Bar Filipowicz is an electric and upright bass player, composer, and performer based in the  jazz scene of New York City. Born on August 15th, 2001, at only 25 years old, Bar has already achieved a great deal in his musical career. 

Bar began his musical journey playing classical guitar at the age of 8 before transitioning to the electric bass a year later. Though he had a teacher, Bar taught himself how to play the electric bass, primarily by studying the music of Jaco Pastorius. At 12 years old, Bar was awarded a full scholarship to study at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, where he developed his sound and deepened his understanding of jazz music. 

In 2018, at the age of 17, Bar began teaching himself how to play the upright bass and later on studied with Jerusalem based bassist Tal Gamlieli and quickly became a fixture in the jazz scene in Jerusalem. He performed at the Red Sea Jazz Festival and Jerusalem Jazz Festival before receiving a scholarship to study at the CJS program in Tel Aviv after graduating from high school in 2019. During his time there, he became a part of the Tel Aviv jazz scene and joined the Ron Minis Trio, with whom he has been traveling and touring the world since then. 

Bar has had the opportunity to perform at some of the most prestigious jazz festivals and venues around the world, including Coachella Music Festival, Austin City Limits, New Orleans jazz and heritage festival, smalls jazz club, SMOKE jazz club, the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, Jazz Ahead Jazz Festival in Germany, Nue Jazz Festival in Germany, Ronnie’s Scott in London, Jassmine in Poland and the legendary MPS Studios, to name a few. 

In 2022, Bar signed an endorsement agreement with the guitars and bass company B&G and in 2024 signed with La Bella strings, GruvGear and Aguilar amps. 

In 2024, Bar recorded bass for Noga Erez’s single “VANDALIST” co produced by Busta Rhymes under the record label Atlantic Records, followed by joining the touring band in all of North America.

Bar moved to New York in 2022  and has quickly become a part of the city's jazz scene. He has played and shared the stage with some of his heroes such as Reggie Workman, Billy Hart, Scott Robinson, Eric “ELEW” Lewis, Takuya Kuroda, Wayne Escoffery, Irwin Hall, Allison Miller, JD Allen, Noga Erez, Alessia Cara, Bela Fleck, Cory Henry, Emily Bear, Josh Harmon and more. Bar performs regularly as a sideman  and bandleader.

In 2025 Bar met the social media musician Josh Harmon and they started working together, Bar became the bass player of josh’s YOUTUBE Series “sounds good” where they play together and create with some of the best musicians alive such as pop star Alessia Cara, Pianist Cory Henry, Banjo player Bela Fleck, pop artists Jack Johnson and many more.

In 2023, Bass legend and NEA jazz master Reggie Workman has hired Bar to be his Official Sub and stand in for his own band’s shows. Bar has shared the stage with NEA jazz masters Billy Harper, Billy Hart and Reggie workman as part of major NYC jazz Festivals.

Currently based in Brooklyn, Bar is continuing to develop his unique sound and grow as an established prominent bassist in the jazz world. His dedication to his craft and his passion for music promise to lead him to even greater success in the years to come.