genre birth_place image_size background instrument died image article_title name born occupation
west coast jazz chicago , illinois united states 240px non_vocal_instrumentalist upright bass , bass yes , california united states 1966 10 29 1945 01 25 los angeles chuck domanico.jpg chuck domanico
 chuck domanico 1945 01 25 musician composer
chuck domanico

charles louis domanico -lrb- january 20 , 1944 -- october 17 , 2002 -rrb- , better known as chuck domanico , was an american jazz bassist , playing both acoustic and electric bass on the west coast jazz scene .
domanico was born in chicago .
he settled in los angeles in the mid-1960s , and for nearly forty years was a central jazz figure in hollywood as well as contributing to a huge number of films and television programs .
singers backed by domanico included frank sinatra , barbra streisand , carmen mcrae , joni mitchell , taj mahal , diane schuur , natalie cole , and the group manhattan transfer .
along the way he participated in instrumental jazz performances by chet baker , shelly manne , oliver nelson , john klemmer , roger kellaway , barney kessel , art pepper , and many more .
his bass could be heard in themes for television shows like `` m * a * s * h '' and `` cheers '' , and he is said to have contributed to the soundtracks of more than two thousand films .
domanico died of lung cancer in los angeles at the age of 58 .
