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Chazz Frichtel

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About Me

As a singer/songwriter and instrumentalist, Chazz has recorded and performed with artists as talented and diverse as Michael McDonald, Chuck Mangione, Christopher Cross, Carnie & Wendy Wilson, Perla Batalla, David Pack, America, Chaka Khan, Gregory Hines, Sheena Easton, Vonda Shepard, Marilyn McCoo/ Billy Davis Jr, John Tesh, Maureen McGovern, Raquel Welch and Ann Jillian to name but a few. He can also be heard singing the theme to NBC's syndicated hit sitcom "Saved By The Bell". Chazz currently has two solo CD's available. His first entitled "Perfect Moment" made it's debut in 2001. His second and most recent CD "My Therapist's Couch" was "released" in December 2006 and is available via CD Baby, iTunes and various digital distributors. Chazz also teamed with friend and Michael McDonald guitarist/bandmate, Bernie Chiaravalle, and as "Silent Partner" produced "Weddington Street" in 1992. As a session bassist/vocalist, Chazz has appeared on numerous recordings for television and film soundtracks, commercials and jingles, and friends CD projects such as, Michael McDonald, Vonda Shepard, Maureen McGovern, Pat Thomi, Jon Goodwin, Tollak, Barry Coates, Jeff Richman, Mark Stacy, Tim Heintz, Bernie Chiaravalle, and many others. Chazz notes "it has been my great priviledge and good fortune to have worked with so many incredible talents over the years"! Special thanks to photographers, Gay Lynn Smith, Darcy Cotten, Meg Fox and Jos L. Knaepen. (Don Alias) All photos are copywritten and used by permission. Finally, last and certainly not least, please join me in a standing ovation for Meg Fox, who not only took the cover photo, but did all of the artwork and layout for MTC! Bravo Meg! "Thank You"! mspobj enableJSURL="false" enableHREF="false" saveEmbedTags="true" allowScriptAccess="never" allownetworking="internal" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="never" allownetworking="internal" height="300" width="425" style="background:

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/30/2006
Band Website: This is it!
Band Members: Your's truly. That said, I had invaluable assistance in the creation of my latest CD "My Therapist's Couch". Featured are friends (and Mike McDonald bandmates for many years) Bernie Chiaravalle, George Perilli and Tollak (electric guitar, drums, and keys) longtime LA "jazzbro's" Bob Sheppard, Mark Hatch and Jim Fox (sax, flugel horn and nylon string guitar) and percussionist Bryan Brock. Also singing beautifully are two of Nashville's finest singer/songwriters, Diana DeWitt, and Mark Stacy (who also played guitars of all kinds, was the resident techno wiz, and co piloted the project.) Rounding out the line up and mixing it all together beautifully was Nashville studio/audio ace, John Albani. Each person brought their unique brand of "therapy" to the "Couch" sessions. I am humbled and honored by their contributions to this project and luckier still, to call them my friends! PS: A special "shout out" to Hank Linderman for the loan of his 12 string electrics and for longtime friendship and support!
Influences: Too numerous and wonderful to mention them all. I would have to say just about anything I have ever heard musically, regardless of genre, has had some influence, (the good & bad news) and of course, everyone I have ever worked with has influenced me to some degree. Musically I love it all, from the Beatles to Miles, from classical to country, etc. The ultimate, however, I think is to reach a point where one's own heart, mind, and sonic sensabilities, become the primary influence in one's own creative endeavors. Wow... Deep... LOL!
Sounds Like: Tapioca!
Record Label: Self Adhesive
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

"Little Star"

"Little Star" is a piece I wrote for two basses (fretted and fretless) and recorded on a 4 track cassette recorder (the model T of recording gear) back in the day, circa 1989.I thought I'd post it for...
Posted by Chazz Frichtel on Wed, 14 May 2008 11:47:00 PST

Credit Where Credit Is Due: (Song Credits)

"Branded By Your Touch"(C.Frichtel/D.Tyler)"The World's 2 Loud"(C Frichtel, A Seville, Dargi)"Nao Palavras" is dedicated to my (our) friend and iconic percussionist Don Alias, who passed away last yea...
Posted by Chazz Frichtel on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 05:41:00 PST

As 2007 comes to a close...

This year is just about a done deal.....Wow!2007 took me to many wonderful and amazing places and afforded me the opportunity to meet some lovely new folks and to say hello again to some friends I hav...
Posted by Chazz Frichtel on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:13:00 PST

UK/Ireland/ Australia/ New Zealand/ Japan

Just a quick update..... It's been a whirlwind summer/fall having performed in all the countries mentioned above.... As Louis Armstrong said "What A Wonderful World" andmy sincerest thanks to all the ...
Posted by Chazz Frichtel on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:17:00 PST

Go to: www.snarkypuppy.com

Happened to catch this GREAT new group (to me anyway) in Springfield, Mo this past weekend @ The Springfield Brewery, after playing a Christopher Cross show.Simply put.... AMAZING! Great fresh instrum...
Posted by Chazz Frichtel on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:51:00 PST

SNOCAP Downloads

I'm happy to announce that individual songs from my latest CD "My Therapist's Couch" can be downloaded directly from this My Space page.Anyway, just a quick note about the sound quality. The songs in ...
Posted by Chazz Frichtel on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 08:06:00 PST