My name is Eli. I love making music with people and helping others realize their artistic vision. I work mostly as a bassist, producer, and mixer but sometimes music direct live shows and play other instruments as well. These days I’m based primarily out of Los Angeles and occasionally Brooklyn. 

I grew up in Western Massachusetts and then attended Oberlin College and Conservatory in Ohio, completing bachelor’s degrees in jazz bass performance and Africana studies and playing regularly in the Cleveland gospel and R&B scenes. After college, I lived in Boston, Massachusetts for a few years as a master’s student at the Berklee Global Jazz Institute followed by some time in New York. During this period, I was fortunate enough to meet and study with many of my musical heroes including John Patitucci, Terri Lyn Carrington, Danilo Perez, and Linda Oh, and collaborate with incredible musicians from around the world.

Over the years I have performed and recorded with artists such as Charles Neville, Kenny Werner, Luciana Souza, Christian Sands, and Zack Villere, and traveled to venues across the Americas and Europe including Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, The Calgary Jazz Festival, The Dominican Republic Jazz Festival, Jazz Campus Basel, and the Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville Arkansas.