Jeremy Bass is a guitarist, songwriter, and poet based in Woodstock, NY. His poems and songs have won numerous awards, including the John Lennon Award for Best Jazz Song and the UK Songwriting Contest Mozart Award. His poems and reviews have appeared in The Nation, New England Review, Los Angeles Review of Books, and many other journals. He is the recipient of scholarships to the Bread Loaf and Sewanee Writers' Conferences, as well as the Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Prize. Since 2006 he has been the bandleader and Music Director for the OBIE award-winning The Secret City.
"... his ability to paint pictures with words and music is simply superb, and he takes the listener on journeys that are elegant, deep and seemingly endless."
Rust Magazine
"... Bass creates the music that you not only desire, but that becomes what you need."
This is Book's Music
"His vocal harmonies are soothing and his music is reminiscent of the calm mood of Tom Waits. His use of instruments […] shows the talent of this young musician and what he wants to bring to the world."
Magnet Magazine
"[Bass] bursts out of the gate with clever poetry, witty imagery, and engaging guitar work... ”
Atwood Magazine