Todd Neufeld was born on August 5th, 1981 in Huntington, NY.
At the age of twelve, after studies at the piano and trumpet, he began playing nylon string guitar
The music of Charlie Christian began Todd's interest in Jazz. During these teenage years Todd was studying
music privately as well as performing with various local and national ensembles.
In 1999 Todd attended New York University, where he studied both English Literature and Music. It was at
NYU that Todd began his study of classical composition and counterpoint.

Throughout these periods Todd has benefited greatly from the private teachings of
John Quara, Joe Giglio, Chris Jentsch, Vanderlei Pereira, Bruce Arnold, Tony Moreno and Jeff Slatnick.

Todd has performed and/or recorded as a member of the Lee Konitz Quartet,
the Masabumi Kikuchi TPT Trio, several Tyshawn Sorey ensembles, Gerald Cleaver’'s NiMbNl, the Dan Weiss Group,
the Samuel Blaser Quartet, the Michael Adkins Quintet as well as various bands with Michael Attias, Ohad Talmor, Russ Lossing,
Ben Gerstein, Thomas Morgan, Jacob Sacks and many others. He performs at various New York venues,
as well as at concert halls and clubs across Europe and Canada.
Aside from performing, he teaches guitar and music to students in the New York area.

Todd currently resides in Brooklyn, NY.