Thank you to everyone who has left a comment, shared and liked the video. It was such a special project for Discover Double Bass and we are thrilled to help spread the word about this legendary artist and teacher. The 2nd part is due out soon on our channel, so be sure to subscribe for updates! 😀
@rubengreenberg22537 ай бұрын
I don't play the double-bass, but I appreciated every second of this interview! I have composed for the double-bass, however, and thanks to this lesson, I will do so differently; better, I hope.
@curbowman3 ай бұрын
I started clapping enthusiastically after his demonstration of creating music while practicing. How can a mundane exercise sound so beautiful?
@DiscoverDoubleBass3 ай бұрын
That's so cool! I'm glad you enjoyed it :-)
@USETrio Жыл бұрын
30 minute interview about the double bass. Doesn't say a single note name. Badass!
@sethile Жыл бұрын
Wow! That was an astounding interview!! He has an infectious love of the instrument. I'm going to blow the dust off of my early edition of his book.
@nadinemarinavellan1468 Жыл бұрын
J’ai un profond respect pour cet homme. Un parcours de vie étonnant. Un contrebassiste génial doté d’une grande humilité et générosité. Merci
@rubengreenberg22537 ай бұрын
There was a series of interviews with this remarkable man on the French National Classical music radio station France-Miusique this week. I found myself hanging on his every word! When you think that Monsieur Rabbath is pushing ninety-three. This takes away one's fears of aging.
@DiscoverDoubleBass7 ай бұрын
That radio show sound's wonderful. Maestro Rabbath is a treasure and inspiration to us all. :-)
@kentbyron7608 Жыл бұрын
I can tell this is going to help me for my electric bass playing. What a beautiful fellow. Gratitude!❤️🙏🏼
@BrunoZoia8 ай бұрын
Grazie Maestro!
@drjazzproject Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this interview! This is a great bright man! The future of contrabass art lies precisely in the teaching methods of this man! Low bow and respect!!!
@DiscoverDoubleBass Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching :-)
@coreymerchant7289 Жыл бұрын
Wow. Genius. Great job giving him the room to do his thing, Geoff.
@DiscoverDoubleBass Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much 😀
@David-ew5gc Жыл бұрын
''How you can be lost if you learn?'' BAM
@mjmarinara4 ай бұрын
Geoff looks like a kid in a candy shop watching Mr. Rabbath play, as do I simply watching and enjoying this video!
@DiscoverDoubleBass4 ай бұрын
Yes! It was a big day for me! I was seriously in awe of the maestro!
@pearsedunne9938 Жыл бұрын
This man is a maestro in all aspects about the Double Bass, and what a wonderful rendition with his son playing “Night And Day”, absolutely incredible. 🇮🇪👍
@destinysdaughter3424 Жыл бұрын
Incredible interview! I don't know why more people haven't adopted this technique. It's so much better than the traditional training I received.
@luigiluigi1652 Жыл бұрын
A genius. We feel very lucky to have such great bassists in France 😊
@DiscoverDoubleBass Жыл бұрын
Couldn't agree more! We are all so lucky to have François Rabbath's music and teachings. By the way, we loved the trip to Paris. Such a special city.
@alexrichardson9125 Жыл бұрын
What a thrill it see to see this video after 20 years away from playing the bass and having the luck/privilege to meet Rabbath all those years ago, and to now comes back to it.
@amerigo6722 Жыл бұрын
La bravura, la sensibilità e la passione di questo eccezionale contrabbassista fanno capire la vera posizione di questo strumento nel jazz. Grazie per questo intervento!
Жыл бұрын
We all love him!!! thanks for this!
@DiscoverDoubleBass Жыл бұрын
My pleasure, I'm glad you enjoyed it :-)
@fruitypebbles803 Жыл бұрын
This is a fantastic interview! I started playing bass a few months ago when I was 45 years old, and it’s great to hear him say that you can start at any age. 😆 It was also great to see how he holds his bass. I’m a short person with a big belly and short arms so I have to angle my bass to be able to reach the finger board at all. My teacher says it’s kind of extreme. Now I can tell everyone I’m doing the Rabbath technique. 😆
@DiscoverDoubleBass Жыл бұрын
I'm so glad you enjoyed it and I hope you enjoy your double bass journey :-)
@edgarmatias Жыл бұрын
What a treasure this man is…
@jazzdbess8304 Жыл бұрын
Excellent, he's a master of the double bass.
@barendtromp8 ай бұрын
Best Rabbath video on internet! What a great guy. He's still rocking this big clumsy beast at 90! 😀This show that you always have to be open minded to the double bass and find your own way and don't always rely on methods from more than 100 years ago (although they are surely helpful). There are many ways to approach the upright and you have to absorb all of them and find your own way on the instrument. There is too much narrow-mindedness. Do you also have part 2 after the musical intermezzo? Or did that never happen? Thanks so much for this video Geoff!
@DiscoverDoubleBass8 ай бұрын
I'm glad you like it. Here's part 2: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nLtomcZor7DFg6s.htmlsi=hdWNxIM_6VmWCJwi
@carlosmacmartin4205 Жыл бұрын
Bravo 👏 Greetings from San Francisco, California, USA 🙂 Thanks for sharing, mate! Cheers!
@GhadyegoCarraro Жыл бұрын
The best!
@marcosb1265 Жыл бұрын
Thank for this post. François Rabbath is a very kind person and a good teacher .
@wysiwyg2489 Жыл бұрын
I learned about Francois' technique in an issue of Bass Player magazine more than 30 yrs and from my teacher Dan Pliskow here in Detroit. However, seeing and listening to him is incredible. What an interview, congratulations!
@andrescme Жыл бұрын
Amazing.
@mohaiminkarimbass Жыл бұрын
What an amazing interview, he is a man from the future he says that his discoveries keep him young, I don’t think he will ever grow old.
@davidcraig6590 Жыл бұрын
This is great! Congratulations Geoff! Thanks for all your good work👏🏼👏🏼🎵🎵
@DiscoverDoubleBass Жыл бұрын
Thank you! :-)
@uwehogl636 Жыл бұрын
wow, great .... thanks 😉
@duanedietz7472 Жыл бұрын
Awesome 👌 love this video.
@Kosmo999 Жыл бұрын
Wow amazing interview thanks!
@DiscoverDoubleBass Жыл бұрын
Our pleasure, thanks for watching :-)
@talentkiliclar1153 Жыл бұрын
Thank you thank you thank you. My life is changed.
@barbarabrown3381 Жыл бұрын
Love this gift. Thank you.
@basslover1345 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic
@leocarbajal9529 Жыл бұрын
MAESTRO!!!
@Bob1Mack Жыл бұрын
Three minutes in, and I'm already learning stuff I never guessed at.
@jimslominski8006 Жыл бұрын
Wow! Simply superb! I suspect this interview will become iconic in the legacy of this great performer, composer, and teacher - and in the history of this wonderful breathing creature called the double bass. Excellent, Geoff! I wish I could give it a thousand Likes!
@DiscoverDoubleBass Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much Jim! We pulled out all the stops on this one and are so thrilled with how it came out. We also filmed a second part, so stay tuned for that! :-)
@jimslominski8006 Жыл бұрын
@@DiscoverDoubleBass That's great to hear! I'll be looking forward to that one! Great job as always, Geoff!
@tommy49elliot Жыл бұрын
This is a precious gift to all of us. Thank you.
@DiscoverDoubleBass Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! :-)
@bstern6966 Жыл бұрын
This is absolutely fabulous! Thank you so much for such a lovely interview with such a master!
@reisserjean-michelakabeeth8551 Жыл бұрын
One of the greatest of all time !!!
@doublebasshq Жыл бұрын
This is solid gold, Geoff! I love this so much-you really pulled out incredible material here with Francois!
@DiscoverDoubleBass Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much Jason. I remember hearing your first interview for Contrabass Conversations back in 2007? Since then I’ve been fascinated by François Rabbath and his incredible story. Then your video with Hans Sturm was so cool. Thanks for setting the ball rolling and blazing a trail!
@balatruc Жыл бұрын
Hi Geoff, congratulations on this wonderful video. I've been fortunate enough to follow François' teaching for over 20 years but his talk is still so clear and inspiring to me. I encourage all bassists of all styles to take an interest in this technique. Whether you do jazz, classical, funk, metal 😅 the pivot, the crab .... Can revolutionize your approach to the instrument. Hopefully your channel's audience can popularize this unique technique even more. And a technique only at the service of the Music.
@DiscoverDoubleBass Жыл бұрын
Hi Olivier, thanks so much for watching and for your kind words. It was such an honour to meet the maestro and hear him play. :-)
@eidorb68 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely wonderful. Thank you!
@BogZart35910 ай бұрын
A lesson I never thought I needed
@dlargent Жыл бұрын
I remember when I was a freshman in college in 1990 and wanted to learn how to play the bass. My teacher put the Nouvelle Technique in front of me, the Troisieme Cahier. I still use it today- had it renovated by a local book binder. Thanks for this amazing interview! You did a masterful job of conducting the interview. Thanks!
@DiscoverDoubleBass Жыл бұрын
That's such a great story about the book! So good to hear his teaching reaching so far. Also, thanks for the kind words about the interview. I'm glad you enjoyed it. :-)
@sosogelovani Жыл бұрын
Wow! What a performance! Bravo!
@ganjatronica7215 Жыл бұрын
Jeff you hit the jackpot my man! Thanks.
@DiscoverDoubleBass Жыл бұрын
Thanks, I was so excited about this one and it was such an honour to meet the maestro!
@javieralvaradov5 ай бұрын
Su interpretación de Night and Day me hizo llorar. Increíble llegar a esa edad y disfrutar del instrumento como un niño
@claudiomiranda5612 Жыл бұрын
Thank you Geoff, for this Interview. Rabbath is incredible.
@DiscoverDoubleBass Жыл бұрын
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoy it! :-)
@pbasswil Жыл бұрын
The sparkle in his eye! This guy's pic is beside the entry on 'Beginner's Mind' in the encyclopedia.
@Nuit__official_ Жыл бұрын
i love yout rabbath thanks for your teaching
@rayjpfeiffer Жыл бұрын
Bravo, Geoff! Your interviews are always wonderful - you have such a genuine love of the instrument and of your interviewees, and it always comes through. What a pleasure! Thank you for doing these and sharing them.😀
@DiscoverDoubleBass Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much Ray! I really appreciate your kind words ;-)
@mariomora2542 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic interview! thank you for the great content!
@DiscoverDoubleBass Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! :-)
@I.O.M. Жыл бұрын
That tone in the upper register on the E string. WOW!
@DiscoverDoubleBass Жыл бұрын
He really makes that bass sing!
@chuckyspell Жыл бұрын
@@DiscoverDoubleBass if it sounds this good filtered through youtube's crappy audio I can just imagine how it was live in person!
@roycoto3042 Жыл бұрын
Wow what a great interview. Love the simplicity behind all the techniques. I can't no more agree about the scales approach. Thanks for share this video.
@DiscoverDoubleBass Жыл бұрын
Thanks Roy! I'm glad you enjoyed it :-)
@avialbersbenchamo4797 Жыл бұрын
Amazing person and amasing preformance 🍷❤🙏
@NenadVasilicMusic Жыл бұрын
Amazing! Thank you very much!
@DiscoverDoubleBass Жыл бұрын
My pleasure, I'm glad you enjoyed it Nenad :-)
@TheDjangojunkie Жыл бұрын
Thank you Geoff.
@jonathanwinspear6232 Жыл бұрын
Wonderful, thanks Geoff.
@DiscoverDoubleBass Жыл бұрын
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it :-)
@DavidThomasMusicClip Жыл бұрын
Just amazing, such an inspiration !
@DiscoverDoubleBass Жыл бұрын
👍 thanks for watching.
@tallbass Жыл бұрын
I love this man!
@damiansanchez.doublebass Жыл бұрын
Thanks Rabbath and Discover Double Bass
@DiscoverDoubleBass Жыл бұрын
Our pleasure! :-)
@philippmiller1126 Жыл бұрын
Such a wonderful personality.... and a fantastic bass player 🤩
@DiscoverDoubleBass Жыл бұрын
Yes, he radiates charisma!
@kittyfulism Жыл бұрын
Well that's a my mind blown.
@azaryd Жыл бұрын
what a legend! Great interview Geoff!
@DiscoverDoubleBass Жыл бұрын
Thanks :-)
@nemo227 Жыл бұрын
I agree with Francois 100%.
@maksymilianlewinski8619 Жыл бұрын
A course from mr. Rabbath soon?
@szymonbass Жыл бұрын
Great Geoff!!!
@DiscoverDoubleBass Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much Szymon! I hope you're keeping well :-)
@BellaLoram Жыл бұрын
Demais
@nattanunsangkasaba8991 Жыл бұрын
What's about the story that Yehudi Menuhin met Master Rabbath. Before my injury, I use the pivot thumb for my left hand, but I am afraid to change my endpin, so playing A and E strings I needed to use my leg to move the whole bass, hehehe. " Less shifting, Less positioning, intonation perfected, fingers flawlessly moved "
@bironbrunelle5186 Жыл бұрын
Oof that bow work at 21 min! Now, does he use his third finger on the left hand or not?
@claudiomiranda5612 Жыл бұрын
I'd like to try this endpin. Marcos Machado likes It, too.
@oalejandrocj Жыл бұрын
@chuckyspell Жыл бұрын
This guy is badass! I say this as a non-bassist.
@DiscoverDoubleBass Жыл бұрын
100% badass!
@Musicman914 Жыл бұрын
Scales the life blood of a Double Bassist...
@DiscoverDoubleBass Жыл бұрын
I love that!
@MDsteeler1 Жыл бұрын
I had a master class with him once at The Duke Ellington School in DC like 32 years ago. He was a god then. I started the video & I was like, “Francois, what happened to all that hair??!!”
@DiscoverDoubleBass Жыл бұрын
That sounds amazing! It must have been really cool to learn directly from him.
@jaygee7915 ай бұрын
Denver colorado i have a signed picture of senor rabbath.
@DiscoverDoubleBass5 ай бұрын
That's wonderful!
@claudiomiranda5612 Жыл бұрын
Imagine Rabbath and Grapelli together.
@DiscoverDoubleBass Жыл бұрын
I wish I had asked that question!
@joshcolebass Жыл бұрын
When are you guys going to interview barre phillips?
@DiscoverDoubleBass Жыл бұрын
We would love to feature him. Such an important artist.