Ted Kooshian

{{short description|American jazz musician}}

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Ted Kooshian (born October 8, 1961) is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, and composer who has performed with Aretha Franklin, Chuck Berry,{{cite web | last = Collar | first = Matt | title = Ted Kooshian Biography | publisher = AllMusic.com | url = {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p457887|pure_url=yes}} }} Marvin Hamlisch, Edgar Winter, Sarah Brightman,[http://www.early-sarah-brightman.com/alw_1995_tour.htm ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821112853/http://www.early-sarah-brightman.com/alw_1995_tour.htm |date=August 21, 2008 }} Il Divo, and Blood, Sweat, and Tears. Kooshian has played in many Broadway pit orchestras,{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=406791 |title=Ted Kooshian | IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information |publisher=IBDB.com |date= |access-date=2015-05-18}} and has been a member of the Ed Palermo Big Band{{cite web|url=http://www.palermobigband.com/band_members.htm |title=Band Members |publisher=Palermobigband.com |date= |access-date=2015-05-18}} since 1994. Originally from San Jose, California, Kooshian has been performing since the 1980s.

He has released five albums: Clockwork (2004),{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0016HZ5KG |title=Clockwork: Ted Kooshian: MP3 Downloads |website=Amazon |date= |access-date=2015-05-18}} Ted Kooshian's Standard Orbit Quartet (Summit, 2008),{{cite web|url=http://www.Summitrecords.com/product.tmpl?SKU=507 |title=Ted Kooshian's Standard Orbit Quartet – Ted Kooshian |publisher=Smmitrecords.com |access-date=2015-05-18}} Underdog, and Other Stories... (Summit, 2009),{{cite web|url=http://www.Summitrecords.com/product.tmpl?SKU=547 |title=Underdog, and other Stories… – Ted Kooshian's Standard Orbit Quartet |publisher=Smmitrecords.com |access-date=2015-05-18}} Clowns Will Be Arriving (Summit, 2015),{{cite web|url=http://www.summitrecords.com/release/clowns-will-be-arriving-ted-kooshian/ |title=Clowns Will Be Arriving – Ted Kooshian |publisher=Summitrecords.com |date= |access-date=2015-05-18}} and Hubub! (Summit, 2022).