Occupation(s) Musician
Composer Genres West Coast jazz Role Singer | Name Chuck Domanico Instruments Upright bass, bass | |
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Died October 29, 1966, Los Angeles, California, United States Similar People Milt Holland, Victor Feldman, Barney Kessel, Tom Scott, Jimmy Rowles | ||
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Charles Louis Domanico (January 20, 1944 – October 17, 2002), better known as Chuck Domanico, was an American jazz bassist who played double bass and bass guitar on the West Coast jazz scene.
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Domanico was born in Chicago. He settled in Los Angeles in the mid-1960s. For nearly forty years, he was a central jazz figure in Hollywood who contributed to a large number of movies and TV programs. Domanico worked with Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Carmen McRae, Joni Mitchell, Taj Mahal, Diane Schuur, Natalie Cole, and The Manhattan Transfer. He participated in instrumental jazz performances by Chet Baker, Henry Mancini, Shelly Manne, Oliver Nelson, John Klemmer, Roger Kellaway, Barney Kessel, and Art Pepper.
His bass could be heard in themes for television shows like M*A*S*H and Cheers, and he is said to have contributed to the soundtracks of more than two thousand films.
Domanico died of lung cancer in Los Angeles at the age of 58.
As sideman
With Don Ellis
With Clare Fischer
With J. J. Johnson and Kai Winding
With Stan Kenton
With Barney Kessel
With Shelly Manne
With Carmen McRae
With Blue Mitchell
With Oliver Nelson
With Herb Alpert