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.
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Birth name | Charles Louis Domanico |
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Born | (1944-01-20)January 20, 1944 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
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Died | October 17, 2002(2002-10-17) (aged 58) Los Angeles, California |
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Genres | Jazz, Pop, Rock & Roll |
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Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
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Instrument(s) | Double bass, bass guitar |
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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 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]
As sideman
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 J. D. 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 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 Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz, Leonard Feather, Ira Gitler, 1999, p. 47
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.
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.
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.
Bacsik, Elek. “Bird and Dizzy: A Musical Tribute” (Album Notes). Flying Dutchman. 1975.
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.
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.
McKuen, Rod. “It Had to Be You” (Album Notes). Desert Island Discs. 1989.
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.