Shahzad Ismaily (born 20 June 1972 in

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...

) is an American multi-instrumentalist, known mainly as a bass guitar player, and record producer. He is a member of

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's trio Ceramic Dog since its formation in 2006. He also plays with

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and

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. He is of Pakistani origin. In 2009, he composed music for the documentary film '' William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe''. In 2012, he played banjo and electric guitar while appearing in Ragnar Kjartansson's installation film '' The Visitors.'' He was invited to join the otherwise all Icelandic cast by then-partner Gyða Valtýsdóttir. In 2019, he released the album ''Dreams of Sleep and Wakes of Sound'' in collaboration with

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and Merz. He is featured in the 2021

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concert film '' Shadow Kingdom: The Early Songs of Bob Dylan''. His 2023 album '' Love in Exile'', made in collaboration with

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and Vijay Iyer, was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Jazz Album. He also contributed to Aftab's albums '' Vulture Prince'' and '' Night Reign'', released in 2021 and 2024 respectively. As a producer, he worked with Jolie Holland on her 2008 album '' The Living and the Dead''. He also produced one song from '' The Following Mountain'' by

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. In 2022, he produced several songs from

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's '' Heartmind'' album.

Discography (partial)

Shahzad Ismaily has played on almost 400 records. With

and Vijay Iyer * '' Love in Exile'' (2023) With

* '' Vulture Prince'' (2021) * '' Night Reign'' (2024) With Jolie Holland * '' The Living and the Dead'' (2008) With Mike Doughty * '' Haughty Melodic'' (2005) With Ceramic Dog * '' Party Intellectuals'' (2008) * '' Your Turn'' (2013) * '' YRU Still Here?'' (2018) * ''What I Did on My Long Vacation'' (2020) * ''Hope'' (2021) * ''Connection'' (2023) With

* '' Book of Horizons'' (2004) * '' Xaphan: Book of Angels Volume 9'' (2008) * '' Le Mani Destre Recise Degli Ultimi Uomini'' (2009) * '' Satellite Supersonic Vol. 1'' (2010) * '' Book of Souls: Folio A'' (2013) * ''

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'' (2014) With

* '' The Letter'' (2012) * '' Z Sides'' (2024) With Yasmine Hamdan * '' Al Jamilat'' (2017) With Corin Curschellas * ''Grischunit'' (2008) With Susanna Wallumrød * ''

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'' (2012) With

Laura Veirs Laura Pauline Veirs (born October 24, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter based in Portland, Oregon. She is known for her folk and alternative country records and live performances as well as her collaboration with Neko Case and k.d. lang o ...

* ''

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'' (2022) With

* '' Heartmind'' (2022) With

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* '' Faithful Fairy Harmony'' (2018) With Moses Sumney * '' Græ'' (2020) With the

Plastic Ono Band The Plastic Ono Band was a rock band and Fluxus-based artist collective''John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band'' book by Yoko Ono and John Lennon, published by Thames & Hudson Ltd, October 2020, pp. 17-19 formed by John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1968-9 fo ...

* '' Between My Head and the Sky'' (2009) * '' Take Me to the Land of Hell'' (2013) With

* '' I See the Sign'' (2010) * '' Bright Sunny South'' (2013) * '' Lily-O'' (2014) * '' The Following Mountain'' (2017) With Ólöf Arnalds * '' Innundir skinni'' (2010) With Sean Hayes * '' Flowering Spade'' (2007) With Aram Bajakian * '' There Were Flowers Also in Hell'' (2014) With Death in Vegas * '' Trans-Love Energies'' (2011) With

Bonnie "Prince" Billy Joseph Will Oldham (born January 15, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. From 1993 to 1997, he performed and recorded in collaboration with dozens of other musicians under variations of Palace (Palace, Palace Brothers, Palace Son ...

* '' Lie Down in the Light'' (2008) * '' The Wonder Show of the World'' (2010) * '' Wolfroy Goes to Town'' (2011) With

Eyvind Kang Eyvindur Y. Kang (born 23 June 1971) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist. His primary instrument is viola, but has also performed on violin, tuba, keyboard instruments, keyboards and others. In addition to his solo work, Kang has w ...

* '' The Yelm Sessions'' (2007) * '' Alastor: Book of Angels Volume 21'' (2014) With

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* '' A Swedish Love Story EP'' (2010) With Feist * '' Multitudes'' (2023) With

Laurie Anderson Laura Phillips "Laurie" Anderson (born June 5, 1947) is an American avant-garde artist, musician and filmmaker whose work encompasses performance art, pop music, and multimedia projects. Initially trained in violin and sculpting,Amirkhanian, Cha ...

* ''

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'' (2010) With Nick Mulvey * '' First Mind'' (2014) With Tomberlin * '' I Don't Know Who Needs to Hear This...'' (2022) With Anna von Hausswolff * '' Dead Magic'' (2018) With

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* '' My Favourite Faded Fantasy'' (2014) With

Maya Hawke Maya Ray Thurman Hawke (born July 8, 1998) is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of Hollywood actors Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman. She began her career in modeling, and subsequently made her screen debut as Jo March in ...

* '' Chaos Angel'' (2024) With Cassandra Jenkins * '' My Light, My Destroyer'' (2024)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ismaily, Shahzad 1972 births Living people 21st-century American bass guitarists American bass guitarists American jazz multi-instrumentalists American keyboardists American record producers Music arrangers Boxhead Ensemble members Musicians from Pennsylvania