Matt Clohesy, Australian bassist left his hometown of Melbourne for the USA in 2001. Based in New York City, he has since gained much recognition as an acoustic and electric bassist worldwide. Predominantly known as a jazz musician, Matt can also be heard in various pop, rock, broadway and film/TV soundtrack settings.

He has been called upon to tour and/or record with such notable band leaders as Seamus Blake, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Geoffrey Keezer, Ingrid Jensen, David Kikoski, Kevin Hays, Donny McCaslin, Tom Scott, Joel Frahm, Eric Alexander, Diego Urcola, Oz Noy, David Weiss, JD Allen, Jon Gordon, David Schnitter, Brad Shepik, Maria Schneider and the John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble.

Clohesy is regularly involved with Grammy Nominated and Downbeat award winning composer Darcy James Argue's Secret Society and can be heard often with the Chris Bergson Band. He continues to work with many of his peer's groups including Lage Lund, Mike Moreno, Jonathan Kreisberg, Will Vinson, Kendrick Scott, John Ellis, Jo Lawry, Gretchen Parlato and the Alan Ferber Nonet.

Prior to moving to New York, Matt received a Bachelor of Music at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne and worked with Australian artists including Dale Barlow, Mike Nock, Joe Chindamo, Paul Grabowsky, Barney McAll, Vince Jones and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.