Chuck Domanico


Charles Louis Domanico , better known as Chuck Domanico, 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.

Discography

As sideman

Unless otherwise noted, Information is taken from AllMusic
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, etc.
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
  • Metamorphosis
With Joni Mitchell
  • Hejira
With Jaye P. Morgan
  • Jaye P. Morgan
With Jimmy Ponder
  • Illusions
With Ray Charles & Cleo Laine
  • Porgy & Bess
With J. D. Souther
  • Black Rose
With The Tubes
  • Young and Rich
With Voudouris & Kahne
  • Street Player
With Mike Wofford
  • Scott Joplin: Interpretations '76
With Laurindo Almeida
  • Virtuoso Guitar
With Gato Barbieri
  • Ruby, Ruby
With Claus Ogerman Orchestra
  • Gate of Dreams
With John Denver
  • I Want to Live
With Joe Harnell
  • Harnell
With Henry Mancini & John Laws
With Roger Miller
  • Off The Wall
With Blue Mitchell
  • African Violet
With The Pointer Sisters
  • Having a Party
With Ben Sidran
  • The Doctor Is In
With Dennis Wilson
  • Pacific Ocean Blue
With Ry Cooder
  • Jazz
With Lorraine Feather
  • Sweet Lorraine
With Rodney Franklin
  • In the Center
With Michael Franks
  • Burchfield Nines
With Ted Gärdestad
  • Blue Virgin Isles
With Herb Alpert and Hugh Masekela
  • Herb Alpert / Hugh Masekela
With The Moirs
  • State of Shock
With The Singers Unlimited
  • Just in Time
With Allyn Ferguson & Jack Elliott
  • The Orchestra
With Gabe Baltazar
With Freddie Hubbard
  • The Love Connection
With The Manhattan Transfer
  • Extensions
  • The Christmas Album
With Shelly Manne and Lee Konitz
  • French Concert
With Jimmy Smith
  • The Cat Strikes Again
With Spinetta
  • Only Love Can Sustain
With Sonny Stitt
  • Groovin' High
With Bobby Shew Quartet
  • Debut
With Bobby Enriquez
With The Carpenters
With Bobby and the Midnites
  • Where the Beat Meets the Street
With Sam Harris
  • Sam Harris
With Steve Perry
  • Street Talk
  • Greatest Hits + Five Unreleased
With Patti Austin
  • Patti Austin
  • The Real Me
With Diane Schuur
  • Schuur Thing
  • Timeless
  • In Tribute
  • Love Songs
With Lou Rawls
  • Love All Your Blues Away
With Herb Alpert
  • Keep Your Eye on Me
With George Benson & Earl Klugh
  • Collaboration
With Sarah Vaughan & Milton Nascimento
  • Brazilian Romance
With Brandon Fields
  • The Traveler
With Claude Bolling & Hubert Laws
  • California Suite
With Rod McKuen
With Bonnie Raitt
  • Nick of Time
With Joe Sample
  • Spellbound
With Iggy Pop
  • Brick by Brick
With Julio Iglesias
  • Starry Night
With Monica Lewis
  • My Favorite Things
  • Swings Jule Styne
With The Simpsons
With Dionne Warwick
  • Sings Cole Porter
With Dwight Yoakam
  • If There Was a Way
  • La Croix D'Amour
  • Under the Covers
  • A Long Way Home
With Pat Benatar
  • True Love
  • Synchronistic Wanderings
  • Christmas in America
With David Benoit
With Teresa Brewer
  • 16 Most Requested Songs
With Natalie Cole
  • Unforgettable...with Love
  • Stardust
With Barry Manilow
  • Showstoppers
  • Manilow Sings Sinatra
With Bette Midler
  • For the Boys
  • Gypsy: 1993 CBS Television Cast
  • Bathhouse Betty
With Cheryl Bentyne
  • Something Cool
With Michael Bolton
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With Peter Hofmann
With Shirley Horn
  • Here's to Life
  • You're My Thrill
With Robert Palmer
  • Ridin' High
With Tommy Tedesco
  • Performs Roumanis' Jazz Rhapsody for Guitar & Orchestra
With Wilson Phillips
  • Shadows and Light
With Harry Connick Jr.
  • When My Heart Finds Christmas
  • Come by Me
With David Foster
  • The Christmas Album
With Taj Mahal
  • Dancing the Blues
With Johnny Mathis
  • How Do You Keep the Music Playing?
  • Mathis on Broadway
With Terry Trotter
  • It’s About Time
With Carnie & Wendy Wilson
  • Hey Santa!
With David Benoit & Russ Freeman
  • The Benoit/Freeman Project
With Julia Migenes & Michael Kamen
  • Smile
With Kenny Rogers & David Foster
  • Timepiece
With Margie Gibson & Lincoln Mayorga
  • Say It with Music
With Lori Lieberman
  • A Thousand Dreams
With John Raitt
  • Broadway Legend
With Diana Ross
  • Take Me Higher
With Bobby Caldwell
  • Blue Condition
With Anne Kerry Ford
  • In the Nest of the Moon
With Michael Lang
With David Garfield & Friends
With Niki Haris
  • Dreaming a Dream
With Ottmar Liebert
With Jon Secada'