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R\u00f3bert Ragan Jr.<\/b> is Slovak double bass and electric bass player. He represents the music generation born around the 1990\u2019s.
\nR\u00f3bert Ragan Jr. was growing up surrounded by music since his childhood. As a six-year-old he began to learn violin at an art school under the guidance of his father, who is a well known Slovak double bassist. During his studies at a high school in Bansk\u00e1 Bystrica, R\u00f3bert became fascinated with electric bass after discovering the music of Jaco Pastorius. This was a key moment in his life.
\nRobert later changed schools and focused on studying classical double bass in his father\u2019s class at the Conservatory in Bansk\u00e1 Bystrica. During his classical studies, Robert attended private jazz lessons under guidance of Klaudis Kov\u00e1\u010d \u2013 great Slovak jazz pianist and music educator. At this time, Robert also took part in a number of music contests, along with his peers, where he won solo and group awards.
\nImmediately after his studies, Robert started to collaborate with many professional Slovak musicians and music projects, such as: Martin Uherek, Luk\u00e1\u0161 Oravec, Radovan Tari\u0161ka, Ondrej Kraj\u0148\u00e1k, Klaudis Kov\u00e1\u010d, Robo Opatovsk\u00fd, Mat\u00fa\u0161 Jakab\u010dic SK\/CZ big band and many more.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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