Todd Sickafoose

Todd Sickafoose
At Reykjavik Jazz Festival 2015 Photo: Hreinn Gudlaugsson
Background information
Born	1974 San Francisco, California, U.S.
Genres	Jazz, avant-garde jazz, folk, rock
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Bass
Years active	1990s–present
Labels	Cryptogramophone
Associated acts	Ani DiFranco, Scott Amendola, Allison Miller
Website	www.toddsickafoose.com

Todd Sickafoose is an American jazz and rock bassist, composer, and producer from San Francisco, California.

He is best known for playing bass with Ani DiFranco but has also led his own group, Todd Sickafoose's Tiny Resistors.

Sickafoose has been a member of the bands of Jenny Scheinman, Scott Amendola, Adam Levy, [Allison Miller, and Noe Venable. He has performed and recorded with Don Byron, Trey Anastasio, Nels Cline, Ron Miles, Myra Melford, Skerik, Stanton Moore, Bobby Previte, Will Bernard, Jessica Lurie, Erin McKeown, Gina Leishman, Carla Bozulich, Etienne de Rocher, James Carney, Erik Deutsch, Shane Endsley, Tony Furtado, Darol Anger,Andrew Bird, Art Hirahara and John Zorn.

At the age of 13 Sickafoose began playing double bass after seeing Edgar Meyer perform. He later studied with Charlie Haden and then with Mel Powell at California Institute of the Arts. He moved to Brooklyn, New York's vibrant music scene, joining many musical friends that were residing there. Sickafoose began playing with Ani DiFranco after opening for her on tour in 2002 and 2004.