Contrabass Conversations

Contrabass Conversations

double bass podcast

1078: The Legacy of Francois Rabbath, from Cincinnati 1978–95 to the World!

Join Barry Green, Frank Proto, Debbie Taylor and special guest Maggie Cox at their Bass Club Cincinnati live event honoring Francois Rabbath. This episode includes Zoom tributes from Gary Karr, Paul Ellison, Hal Robinson, Dennis Trembly, Patrick Neher, Johnny Hamil, and many more.

This episode also includes live performances from:

  • Renaud Garcia-Fons
  • Sandor Ostlund
  • Tracy Rowell
  • Etienne Lafrance
  • Nina DeCesare
  • Hans Sturm
  • Ted Botsford
  • Nicholas Walker

Check out the entire livestream of this event on YouTube here.

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CBC 31: Rabbath interview 3 plus Andrew Anderson and Matthew Weiner music

This week we are wrapping up our interview with double bass virtuoso François Rabbath. You can hear the previous sections of this interview on episode 16 and episode 22 of the podcast.

We will also be featuring in interesting new twist in Contrabass Conversations interviews today—the Lyric Opera’s Andy Anderson (a regular collaborator on the podcast) will be discussing one piece in depth and offering practice advice and tips. This week we will be discussing the first movement of Mozart’s Symphony No. 40, which we will be doing after the conclusion of our Rabbath interview.

Today we will also be hearing tracks from “At the Uke Shack #1”, featuring Seattle bassist Matt Weiner as well as Del Rey on ukulele. You’ll hear “Clockin’ the Vic” right after we conclude our conversation with Rabbath as well as a few tunes at the end of the program. Enjoy!