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Chuck Findley

General Info

  • Genre: Funk / Jazz / Pop

    Location Los Angeles, California, US

    Profile Views: 44862

    Last Login: 8/6/2011

    Member Since 1/16/2007

    Website www.chuckfindley.net

    Record Label C.B.F. MUSIC

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    Chuck Findley was born in 1947 in Johnstown,Pennsylvania, raised in Cleveland,Ohio and was emmersed into the world of music since birth. The son of a musician, he began playing the trumpet at age 4 and the trombone by age 11.Upon graduation from high school, he won a scholarship to the Cleveland Institute of music, studying with Bernard Adelstein, among others. For a number of years he traveled with the Lee Castle Jimmy Dorsey Big Band. While on the road, He studied with Carmine Caruso in New York. At 18 he joined the Buddy Rich Band touring the Orient,Europe, and then the United States. Finally locating in Los Angeles in 1969, he began his successful recording career.Chuck was formerly the lead trumpet player for Johnny Carson's "Tonight Show" led by Doc Severinsen in 1989. He later played with Branford Marsalis on the emmy award winning "Tonight Show" with Jay Leno from May 1994-june 2001. Besides his studio work in Los Angeles, He travels abroad periodically to do featured solo work, jazz festivals, albums, clinics, television specials, and concert tours. TO HIRE BUY CD'S OR BOOK CHUCK FINDLEY LEAVE A MESSAGE OR GO TO WEBSITE. .. ......Contact Box Generated from http://myspacesupport.com.. ............Create your own custom ..MySpace Layouts........ .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .... .. .. .. ..
  • Members

    The most recorded trumpet player of all time!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Influences

    Clifford Brown, Maynard Ferguson, Bobby Hackett, Booker Little, Carmel Jones, Conte Candoli,
  • Sounds Like

    TOO MUCH TO LIST (SEE WEBSITE)

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