Christopher Dean Sullivan is a critically acclaimed, New York State Multiple Congressional, Senate, Assembly Merit, County, and Municipal Arts Award recipient, and a highly versed bassist of many musical styles and genres: Jazz, Funk, Reggae, Latin, Fusion, Caribbean, Indian, African and Eurocentric perceptions, and more. Christopher is well traveled throughout the US, the Caribbean Islands and Europe. He has shared the stage and/or recorded with Stanley Jordan, Archie Shepp, Charli Persip, Yusef Lateef, Najee, Billy Hart, Eddie Henderson, Sonny Fortune, Jon Faddis, Irene Reed, and Freddie Hubbard, just to name a few. He leads his own ensembles within the U.S. and abroad. He continues to perform and record with his own projects, while maintaining his CDS PARADIGM podcast.