EHUD ETTUN — Bassist & Composer
www.ehudettun.com · ehudettun@gmail.com

SHORT BIO
Ehud Ettun is an Israeli-born bassist and composer known for his melodic, expressive approach to the upright bass. Blending jazz tradition with modern lyricism, he has earned international recognition for redefining the possibilities of the double bass — as a deeply vocal, versatile storytelling force. He has performed at major venues including the Blue Note in New York and the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., and is the founder and artistic director of Internal Compass Music, an accredited music college and jazz hub in Mitzpe Ramon, Israel.

FULL BIO
Ehud Ettun is an Israeli-born bassist and composer known for his melodic, expressive approach to the upright bass. Blending jazz tradition with modern lyricism, he has earned international recognition for redefining the possibilities of the double bass — as a deeply vocal, versatile storytelling force.

His sound is rooted in the spirit of players like Giovanni Bottesini, Charles Mingus, Charlie Haden and Ray Brown, yet unmistakably his own. Ettun's music draws influences from classical music, traditional Jewish and Israeli music, and from artists such as Chick Corea, Carla Bley and Brad Mehldau — all filtered through his distinct voice as a bassist and composer.

Ettun has performed at major venues including the Blue Note in New York and the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., and has toured internationally with stops in Boston, Toronto, Berlin, Warsaw, Tokyo and Seoul. As a sideman he has performed and recorded with artists such as Kenny Werner, Anat Cohen and George Garzone.

He is the founder and artistic director of Internal Compass Music, an accredited music college and jazz hub based in Mitzpe Ramon, Israel.

PRESS
"Ettun can conjure the deep soulfulness of Charlie Haden." — The Boston Globe

DISCOGRAPHY
Knights of Silence — The Yabuno Ettun Project (2024)
Deep in the Mountains — Ehud Ettun (2019)
Collage of Moments — Yabuno / Jancuric / Ettun (2016)
Raw Gestures — Ehud Ettun Trio (2014)
BiPolar — The Yabuno Ettun Project (2014)
Heading North — Ehud Ettun (2012)

LINKS
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6FYO4my0MZxbXJGuwXILWH
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EhudEttun
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ehudettun
Internal Compass Music: https://www.internalcompassmusic.com
