JOHN MURCHISON (Bass) is a Brooklyn-based multi-instrumentalist and producer, known for spanning the worlds of jazz and avant-garde, pop and theater, and music from the Middle East and Africa.  Some past theater works include Great Comet (Ars Nova->Broadway), "In The Green" (LCT3), "Oratorio For Living Things" (Ars Nova), We Live In Cairo (NYTW).  He is one of the most in-demand bassists for traditional Arabic music in the United States, and cofounder of Brooklyn Maqam, an organization dedicated to presenting and promoting Arabic music around NYC.