Education
He studied at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music where he studied composing with John Adams and double bass with San Francisco Symphony bassists.
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Rob Wasserman
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Rob Wasserman is an American, Grammy Award winning upright bass player and National Education Association grant winning composer, who has played and recorded with a wide variety of musicians including Bruce Cockburn, Elvis Costello, Ani di Franco, Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Rickie Lee Jones, Mark Morris, Van Morrison, Aaron Neville, Lou Reed, Pete Seeger, Jules Shear, Studs Terkel, Bob Weir, Brian Wilson, Chris Whitley, Neil Young, Jackson Browne, Laurie Anderson, Stephen Perkins Banyan, Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo and Ratdog.
Career
He is best known for his own work on the trilogy of albums,, Duets, and Trios. Wasserman started playing violin and did not graduate to the bass until after his teenage years. Early on, he was playing with Van Morrison, Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo and the David Grisman Quintet.
Subsequent albums, Duets and Trios saw Wasserman engage with other musicians, such as Bobby McFerrin, Rickie Lee Jones, Cheryl Bentyne, Lou Reed, Stéphane Grappelli, Jerry Garcia, Brian Wilson, Willie Dixon, Branford Marsalis, and Elvis Costello.
His 2000 album, Space Island, incorporated more contemporary musical elements. RatDog which he cofounded with Bob Weir from the Grateful Dead, occupied much of his time.
He also has toured extensively with Lou Reed. Wasserman was also a judge for the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists" careers.
