Ethan Philion

Ethan Philion is an award-winning bassist, composer, and bandleader based in Chicago. A graduate of Oberlin Conservatory and DePaul University, Philion has performed with Rufus Reid, Greg Ward, Dana Hall, Mark Feldman, Russ Johnson, Howard Levy, Gary Bartz, Alfonso Ponticelli, Ernest Dawkins, Geof Bradfield, Brian Settles, Tim Green, Alyssa Allgood, Paul Marinaro, and more. 
Philion won the International Society of Bassists Jazz Competition (2019) and was selected to Chicago's Luminarts Jazz Fellowship (2020). That year he was also honored as one of The Year Of Chicago Music Featured Artists. In March of 2015 Philion was selected to take part in Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead Residency at the Kennedy Center.