Robert Black is an East Coast-based double bassist, electric bassist, improvisor and educator. A student of the legendary 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. 

March 16th, 1956 in   /  Died:   Jun 22nd, 2023 - cancer, aged 67