Shahzad Ismaily (born 20 June 1972 in Pennsylvania) is an American multi-instrumentalist, known mainly as a bass guitar player, and record producer.

In 2012, he played banjo and electric guitar while appearing in Ragnar Kjartansson's installation film The Visitors.

[2] In 2019, he released the album Dreams of Sleep and Wakes of Sound in collaboration with Laraaji and Merz.

[5] He also contributed to Aftab's albums Vulture Prince and Night Reign, released in 2021 and 2024 respectively.

[7] With Arooj Aftab and Vijay Iyer With Arooj Aftab With Jolie Holland With Mike Doughty With Ceramic Dog With Secret Chiefs 3 With Cosa Brava With Yasmine Hamdan With Corin Curschellas With Susanna Wallumrød With Laura Veirs With Cass McCombs With Josephine Foster With Moses Sumney With the Plastic Ono Band With Sam Amidon With Ólöf Arnalds With Sean Hayes With Aram Bajakian With Death in Vegas With Bonnie "Prince" Billy With Eyvind Kang With Owen Pallett With Feist With Laurie Anderson With Nick Mulvey With Tomberlin With Anna von Hausswolff With Damien Rice With Maya Hawke With Cassandra Jenkins