Francois Rabbath

François Rabbath (born 1931 in Aleppo, Syria) is a contemporary French double-bass player, soloist, and composer. He was born into a Syrian family of musicians but his only instruction came from a book written by a Parisian bassist Edouard Nanny. In 1955 he went to Paris, hoping to meet Nanny, who had died before he arrived, but he continued to study, and in 1964 recorded for the first time. In 1977 Rabbath began a collaboration with American composer Frank Proto. Proto has written five major works for double bass and orchestra especially for Rabbath who has premiered and recorded all. He is a virtuoso player, and he has inspired a large cadre of bassists from disparate musical genres and continues to travel the world as a soloist and clinician.

Links To Peel
Peel was a fan of Rabbath's first LP, The Sound Of A Bass, which had avant-garde jazz and free improvisation. After Peel's death, a copy of the album was found in his Record Collection: R.

Shows Played
1968
 * 24 July 1968: Ode D'Espagne (LP - The Sound of a Bass) Philips