Grammy Award-winning bassist Todd Coolman is among the most sought-after musicians on the New York music scene today. Since moving to New York in 1978, he has performed and/or recorded with a virtual "Who's who" of jazz artists, including Horace Silver, Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan, Benny Golson, Ahmad Jamal, Art Farmer, Jay Jay Johnson, The Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, and numerous others. Coolman enjoyed a 25-year stint with the James Moody Quartet. Todd continues to freelance in and around New York City with an array of highly accomplished artists on today's jazz scene, as well as leading his own small groups on occasion. Collectibles on Sunnyside Records is Todd's fourth CD as a leader. Todd has also authored two books, The Bass Tradition and The Bottom Line.

Prior to his retirement from academia, Dr. Coolman held faculty positions in the jazz studies programs at SUNY Purchase College and the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. After joining the faculty of the Skidmore Jazz Institute in 1998, he directed the Institute from 2011-2018, subsequently returned to the faculty, and remains active there today. He has recently formulated his own private studio of bass students, focusing on children ages 9 through 16.

In whatever spare time he can carve out of his busy schedule, Todd enjoys fly fishing, bird watching, hiking, and generally communing with the Natural World.