Domanico, Chuck (20th
January 1944-17th October 2002)
He was an acoustic and electric jazz bassist born
Charles Louis Domanico in Chicago, Illinois.Moving to Los Angeles, California, in the mid '60s he
became a sought after session musician not only in the recording industry,
but also in the world of television and movies.Working with hundreds of artists
of the course of his forty-year career, he was heard with Patti
Austin , Gato Barbieri, Claude
Bolling, Michael Bolton, Teresa Brewer, Natalie Cole, Bobby Darin,
Celine Dion, Randy Edelman, David
Foster, Jerry Goldsmith, Julio Iglesias, The
London Symphony Orchestra, The
Manhattan Transfer, Carmen McRae, Melanie, Bette Midler, Roger
Miller, Joni Mitchell, Oliver Nelson, David
Newman, Claus
Ogerman, Steve Perry, The Pointer Sisters, Iggy Pop, Bonnie
Raitt, Kenny
Rogers, Lalo
Schifrin, Tom
Scott, Jon Secada, Marlena Shaw, Ben
Sidran, Frank
Sinatra, Jimmy Smith, Rod Stewart, Barbra Streisand, Tommy
Tedesco, The Tubes, Dennis
Wilson
, Dwight Yoakam and Townes Van Zandt amongst many others.This in turn resulted in him
appearing on hundred of albums with a small selection including Keep
Your Eye On Me by Herb
Alpert , True Love by Pat Benatar, Collaboration by George Benson & Earl
Klugh
, When My Heart Finds Christmas
by Harry
Connick Jr.,Jazz by Ry Cooder, It's Only Love by Rita
Coolidge
, I Want to Live by John Denver, Movie Album: As Time
Goes By by
Neil
Diamond & Elmer
Bernstein , In the Center by
Rodney Franklin, Porgy & Bess by Cleo Laine & Ray Charles, Hangin'
Out with Henry Mancini by Henry Mancini, Showstoppers by Barry
Manilow, How Do You Keep the Music Playing by Johnny
Mathis , Ridin'
High by Robert Palmer, Take Me Higher by Diana
Ross , It Looks
Like Snow by Phoebe Snow, Black Rose by J.D.
Souther , Timeless:
Live in Concert by Barbra Streisand, Dancing the Blues by Taj
Mahal and Sings Cole Porter by Dionne Warwick. In the movies it is claimed that he
appeared on over 2,000 soundtracks and these include all three Back to
the Future movies, Bird, California Suite, The Color Purple, The
Edge, Midnight Run,Trading Places and Who Framed Roger
Rabbit? and on the TV he was heard performing on the theme tunes for Cheers
and M*A*S*H*.In 2002
he passed away in Los Angeles as a result of lung cancer at just 58 years
old.
