Dr. Robert Sabin is a double bassist, composer, author, and educator specializing in jazz and contemporary music. He has appeared alongside such artists as Oliver Lake, Jean-Michel Pilc, Dick Oatts, Donny McCaslin, Ingrid Jensen, Louis Bonilla, Tony Moreno, Rich Perry, John Yao, Matt Panayides, and Brian Lynch.
Sabin’s compositions and arrangements are featured on his latest release, Humanity Part II, featuring Jeremy Noller, Jesse Lewis, Aaron Irwin, Jason Rigby, Matt Holman, Dan Urness, Chris Komer, John Yao, and Ben Stapp.
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 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, Manhattan School of Music, and the Jazz Education Network as well as being featured in the Online Journal of Double Bass Research.
Sabin is the author of Jazz Double Bass Repertoire, a compendium of over 200 bass lines, solos, melodies, and technical studies accessible for free via this website. He is currently working on a two-volume set of rhythmic analysis and studies due out in 2023.
Sabin currently serves on the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music Precollege and Molloy College.