The California-born bassist Chris Stefanetti has developed a sound that transcends his early rock, R&B and fusion jazz music roots. A multifaceted and versatile bass talent, he covers the range of any music he performs with a signature style and sound. His latest work on The GRS Trio debut CD featuring drum legend Walfredo Reyes Jr. and keyboard virtuoso Haakon Graf exemplifies the bassists well rounded bass talent at it's best.
Stefanetti's performance work has taken him to clubs, festivals and TV appearances all throughout the world including NBC's Saturday Night Live, The San Francisco Blues Festival, LA’s famed Catalina Bar Jazz Club and the legendary Baked Potato Los Angeles just to name a few. Versatility and fluency in any style are the trademarks of Chris's playing. From rock, R&B, jazz to Pop, he is found comfortable in all.
Chris has performed and recorded with noted musicians and artists such as drum legend Walfredo Reyes Jr. (Santana, Steve Winwood), Norwegian keyboard virtuoso Haakon Graf (Grafitti, Dennis Chambers) Bay Area blues men Garth Weber and Mark Ford, LA Jazz great Sandro Albert, Rodney Franklin, Drum Phenom Bernie Galane, Bobby Hutcherson, Jenna Mamina, Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Zydeco Band, smooth jazz artist Chris Camozzi (also Michael Bolton MD), Grammy Award winning Sony Music producer Walter Afanasieff, Tom Brechtlien (Chick Corea, Robben Ford), famed drum educator Bob Moses, drummer Hilary Jones (Robben Ford), Vocalist Tony Lindsey (Santana) Favored Nations artist Stef Burns (Huey Lewis and the News), Full Faith and Credit Big Band, JP Cervoni & Belinda Skinner Band. 2006 he toured with virtuoso Blues Harpist Chris "Hammer" Smith.
Stefanetti has worked with and shared the stage with such LA music names as Dave Weckl, Bernie Dressel (Brian Setzer) Gerry Brown (Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, Chick Corea) and Rick Latham (Edgar Winter, author of Advanced Funk Studies), renowned sidemen such as Jay Gore (Hillary Duff, Scott Grimes), Ross Bolton (Al Jareua), Glen Sobel (Beautiful Creatures, Jennifer Batten) John Ziegler (Pigmy Love Circus) and Jeff Paris (Bonnie Rait). He has recently recorded with session luninairies Joey Heredia & Kirk Covinghton and has finished a brand new CD for 2007 with The GRS Trio featuring Walfredo Reyes Jr. and Haakon Graf.
Chris Stefanetti has entertained countless audiences in club and concert performances throughout the span of his well established bass career. Please visit www.chrisstefanetti.com for his extensive performance history and tour information.
