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JAZZ BASSIST / COMPOSER SELECTED CREDITS
 

TOURS

LIVE PERFORMANCE

Swing Fever ’99 - ’03 Mose Allison, Chet Baker, Charles Brown,
Chuck Metcalf Quartet ’93, ’94 Charlie Byrd, Curtis Clark & David Murray,
Frank Morgan ’90 & ’93 Conti Candoli, Larry Coryell, Bob Dorough,
Chuck Metcalf Quartet/Quintet ’92 Billy Eckstine, Art Farmer, Chico Freeman
Jim Pepper ’91 & Kenny Barron, Benny Goodman,
Elmer Gill ’90s Benny Green, John Handy, Roland Hanna,
Bert Wilson ’86 through ’88 Eddie Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson,
Ernestine Anderson ’83 Eddie Jefferson & Richie Cole, Harold Land,
Dexter Gordon ’80 Charles Lloyd, Bobby McFerrin, Big Miller,
Kenny Rankin ’75 Blue Mitchell, Joe Pass, Art Pepper,
Overton Berry ’69 Charlie Rouse, Diane Schuur, Woody Shaw,
Joe Venuti ’64, ’65 George Shearing, Bobby Shew, Sonny Simmons,
Elmer Gill ’63 Mel Torme, Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson,
Anita O’Day ’62 Mal Waldron, James Williams, Michael Zwerin
  and many more.
 

RECORDINGS

AWARDS / CITATIONS

Chuck Metcalf THINKING OF YOU Lyrichromatic ‘04
Craig Flory WIGWAM BENDIX Franchise ’98
Gerry Grosz ON RAMP UpLate ’98
Primo Kim TO BE NEAR RKK ’97
Chuck Metcalf HELP IS COMING Bopware ’92
Bert Wilson LIVE AT THE ZOO Nine Winds ’90
Chuck Metcalf ELSIE STREET Bopware ’90
Bert Wilson LIVE AT THE BELLEVUE JAZZ FESTIVAL FMO ’87
  WINGS  FMO ’87
  LIVE AT CAFFE STAR-BUCKS FMO ’87
. REBIRTH LOVES MONK! FMO ’87
Chuck Metcalf LIVE IN SEATTLE FMO ’87
Mark Murphy STOLEN MOMENTS Muse  ’78
San Fransisco,Ltd SAN FRANSISCO, LTD. Crystal Clear  ’77
Mel Ellison FRIENDS New Jazz ’76
Doug Hammond REFLECTIONS IN THE SEA OF NURNEN ’72
Overton Berry LIVE AT THE DOUBLE-TREE Jaro ’70
Joni Metcalf SINGS PORTER AND ELLINGTON Camelot ‘65
Certificate of Recognition “Seattle Jazz Pioneer”
WA museum of History & Industry - Earshot ’93
Best NW Recording, Help Is Coming - Earshot ’93
Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame - Earshot Jazz ’91
Best NW Recording, Elsie Street - Earshot ’90
“one of the really talented ones”,
quoted by Paul DeBarros, Jackson Street AfterHours – ’90
…among “bassists who have contributed to jazz music
over the past 65 years”. Todd Coolman in The Bass Tradition – ’85
 

EDUCATIONAL & CULTURAL

Instructor, jazz bass, - Jazz Camp, ’01
Instructor, jazz bass, - Koninlijk Conservatorium, Den Haag, NL, ’86
Affiliate, jazz bass, - WWU, Bellingham, WA ‘93-’94
Director, - Seattle Public Schools Summer Jazz Program—’68
Co-Founder, Seattle Jazz Society—’66
Instructor in theory, Cornish college of Fine Arts, Seattle WA—’64
B.A. University of Washington—’53
   

CONTACT CHUCK METCALF

VIDEOTAPES

If you wish to contact Chuck Metcalf, please address your email to: Chuck Metcalf Octet Live at the Lyrichromatic
chuckmetcalf@comcast.net Umbrella's ''Jammin' in the Shed'', July 3rd, '94
  Bert Wilson, Live at the Zoo, Portland OR, ’89
  Ernestine Anderson, Live @Ernestine’s, PBS ‘83
CURRENT GIGS
12/07 Chuck will currently be appearing at:
  The Cheesboard with Betty Shaw Shattuck & Vine, Berkeley Friday 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM
      Saturday Noon - 3:00 PM
  The Healdsburg Hotel Healdsburg, California One Saturday a month