Elam Friedlander is a Jazz double bassist and composer. Originally from Israel, Elam is currently living and working in New York City. Elam graduated from the New school for Jazz and Contemporary music, and has had the opportunity to play and perform with  distinguished artists such as Abraham Burton, Eric McPherson, David Bryant, Duane Eubanks, Jason Palmer, Joel Ross, Nasheet Waits, Will Sellenraad, Chris Beck, David Virelles, Donald Edwards, Mike DiRubbo, George Coleman Jr.,  Jonathan Voltzok, Yuval Cohen, Spike Wilner, Anthony Pinciotti, Ben Solomon, Don Hahn, Tom Oren and others. Elam has performed internationally in Bern, Berlin, Belgrade, Paris, Marseille, Vienna, Lublijana, Klagenfurt, Rostov, Zagreb, Krakow, Prague, Vigo and other places. Elam has performed at the Red Sea Jazz Festival twice with the Yuval Cohen Sextet and the JT and the magnificent soul big band, as well as at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Marseille Jazz festival, Bern Jazz Festival, Tel Aviv Jazz festival, Smalls Jazz club, Mezzrow, Duc des Lombards, Cangas Jazz Festival and others. Elam has had the opportunity to record as a sideman with such artists as Eric McPherson, Will Sellenraad, Omer Leshem, Tom Oren, Hillai Govreen and many others. His debut album as a leader “Sound-Elements” (scheduled to be released 2024) features legendary musicians Abraham Burton, Eric McPherson and Luis Perdomo.