American jazz bassist
Chuck Domanico
Birth name Charles Louis Domanico Born (1944-01-20 ) January 20, 1944 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.Died October 17, 2002(2002-10-17) (aged 58) Los Angeles, California Genres Jazz , Pop , Rock & Roll Occupation(s) Musician, composer Instrument(s) Double bass, bass guitar
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Charles Louis Domanico (January 20, 1944 – October 17, 2002) was an American jazz bassist who played double bass and bass guitar on the West Coast jazz scene.
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 many 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 can be heard in themes for television shows like M*A*S*H , Cheers and Frasier , and he contributed to the soundtracks of more than two thousand films.[ 1]
Domanico died of lung cancer in Los Angeles at the age of 58.[ 2]
Unless otherwise noted, Information is taken from AllMusic [ 3]
With Don Ellis Orchestra
With Anthony Ortega
New Dance! (Revelation, 1967)
With Emil Richards
New Time Element (Uni, 1967)[ 4]
Luntana (Interworld, 1996)
With Oliver Nelson
With Tom Scott
Rural Still Life (Impulse!, 1968)
Hair to Jazz (Flying Dutchman, 1969)[ 5]
Paint Your Wagon (Flying Dutchman, 1970)[ 6]
Great Scott! (A&M, 1972)[ 7]
Tom Scott in L.A. (Flying Dutchman, 1975)
With Ron Anthony
With Bob Thiele Emergency
Head Start (Flying Dutchman, 1969)[ 9]
With Clare Fischer
Thesaurus (Atlantic, 1969)
Waltz (1969)
Reclamation Act of 1972 (Revelation, 1972)[ 10]
With Kai Winding and J. J. Johnson
With Stan Kenton
With Barney Kessel
Feeling Free (Contemporary, 1969)
Barney Plays Kessel (Concord Jazz, 1975)
The Artistry (1984)
With Howard Roberts
Spinning Wheel (Capitol, 1969)[ 11]
With Townes Van Zandt
With Dave Mackay & Vicky Hamilton
Rainbows (Impulse!, 1970)[ 12]
With João Donato
A Bad Donato (Blue Thumb, 1970)
With Scott McKenzie
With Pisano & Ruff
Under the Blanket (A&M, 1970)[ 13]
With Marc Benno
With Les Crane
With Roger Kellaway
Roger Kellaway Cello Quartet (A&M, 1971)
Come to the Meadow (A&M, 1974)
Nostalgia Suite (Discwater, 1978)
Windows (Angel, 1993)
As It Happened Vol. 1 (Jazz Heritage, 2002; Recorded in 1982)
With Lani Hall
With Harvey Mandel
With Carmen McRae
With Melanie
With Gerry Mulligan
The Age of Steam (A&M, 1972)[ 15]
With Carroll O'Connor
Remembering You (A&M, 1972)[ 16]
With Cyril Havermans
With Victor Feldman
Your Smile (Choice, 1974)[ 17]
The Artful Dodger (Concord Jazz, 1977)
Rockavibabe (DJM, 1977)
In My Pocket (Cohearent, 1978)
Rio Nights (TBA, 1987)[ 18]
The Best of Feldman and the Generation Band (Nova,[ 19] 1989)
With Henry Mancini
With Phoebe Snow
With Elek Bacsik
Bird and Dizzy: A Musical Tribute (Flying Dutchman, 1975)[ 21]
With Richard "Groove" Holmes
With Rita Coolidge
With Terry Garthwaite
With Richard "Groove" Holmes
Six Million Dollar Man (Flying Dutchman, 1975)[ 23]
With Bobby Hutcherson
With John Klemmer
Touch (ABC, 1975)[ 24]
Barefoot Ballet (ABC, 1976)
Lifestyle (Living & Loving) (ABC, 1977)[ 25]
The Best...Vol. 1: Mosaic (MCA, 1980)
Music (MCA, 1989)
With Louis Bellson
The Drum Session (Philips, 1975)[ 26]
The Drum Session Vol. 2 (Philips, 1977)[ 27]
With Danny O'Keefe
So Long Harry Truman (Atlantic, 1975)
With Moacir Santos
With Tennessee Ernie Ford & Glen Campbell
With Peter Allen
With Barbara Carroll
Barbara Carroll (Blue Note, 1976)[ 28]
With Sonny Criss
Warm & Sonny (ABC, 1976)[ 29]
The Joy of Sax (ABC, 1977)[ 30]
With Bonnie Koloc
With Shelly Manne
Plays Richard Rodgers' Musical 'Rex' (Discovery, 1976)
Essence (Galaxy, 1977)
Jazz Quartet Interpretations (Trend, 1980)
Goodbye for Bill Evans (Polydor, 1981)
Double Piano...at Carmelo's Vol. 1 (Trend, 1981)[ 31]
Double Piano...at Carmelo's, Vol. 2 (Trend, 1982)[ 32]
With Wade Marcus
With Joni Mitchell
With Jaye P. Morgan
Jaye P. Morgan (Candor, 1976)[ 33]
With Jimmy Ponder
With Ray Charles and Cleo Laine
Porgy & Bess (RCA, 1976)[ 34]
With JD Souther
With The Tubes
With Voudouris & Kahne
Street Player (Capitol, 1976)[ 35]
With Mike Wofford
Scott Joplin: Interpretations '76 (Flying Dutchman, 1976)
With Laurindo Almeida
With Gato Barbieri
With Claus Ogerman Orchestra
Gate of Dreams (Warner Bros., 1977)
With John Denver
With Joe Harnell
Harnell (Capitol, 1977)[ 36]
With Henry Mancini & John Laws
Just You and Me Together Love (RCA, 1977)[ 37]
With Blue Mitchell
With The Pointer Sisters
With Ben Sidran
The Doctor Is In (Arista, 1977)
With Dennis Wilson
With Ry Cooder
Jazz (Warner Bros., 1978)
With Lorraine Feather
Sweet Lorraine (Concord Jazz, 1978)
With Rodney Franklin
In the Center (CBS, 1978)
With Michael Franks
With Ted Gärdestad
With Herb Alpert and Hugh Masekela
With The Moirs
State of Shock (Rocket, 1978)[ 38]
With The Singers Unlimited
Just in Time (Pausa, 1978)
With Allyn Ferguson & Jack Elliott
The Orchestra (FNAM, 1979)
With Gabe Baltazar
With Freddie Hubbard
With The Manhattan Transfer
With Shelly Manne and Lee Konitz
With Toni Brown
Toni Brown (Fantasy, 1979)
With Jimmy Smith
The Cat Strikes Again (Inner City, 1980)
With Spinetta
Only Love Can Sustain (Columbia, 1980)[ 39]
With Sonny Stitt
Groovin' High (Atlas, 1980)
With Bobby Shew Quartet
Debut (Discomate, 1981)[ 40]
With Frank Sinatra
With Bobby Enriquez
The Wild Man (GNP Cresendo, 1981)
With The Carpenters
With Steve Perry
With Bobby and the Midnites
With Sam Harris
Sam Harris (Motown, 1984)[ 41]
With Patti Austin
With Diane Schuur
Schuur Thing (GRP, 1985)
In Tribute (GRP, 1992)
Love Songs (GRP, 1993)
With Lou Rawls
Love All Your Blues Away (Epic, 1986)
With Herb Alpert
With George Benson & Earl Klugh
With Sarah Vaughan & Milton Nascimento
With Brandon Fields
The Traveler (Nova, 1988)
With Claude Bolling & Hubert Laws
California Suite (Columbia, 1988)[ 42]
With Rod McKuen
It Had to Be You (Desert Island, 1989)[ 43]
With Bonnie Raitt
With Joe Sample
Spellbound (Warner Bros., 1989)
With Iggy Pop
With Julio Iglesias
With Monica Lewis
My Favorite Things (DRG,[ 44] 1990)
Swings Jule Styne (DRG,[ 45] 1992)
With The Simpsons
With Dionne Warwick
With Dwight Yoakam
With Pat Benatar
With David Benoit
With Teresa Brewer
16 Most Requested Songs (Columbia, 1991)[ 47]
With Natalie Cole
With Barry Manilow
With Cheryl Bentyne
Something Cool (Columbia, 1992)
With Michael Bolton
With Peter Hofmann
Singt Elvis Presley: Love Me Tender (Columbia, 1992)
With Shirley Horn
With Robert Palmer
With Tommy Tedesco
Performs Roumanis' Jazz Rhapsody for Guitar & Orchestra (Capri, 1992)
With Wilson Phillips
With Harry Connick Jr.
With David Foster
The Christmas Album (Interscope, 1993)
With Taj Mahal
With Johnny Mathis
With Terry Trotter
It's About Time (Mama, 1993)
With The Wilsons
With David Benoit & Russ Freeman
With Julia Migenes & Michael Kamen
Smile (Elektra,[ 48] 1994)
With Kenny Rogers
With Margie Gibson & Lincoln Mayorga
With Lori Lieberman
A Thousand Dreams (Pope Music, 1994)
With John Raitt
Broadway Legend (Angel,[ 49] 1995)
With Diana Ross
With Anne Kerry Ford
In the Nest of the Moon (Illyria, 1996)[ 50]
With Michael Lang
Days of Wine and Roses (Varese Sarabande, 1996)[ 51]
With David Garfield & Friends
Tribute To Jeff Porcaro (Zebra,[ 52] 1997)
With Niki Haris
Dreaming a Dream (BMG, 1997)[ 53]
With Ottmar Liebert
Leaning into the Night (Sony Classical / BMG,[ 54] 1997)
With Jon Secada
With Bette Midler
With Céline Dion
With Neil Diamond
With Mary J. Blige
With Barbra Streisand
With Lee Ann Womack
^ The Los Angeles Times Obituary
^ The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz, Leonard Feather, Ira Gitler, 1999, p. 47
^ "Chuck Domanico - Credits" . AllMusic. Retrieved 2019-11-12 .
^ Richards, Emil. “New Time Element” (Album Notes). Uni Records. 1967.
^ Tom Scott Quartet. “Hair to Jazz” (Album Notes). Flying Dutchman. 1969.
^ Tom Scott Quartet. “Paint Your Wagon” (Album Notes). Flying Dutchman. 1970.
^ Scott, Tom. “Great Scott!” (Album Notes). A&M Records. 1972.
^ Anthony, Ron (1969). "Oh! Calcutta! (Flying Dutchman #110)" . AllMusic. Retrieved 12 November 2019 .
^ Bob Thiele Emergency. “Head Start” (Album Notes). Flying Dutchman. 1969.
^ Fischer, Clare. “Reclamation Act of 1972!” (Album Notes). Revelation Records. 1972.
^ Roberts, Howard. “Spinning Wheel” (Album Notes). Capitol Records. 1969.
^ Dave Mackay & Vicky Hamilton. “Rainbow” (Album Notes). Impulse! 1970.
^ Pisano & Ruff. “Under the Blanket” (Album Notes). A&M Records. 1970.
^ Hall, Lani (28 July 1998). " 'Brasil Nativo' (CD...Records #11372)" . AllMusic.
^ Mulligan, Gerry. “The Age of Steam” (Album Notes). A&M Records. 1972.
^ O'Connor, Carroll. “Remembering You” (Album Notes). A&M Records. 1972.
^ Feldman, Victor. “Your Smile” (Album Notes). Choice. 1974.
^ Feldman, Victor. “Rio Nights” (Album Notes). TBA Records. 1987.
^ Victor Feldman & his Generation Band. " 'The Best of Feldman and the Generation Band' (CD #NVA 8922)" . AllMusic. Retrieved 16 November 2019 .
^ Mancini, Henry (16 April 1991). " 'Switch [Original Score]' (Cassette...#VSD-5312)" . AllMusic. Retrieved 21 November 2019 .
^ Bacsik, Elek. “Bird and Dizzy: A Musical Tribute” (Album Notes). Flying Dutchman. 1975.
^ Garthwaite, Terry (1975). "Terry (LP - Arista #4055)" . AllMusic. Retrieved 14 November 2019 .
^ Richard "Groove" Holmes. “Six Million Dollar Man” (Album Notes). Flying Dutchman. 1975.
^ Klemmer, John. “Touch” (Album Notes). ABC Records. 1975.
^ Klemmer, John. “Lifestyle (Living and Loving)”. ABC Records. 1977.
^ Louis Bellson, et al. “The Drum Session” (Album Notes). Philips. 1975.
^ Louie Bellson, etc. “The Drum Sessions Vol. 2” (Album Notes). Philips. 1977.
^ Carroll, Barbara. “Barbara Carroll” (Album Notes). Blue Note. 1976.
^ Criss, Sonny. “Warm & Sonny” (Album Notes). ABC Impulse! 1976.
^ Criss, Sonny. “The Joy of Sax” (Album Notes). ABC Impulse! 1977.
^ Manne, Shelly. “Double Piano...in Concert at Carmelo's” (Album Notes). Trend. 1981.
^ Manne, Shelly. “Double Piano...in Concert at Carmelo's Vol. 2” (Album Notes). Trend. 1982.
^ Morgan, Jaye P. “Jaye P. Morgan” (Album Notes). Candor Records. 1976.
^ Ray Charles & Cleo Laine. “Porgy & Bess” (Album Notes). RCA. 1976, 1989.
^ Voudouris & Kahne. “Street Player” (Album Notes). Capitol Records. 1976.
^ Harnell, Joe. “Harnell” (Album Notes). Capitol Records. 1977.
^ Henry Mancini & John Laws (1977). "Just You and Me Together Love (RCA LP)" . AllMusic. Retrieved 15 November 2019 .
^ The Moirs. “State of Shock” (Album Notes). The Rocket Record Company. 1978.
^ Spinetta. “Only Love Can Sustain” (Album Notes). Columbia. 1980.
^ Bobby Shew Quartet. “Debut” (Album Notes). Discomate. 1981.
^ Harris, Sam. “Sam Harris” (Album Notes). Motown. 1984.
^ Claude Bolling & Hubert Laws (14 June 1988). " 'California Suite' (CD...Columbia #36691)" . AllMusic. Retrieved 23 November 2019 .
^ McKuen, Rod. “It Had to Be You” (Album Notes). Desert Island Discs. 1989.
^ Lewis, Monica. " 'My Favorite Things' (CD...#CDMRS-712)" . AllMusic. Retrieved 23 November 2019 .
^ Lewis, Monica. " 'Swings Jule Styne' (CD...#CDMRS-802)" . AllMusic. Retrieved 23 November 2019 .
^ Benatar, Pat (27 November 2001). " 'Christmas in America' (CD...#58804)" . AllMusic.
^ Brewer, Teresa (3 September 1991). " '16 Most Requested Songs' (CD...#CK-46881)" . AllMusic. Retrieved 1 December 2019 .
^ Julia Migenes & Michael Kamen (15 November 1994). " 'Smile' (CD - Elektra)" . AllMusic.
^ Raitt, John. " 'Broadway Legend' (CD - Angel Records #55469)" . AllMusic. Retrieved 1 December 2019 .
^ Kerry Ford, Anne. “In the Nest of the Moon” (Album Notes). Illyria Records. 1996.
^ Lang, Michael. “Days of Wine and Roses” (Album Notes). Varese Sarabande. 1996.
^ David Garfield and Friends. “Tribute to Jeff Porcaro” (Album Notes). Zebra Records. 1997.
^ Haris, Niki. “Dreaming a Dream” (Album Notes). BMG. 1997.
^ Liebert, Ottmar. “Leaning Into the Night...” (Album Notes). Sony Classical / BMG. 1997.
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