Chuck Domanico

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.

Domanico died of lung cancer in Los Angeles at the age of 58.

As sideman
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With Don Ellis Orchestra With Anthony Ortega With Emil Richards With Oliver Nelson With Tom Scott With Ron Anthony With Bob Thiele Emergency With Clare Fischer With Kai Winding and J. J. Johnson With Stan Kenton With Barney Kessel With Howard Roberts With Townes Van Zandt With Dave Mackay & Vicky Hamilton With João Donato With Scott McKenzie With Pisano & Ruff With Marc Benno With Les Crane With Roger Kellaway With Lani Hall With Harvey Mandel With Carmen McRae With Melanie With Gerry Mulligan With Carroll O'Connor With Cyril Havermans With Victor Feldman With Henry Mancini With Phoebe Snow With Elek Bacsik With Richard "Groove" Holmes With Rita Coolidge With Terry Garthwaite With Richard "Groove" Holmes With Bobby Hutcherson With John Klemmer With Louis Bellson With Danny O'Keefe With Moacir Santos With Tennessee Ernie Ford & Glen Campbell With Peter Allen With Barbara Carroll With Sonny Criss With Bonnie Koloc With Shelly Manne With Wade Marcus With Joni Mitchell With Jaye P. Morgan With Jimmy Ponder With Ray Charles and Cleo Laine With J. D. Souther With The Tubes With Voudouris & Kahne With Mike Wofford With Laurindo Almeida With Gato Barbieri With Claus Ogerman Orchestra With John Denver With Joe Harnell With Henry Mancini & John Laws With Blue Mitchell With The Pointer Sisters With Ben Sidran With Dennis Wilson With Ry Cooder With Lorraine Feather With Rodney Franklin With Michael Franks With Ted Gärdestad With Herb Alpert and Hugh Masekela With The Moirs With The Singers Unlimited With Allyn Ferguson & Jack Elliott With Gabe Baltazar With Freddie Hubbard With The Manhattan Transfer With Shelly Manne and Lee Konitz With Toni Brown With Jimmy Smith With Spinetta With Sonny Stitt With Bobby Shew Quartet With Bobby Enriquez With The Carpenters With Steve Perry With Bobby and the Midnites With Sam Harris With Patti Austin With Diane Schuur With Lou Rawls With Herb Alpert With George Benson & Earl Klugh With Sarah Vaughan & Milton Nascimento With Brandon Fields With Claude Bolling & Hubert Laws With Rod McKuen With Bonnie Raitt With Joe Sample With Iggy Pop With Julio Iglesias With Monica Lewis With The Simpsons With Dionne Warwick With Dwight Yoakam With Pat Benatar With David Benoit With Teresa Brewer With Natalie Cole With Barry Manilow With Cheryl Bentyne With Michael Bolton With Peter Hofmann With Shirley Horn With Robert Palmer With Tommy Tedesco With Wilson Phillips With Harry Connick Jr. With David Foster With Taj Mahal With Johnny Mathis With Terry Trotter With The Wilsons With David Benoit & Russ Freeman With Julia Migenes & Michael Kamen With Kenny Rogers With Margie Gibson & Lincoln Mayorga With Lori Lieberman With John Raitt With Diana Ross With Anne Kerry Ford With Michael Lang With David Garfield & Friends With Niki Haris With Ottmar Liebert With Jon Secada With Bette Midler With Céline Dion With Neil Diamond With Mary J. Blige With Barbra Streisand With Lee Ann Womack
 * Don Ellis Orchestra 'Live' at Monterey! (Pacific Jazz, 1966)
 * New Dance! (Revelation, 1967)
 * New Time Element (Uni, 1967)
 * Luntana (Interworld, 1996)
 * The Sound of Feeling (Verve, 1968)
 * Black, Brown and Beautiful (Flying Dutchman, 1970)
 * Skull Session (Flying Dutchman, 1975)
 * Stolen Moments (East Wind, 1975)
 * Rural Still Life (Impulse!, 1968)
 * Hair to Jazz (Flying Dutchman, 1969)
 * Paint Your Wagon (Flying Dutchman, 1970)
 * Great Scott! (A&M, 1972)
 * Tom Scott in L.A. (Flying Dutchman, 1975)
 * Oh! Calcutta! (1969)
 * Head Start (Flying Dutchman, 1969)
 * Thesaurus (Atlantic, 1969)
 * Waltz (1969)
 * Reclamation Act of 1972 (Revelation, 1972)
 * Betwixt & Between (CTI, 1969)
 * Hair (Capitol, 1969)
 * Feeling Free (Contemporary, 1969)
 * Barney Plays Kessel (Concord Jazz, 1975)
 * The Artistry (1984)
 * Spinning Wheel (Capitol, 1969)
 * Our Mother the Mountain (Poppy, 1969)
 * Rainbows (Impulse!, 1970)
 * A Bad Donato (Blue Thumb, 1970)
 * Stained Glass Morning (Ode, 1970)
 * Under the Blanket (A&M, 1970)
 * Minnows (A&M, 1971)
 * Desiderata (Warner Bros., 1971)
 * 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)
 * Sun Down Lady (A&M, 1972)
 * Sweet Bird (A&M, 1976)
 * Double or Nothing (A&M, 1979)
 * Brasil Nativo (Windham Hill, 1998)
 * The Snake (Janus, 1972)
 * The Great American Songbook (Atlantic, 1972)
 * Stoneground Words (Neighborhood, 1972)
 * Madrugada (Neighborhood, 1974)
 * The Age of Steam (A&M, 1972)
 * Remembering You (A&M, 1972)
 * Cyril (MGM, 1973)
 * Your Smile (Choice, 1974)
 * The Artful Dodger (Concord Jazz, 1977)
 *  Rockavibabe (DJM, 1977)
 * In My Pocket (Cohearent, 1978)
 * Rio Nights (TBA, 1987)
 * The Best of Feldman and the Generation Band (Nova, 1989)
 * Hangin' Out with Henry Mancini (RCA, 1974)
 * Switch: Original Score (Varése Sarabande, 1991)
 * Phoebe Snow (Shelter, 1974)
 * It Looks Like Snow (Columbia, 1976)
 * Bird and Dizzy: A Musical Tribute (Flying Dutchman, 1975)
 * Six Million Dollar Man (Flying Dutchman, 1975)
 * It's Only Love (A&M, 1975)
 * Out of the Blue (Beacon, 1996)
 * Terry (Arista, 1975)
 * Six Million Dollar Man (Flying Dutchman, 1975)
 * Montara (Blue Note, 1975)
 * Un Poco Loco (Columbia, 1980; Recorded in 1979)
 * Touch (ABC, 1975)
 * Barefoot Ballet (ABC, 1976)
 * Lifestyle (Living & Loving) (ABC, 1977)
 * The Best...Vol. 1: Mosaic (MCA, 1980)
 * Music (MCA, 1989)
 * The Drum Session (Philips, 1975)
 * The Drum Session Vol. 2 (Philips, 1977)
 * So Long Harry Truman (Atlantic, 1975)
 * Carnival of the Spirits (Blue Note, 1975)
 * Ernie Sings & Glen Picks (Capitol, 1975)
 * Taught by Experts (A&M, 1976)
 * Barbara Carroll (Blue Note, 1976)
 * Warm & Sonny (ABC, 1976)
 * The Joy of Sax (ABC, 1977)
 * Close-Up (Epic, 1976)
 * 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)
 * Double Piano...at Carmelo's, Vol. 2 (Trend, 1982)
 * Metamorphosis (ABC, 1976)
 * Hejira (Asylum, 1976)
 * Jaye P. Morgan (Candor, 1976)
 * Illusions (ABC, 1976)
 * Porgy & Bess (RCA, 1976)
 * Black Rose (Asylum, 1976)
 * Young and Rich (A&M, 1976)
 * Street Player (Capitol, 1976)
 * Scott Joplin: Interpretations '76 (Flying Dutchman, 1976)
 * Virtuoso Guitar (Crystal Clear, 1977)
 * Ruby, Ruby (A&M, 1977)
 * Gate of Dreams (Warner Bros., 1977)
 * I Want to Live (RCA, 1977)
 * Harnell (Capitol, 1977)
 * Just You and Me Together Love (RCA, 1977)
 * African Violet (Impulse!, 1977)
 * Having a Party (ABC, 1977)
 * The Doctor Is In (Arista, 1977)
 * Pacific Ocean Blue (Caribou, 1977)
 * Jazz (Warner Bros., 1978)
 * Sweet Lorraine (Concord Jazz, 1978)
 * In the Center (CBS, 1978)
 * Burchfield Nines (Warner Bros., 1978)
 * Blue Virgin Isles (Polar, 1978)
 * Herb Alpert / Hugh Masekela (A&M, 1978)
 * State of Shock (Rocket, 1978)
 * Just in Time (Pausa, 1978)
 * The Orchestra (FNAM, 1979)
 * Stan Kenton Presents Gabe Baltazar (Creative World, 1979)
 * The Love Connection (Columbia, 1979)
 * Extensions (Atlantic, 1979)
 * The Christmas Album (Columbia, 1992)
 * French Concert (Galaxy, 1979)
 * Toni Brown (Fantasy, 1979)
 * The Cat Strikes Again (Inner City, 1980)
 * Only Love Can Sustain (Columbia, 1980)
 * Groovin' High (Atlas, 1980)
 * Debut (Discomate, 1981)
 * The Wild Man (GNP Cresendo, 1981)
 * Voice of the Heart (A&M, 1983)
 * Street Talk (Columbia, 1984)
 * Where the Beat Meets the Street (Columbia, 1984)
 * Sam Harris (Motown, 1984)
 * Patti Austin (Qwest, 1984)
 * The Real Me (Qwest, 1988)
 * Schuur Thing (GRP, 1985)
 * In Tribute (GRP, 1992)
 * Love Songs (GRP, 1993)
 * Love All Your Blues Away (Epic, 1986)
 * Keep Your Eye on Me (A&M, 1987)
 * Collaboration (Warner Bros., 1987)
 * Brazilian Romance (Columbia, 1987)
 * The Traveler (Nova, 1988)
 * California Suite (Columbia, 1988)
 * It Had to Be You (Desert Island, 1989)
 * Nick of Time (Capitol, 1989)
 * Spellbound (Warner Bros., 1989)
 * Brick by Brick (Virgin, 1990)
 * Starry Night (Columbia, 1990)
 * My Favorite Things (DRG, 1990)
 * Swings Jule Styne (DRG, 1992)
 * The Simpsons Sing the Blues (Geffen, 1990)
 * Dionne Warwick Sings Cole Porter (Arista, 1990)
 * If There Was a Way (Reprise, 1990)
 * Under the Covers (Reprise, 1997)
 * A Long Way Home (Reprise, 1998)
 * True Love (Chrysalis, 1991)
 * Synchronistic Wanderings (Chrysalis, 1999)
 * Christmas in America (Gold Circle, 2001)
 * Shadows (GRP, 1991)
 * 16 Most Requested Songs (Columbia, 1991)
 * Unforgettable... with Love (Elektra, 1991)
 * Stardust (Elektra, 1996)
 * Showstoppers (Arista, 1991)
 * Manilow Sings Sinatra (Arista, 1998)
 * Something Cool (Columbia, 1992)
 * Timeless: The Classics (Columbia, 1992)
 * This Is The Time: The Christmas Album (Columbia, 1996)
 * Singt Elvis Presley: Love Me Tender (Columbia, 1992)
 * Here's to Life (Verve, 1992)
 * You're My Thrill (Verve, 2001)
 * Ridin' High (EMI, 1992)
 * Performs Roumanis' Jazz Rhapsody for Guitar & Orchestra (Capri, 1992)
 * Shadows and Light (SBK, 1992)
 * When My Heart Finds Christmas (Columbia, 1993)
 * Come by Me (Columbia, 1999)
 * The Christmas Album (Interscope, 1993)
 * Dancing the Blues (Private Music, 1993)
 * How Do You Keep the Music Playing? (Columbia, 1993)
 * Mathis on Broadway (Columbia, 2000)
 * It's About Time (Mama, 1993)
 * Hey Santa! (SBK, 1993)
 * The Benoit/Freeman Project (GRP, 1994)
 * Smile (Elektra, 1994)
 * Timepiece (143, 1994)
 * Say It with Music (1994)
 * A Thousand Dreams (Pope Music, 1994)
 * Broadway Legend (Angel, 1995)
 * Take Me Higher (Motown, 1995)
 * In the Nest of the Moon (Illyria, 1996)
 * Days of Wine and Roses (Varese Sarabande, 1996)
 * Tribute To Jeff Porcaro (Zebra, 1997)
 * Dreaming a Dream (BMG, 1997)
 * Leaning into the Night (Sony Classical / BMG, 1997)
 * Secada (Virgin, 1997)
 * Bathhouse Betty (Warner Bros., 1998)
 * These Are Special Times (Epic Records, 1998)
 * The Movie Album: As Time Goes By (Columbia Records, 1998)
 * Three Chord Opera (Columbia Records, 2001)
 * Mary (MCA Records, 1999)
 * Christmas Memories (Columbia Records, 2001)
 * The Season for Romance (MCA Records, 2002)