Billy Mohler is a boundary-pushing jazz bassist and composer whose adventurous spirit has also fueled a GRAMMY-nominated career as a songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and session player. His work bridges genres and generations, collaborating with icons and innovators alike—including Ringo Starr, Lee Scratch Perry, Dolly Parton, Lady Gaga, Nile Rodgers, Macy Gray, Sia, AWOLNATION (Diamond-certified 13x Platinum), Mavis Staples, Kelly Clarkson, Linda Perry, Steven Tyler, Katy Perry, Kacey Musgraves, Little Big Town, Jon Brion and many others.

A Berklee College of Music graduate and alumnus of the prestigious Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz—where he studied under legends such as Herbie Hancock, Barry Harris, Clark Terry, Christian McBride and Terence Blanchard—Mohler approaches every project with fearless creativity and deep musicality.

In 2019, Mohler introduced his own vision as a bandleader with Focus, the debut of the Billy Mohler Quartet featuring Chris Speed (tenor saxophone), Shane Endsley (trumpet, Kneebody), and Nate Wood (drums). Subsequent releases—Anatomy (2022), Ultraviolet (2023), and The Eternal (2024)—earned critical acclaim for their raw chemistry, rhythmic urgency, and textural innovation, with praise from leading jazz outlets including DownBeat and JazzTimes.

In 2025, the quartet completed its first headlining European tour, performing at premier venues such as Italy’s Ferrara Jazz Club and Amsterdam’s legendary Bimhuis. Mohler has also appeared at major U.S. stages including the Angel City Jazz Festival and LACMA’s celebrated summer concert series. That same year, he was named a Rising Star Bassist in DownBeat’s Critics Poll and profiled in the magazine’s January feature “Open Vision.”

Beyond jazz, Mohler has built a reputation for genre-defying collaborations, from the Jimmy Chamberlin Complex to Black Friday TRiO (with Chris Speed), and past projects with Billy Corgan (The Smashing Pumpkins), Rob Dickinson (Catherine Wheel), and Bill Medley of the Righteous Brothers—his godfather.

An avid skateboarder, Mohler served as musical director for Tony Hawk’s Boom Boom HuckJam arena tour and has recorded with a wide range of artists including Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Alison Krauss, Pat Benatar, Miranda Lambert, Elle King, Thomas Raggi (Maneskin), Tom Morello, Chad Smith, The Airborne Toxic Event, and Liz Phair. His work also extends to scoring national campaigns for Swarovski, Finlandia Vodka, and CSX Trains, as well as scoring the John Krasinksi movie Brief Interviews with Hideous Men.