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The basics
Quick facts
Intro
American bassist
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
16 March 1956
The details
Biography
Robert Black is an East Coast-based double bassist, electric bassist, improvisor and educator.
A student of Gary Karr, Black has performed with the Hartford Symphony, the Ciompi and Miami String Quartets and the orchestras of the Monadock and Moab Festivals. He is a founding member of the Bang on a Can All-Stars. As a solo and chamber musician, Black has collaborated with and commissioned artists as diverse as John Cage, Evan Ziporyn, Julia Wolfe, Michael Gordon, David Lang, Meridith Monk, DJ Spooky amidst a slew of others.
Black lives in Hartford, Connecticut and is currently on the faculty of the Hartt School and the Manhattan School of Music.