Joshua Abrams (musician)

Joshua Abrams is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist.

While living in Philadelphia in the late 1980s, Abrams was a member of Square Roots, a street music group that eventually developed into The Roots. He moved to Chicago and became active in the jazz scene there, playing as a bassist with Tortoise, Town and Country, Hamid Drake, and Matana Roberts. He was a member of Mike Reed's Loose Assembly and Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble. In 2003, he played bass on Godspeed You! Black Emperor's album Yanqui U.X.O.. He has worked as a studio musician on recordings made in Chicago, such as Jandek's Chicago Wednesday and albums from Chicago musical artists Joan of Arc, David Grubbs, and Sam Prekop.

Joshua Abrams is the leader of the band Natural Information Society.

As a film composer, Abrams has scored music for seven feature length films including the award-winning Life Itself, The Interrupters and The Trials of Muhammad Ali.