Robert Sabin

Dr. Robert Sabin is a double bassist, composer, author, and educator specializing in jazz and contemporary music. He has appeared alongside Oliver Lake, Jean-Michel Pilc, Dick Oatts, Donny McCaslin, Ingrid Jensen, John Riley, Louis Bonilla, Tony Moreno, Rich Perry, John Yao, Matt Panayides, John Schapiro, and Brian Lynch. He has presented workshops for the International Society for Music Education, International Society of Bassists, Association for Popular Music Education, University of Miami Frost School of Music, City College of New York, Rowan University, Drew University, Manhattan School of Music, and the Jazz Education Network as well as being featured in the Online Journal of Double Bass Research. Sabin’s Ph.D. dissertation “Gary Peacock: Analysis of Progressive Double Bass 1963-1965” was written while studying with Peacock and doing extensive research on the early 1960s New York City Avant-Garde. He is the author of Progressive Jazz Double Bass Repertoire, a compendium of over 300 bass lines, solos, melodies, and technical studies accessible for free via robertsabinbass.com. Sabin currently serves on the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music Precollege and Molloy University.