Ted Kooshian

Ted Kooshian (born October 8, 1961) is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, and composer who has performed with Aretha Franklin, Chuck Berry,^[1] Marvin Hamlisch, Edgar Winter, Sarah Brightman,^[2] Il Divo, and Blood, Sweat, and Tears.^[1] Kooshian has played in many Broadway pit orchestras,^[3] and has been a member of the Ed Palermo Big Band^[4] since 1994. Originally from San Jose, California, Kooshian has been performing since the 1980s.

Ted Kooshian outside Bargemusic in Brooklyn, New York (26 June 2008)

He has released five albums: Clockwork (2004),^[5] Ted Kooshian's Standard Orbit Quartet (Summit, 2008),^[6] Underdog, and Other Stories... (Summit, 2009),^[7] Clowns Will Be Arriving (Summit, 2015),^[8] and Hubub! (Summit, 2022).

Discography

• Clockwork (2004)
• Ted Kooshian's Standard Orbit Quartet (Summit, 2008)
• Underdog, and Other Stories... (Summit, 2009)
• Clowns Will Be Arriving (Summit, 2015)
• Hubub! (Summit, 2022)

With Ed Palermo Big Band

• Plays the Music of Frank Zappa
• Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance
• Eddy Loves Frank
• Oh No! Not Jazz!!
• Electric Butter
• It's An Ed Palermo Christmas!
• One Child Left Behind
• The Great Un-American Songbook, Vol's 1 and 2
• The Adventures Of Zodd Zundgren
• A Lousy Day In Harlem
• The Great Un-American Songbook, Vol III
• I've Got News For You: The Music of Edgar Winter
• PROG vs FUSION: a War of the Ages

With Judy Barnett

• Swingin
• The Road to my Heart
• Too Darn Hot
• Lust Loss Love

With Rick Wald

• Aural Hieroglyphics
• Castaneda's Dreams
• Play That Thing

With Scott Whitfield

• Speaking of Love
• A Bi-Coastal Christmas, Vol. 1

With others

• Andrew Atwill – Short Stories Vol 1 & 2
• Augie Haas – A 2020 Christmas
• Brett Gold New York Jazz Orchestra – Dreaming Big
• Michael Andrew – A Swingerhead Christmas
• Pete McGuinness – Voice Like a Horn
• Swear and Shake – Maple Ridge
• Art Lillard's Heavenly Big Band – Certain Relationships
• Christopher Saunders – Curtain Call
• Alexis P. Suter Band – Just Another Fool
• Ray Marchica – A Different View