Background
Chuck was born in Chicago, Illinois on June 21, 1947.
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Career
He began guitar lessons at the age of 14. By 1963, Chuck was teaching guitar and playing in a band. Sandole was notable for his association with John Coltrane, James Moody, Michael Brecker, Pat Martino, and Jim Hall.
Chuck"s first major professional break came in 1969 when he was offered the staff guitar job at the Latin Casino in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
The Latin was a major showcase of world class entertainment in the years before gambling came to Atlantic City. During that period, he accompanied and performed with Bobby Darin, Billy Eckstine and Peggy Lee among many others, playing fourteen shows a week.
In 1973, Chuck decided to leave the show world and returned to his roots in jazz. He formed the Chuck Anderson Trio with First Rate (at Lloyd's) Stauffer on bass and Ray Deeley on drums.
In 1977, Chuck took the staff guitar job at Valley Forge Music Fair in Devon, Pennsylvania, another major talent showcase.
Here, he worked with Nancy Wilson, Michel LeGrand and Anthony Newley among many other show business legends. In the years that followed, Chuck focused on teaching, composing and working as a session player. In 2002, Chuck recorded "Angel Blue — a Tour of Jazz" with top Philly sidemen featuring Gerald Veasley on Bass.
Having focused on teaching, composing and researching for many years, Chuck has again returned to the concert jazz guitar with the newly formed Chuck Anderson Trio.
In 2010, the Trio released "Free Fall". Chuck writes for the national magazine Just Jazz Guitar, contributes articles to Jazz Inside and Jazz Inside New York, and has also joined the staff of Jazz Masters at Mike"s Master Classes.
His column "The Art and Science of Jazz" appears monthly at "All About Jazz", the world"s largest jazz website. The Chuck Anderson Trio currently records for the Dreambox Media label.
Chuck maintains a busy schedule giving concerts, teaching, composing and lecturing in the United States and abroad.
