Chris Rathbun (bass), graduate of The New England Conservatory of Music, and currently a faculty member of the South Shore Cons

 

Chris Rathbun (bass), is a graduate of The New England Conservatory of Music, and currently a faculty member of the South Shore Conservatory of Music.

 

Chris has played jazz with internationally recognized jazz artists Terri Lynne Carrington, "Tiny" Grimes (guitarist with Art Tatum), "Papa" Jo Jones, Dick Johnson, Sabby Lewis, Tom Lindsay (trumpet player with Coleman Hawkins), Rebecca Parris, Herb Pomeroy, "Sir Charles" Thompson (pianist with Charlie Parker), The Artie Shaw Orchestra, to name a few. 

 

Theater work has brought Chris to all the major theaters in the Boston/New England area with stars like Rosemary Clooney, Linda Hopkins, Shirley Jones, Al Martino, The Mills Brothers, Patti Page, and John Raitt.