands to intimate acoustic trios. He resides in New York City and Japan where he continues to be an in-demand session player and performer.