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CW3 Recordings
Set by the Sea - Chuck Walker Trio - 2008
Bryan Gambell - Bass
Fenimore Johnson - Drums
Chuck Walker - Guitar
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Released in May 2008, Set by the Sea is a album of original and standard jazz material recorded during the summer of 2007. This collection of toe-tapping swing and groovin' funk tunes illustrates the trio's rhythmic sensibilities and eclectic range. As a bonus, the last track features trumpeter Anilh Rameshwar and tenor saxophonist Andy Zahurak performing Chuck Walker's original composition, Good Evening.
For a free, promotional copy of Set by the Sea, contact:
Fenton Brown
619-309-5939
jazzwalker@gmail.com
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Open Mic Jazz Session June 1st
The Chuck Walker Trio hosts "Jazz Sunday Nights" every first Sunday of the month at Portugalia in Ocean Beach
Anchoring the evening with standard and original jazz compositions, the band invites you to bring out your ax and sit in on your favorite tunes. Contact the trio directly at chuckwalkertrio@gmail.com to prearrange some tunes or better yet, just show up and "bring it!"
In addition to serving tasty, authentic Portuguese cuisine, Portugalia serves wine, beer, and spirits.
This is an All Ages event.
4839 Newport Ave
Ocean Beach, CA 92107
619-222-7678
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(l-r) Chuck Walker, Andy Zahurak, and Don Shaffer
7:00 pm Tuesday - November 11, 2008
2241 Shelter Island Drive, San Diego 92101
$5
CW3 Booking Rates
Available for weddings, receptions, fund raisers, corporate functions, and family occasions, the Chuck Walker Trio's classic cool jazz sound - hollow body guitar, acoustic upright bass & jazz drum kit - will add that extra special something to enhance any gathering.
Booking Rates
Trio - $400
Guitar, Acoustic Bass, and Drums
Quartet - $500
Add a Vocalist, Saxophonist or Trumpet Player
Quintet - $600
Add a Vocalist and a Saxophonist or Trumpet Player
Sextet - $700
Vocalist, Saxophone, Trumpet, Guitar, Bass, and Drums
Prices include:
* 2 Hours of Live Music selected from the CW3 Jazz Repertoire
* DJ Music Before and Between Sets
* Professional Manner and Suited Attire
* $75 for each additional hour
Educational Rate - $100 per hour
The Chuck Walker Trio is available for university and K-12 classroom demonstrations, music workshops, jazz clinics, and auditorium performances. The trio gives students the opportunity to "sit in" with the group and perform jazz standards, improvised jams, and original compositions. Students can also expect to learn about the rich history of jazz in America and beyond.
Booking Information
Fenton Brown
619-309-5939
jazzwalker@gmail.com
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CW3 Biography
Bryan Gambell (bass), Fenimore Johnson (drums), and Chuck Walker (guitar)
Guitarist Chuck Walker has been performing and composing music for over a decade on California's west coast. Since "cutting his teeth" in the San Francisco jazz scene in the late 90's with the likes of Bradford Marsalis and John Handy, Chuck has extensively performed in Los Angeles and San Diego. His subtly aggressive guitar style bridges the genres of jazz, blues, funk, reggae, dub, rock, and pop. As a composer, Chuck's inventive and playful manner often contrasts a deeper, more bluesy side of his creativity.
Determined to assemble a versatile rhythm section of high caliber and adaptability in 2005, Chuck recruited bassist Bryan Gambell and drummer Fenimore Johnson. As a small unit, the trio's musical flexibility allows them to perform a wide range of original and standard material as well as feature special guest instrumentalists and vocalists. Bryan's calculating instincts compliment Chuck's organic expression, while Fenimore's funky sensibilities balance and anchor the group.
Since the formation of the Chuck Walker Trio, the group has hosted numerous Jazz Forum Open Mic Sessions throughout San Diego and featured many artists like vocalists Karin Carson, Cookie Coe & Rich Ross, keyboardist Chris Neale, flugelhornist Don Shaffer, trumpeter/keyboardist Anilh Rameshwar, tenor saxophonist Andy Zahurak, tenor saxophonist Billy Allen, pianist Dr. Carl Hammond, alto saxophonist Deborah Clark, and guitarists Larry Middlebrooks and Kevin Berg.
The Chuck Walker Trio is committed to bringing the best improvisational music to the stage every time. Whether in a trio setting or larger context, the Chuck Walker Trio continues to excite audiences with their musical versatility, unending creativity, and original artistry.
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CW3 Repertoire
Original CW3 Material
10:24 - Gambell
94 East Blues - Walker
Good Evening - Walker
I'm Listening - Walker
Landing Pad - CW3
Locked - CW3
More Blues - Walker
Open Swim - CW3
Rapture - Walker
Rounding - Walker
Salmon Strut - Gambell
Say What - Gambell
Sneak Past the Giant - Walker
Spaghetti Blues - Gambell
Still Waters - CW3
The Stroll - Johnson
TBA/TBD - CW3
Wellsville - Gambell
Jazz Standards
4 on 6 - Wes Montgomery
Afro Blue - Mongo Santamaria
Anthropology - Charlie Parker
At Last -
Autumn Leaves -
Avalon -
Beatrice -
Beautiful Love -
Better Get Hit in Your Soul - Charles Mingus
Birks Works - Dizzy Gillespie
Black Coffee -
Blue Bossa - Joe Henderson
Blue Skies -
Caravan - Duke Ellington
Ceora -
Chelsea Bridge - Duke Ellington
Cherokee -
The Chicken -
Cissy Strut - Funky Meters
Corcovado - John Carlos Jobim
Dear Old Stockholm -
Dillan's - Jae Sanders
Do Like Eddie - John Scofield
Footprints - Wayne Shorter
Freedom Jazz Dance - Eddie Harris
Full House - Wes Montgomery
Gibraltar - Stanley Turrentine
Going Down South - Bobby Hutcherson
Green Dolphin Street -
How High the Moon -
Inside Straight -
Israel - John Carisi
It's Your Thing -
Killer Joe - Benny Golson
Lady Bird - Tad Dameron
Lady is a Tramp -
Land of the Freaks - Sonny Simmons
Little Sunflower - Freddie Hubbard
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy - Joe Zawinul
Midnight Sun -
Mr. P. C. - John Coltrane
My Little Suede Shoes -
Naima - John Coltrane
Nature Boy - Eden Ahbez
Oleo - Sonny Rollins
One Note Samba - John Carlos Jobim
Pass the Peas - JB Allstars
Pithecanthropus Erectus - Charles Mingus
Prelude to a Kiss -
Pungee - Funky Meters
Red Clay - Freddie Hubbard
Route 66 -
Saints Go Marching In - Traditional
Since I Fell for You -
Serenade to a Cuckoo -
Sly - Herbie Hancock
So What - Miles Davis
Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise -
Solar - Miles Davis
Sonny Moon for Two - Sonny Rollins
Speak Low -
St. Thomas - Sonny Rollins
Stolen Moments - Oliver Nelson
Straight, No Chaser - Thelonius Monk
Swing to Bop - Charlie Christian
Syeeda's Song Flute - John Coltrane
Triste - John Carlos Jobim
Uninvisible - Martin, Medeski, & Wood
Watermelon Man - Herbie Hancock
Well, You Needn't - Thelonius Monk
When Sonny Gets Blue -
Work Song -
Yardsale - Bobby Hutcherson
Yes and No - Wayne Shorter
You Know You Know - John McLaughlin
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CW3 Previous Performances
CW3 with the Reverend Richard Ross celebrating the 3rd Annual Ocean Beach Jazz Festival at Winstons, September 9th, 2007
September 19th, 2008 - Live Acoustic Friday Night Music
People's Organic Food Market, Ocean Beach
September 7, 2008 - Open Mic Jazz Session
Portugalia, Ocean Beach
August 23, 2008 - People's 37th Celebration
Dusty Rhodes Park, Ocean Beach
August 16, 2008 - The Thursday Club, Ocean Beach
Wedding Reception
Marriage of Mr. Peter Belmont and Miss Kathryn Rhodes
August 3, 2008 - Portugalia
With trumpeter Don Shaffer and saxophonists Andy Zahurak, Eric Mueller, Justin Zakrajsek, and Maestro Matt
Featuring Tenor Saxophonist Abel Gongora and Trumpeter Don Shaffer
July 6, 2008 - Portugalia
With Special Guests Don Shaffer on Trumpet and Flugelhorn, Eric Mueller on Tenor Saxophone, and Justin Zakrajsek on Alto Saxophone
June 28, 2008 - Ocean Beach Street Fair
Portugalia Stage
24 Hours of Free Music Hosted by Jefferson Jay
June 1, 2008 - Portugalia
April 20, 2008 - Portugalia
Opening act for Jivechops Ensemble
April 06, 2008 - Portugalia
April 01, 2008 - Memorial Reception
March 16, 2008 - Portugalia
March 02, 2008 - Portugalia
Featuring Vocalist Cookie Coe with special guest Trumpeter Don Shaffer and Guitarist Kevin Berg
January 27, 2008 - Portugalia
Hosted a Jazz Forum Open Mic Jazz Session
January 6, 2008 - Portugalia
October 20, 2007 - Vinbladh's Swedish Cafe
October 6, 2007 - Vinbladh's Swedish Cafe
With guest drummer Steven Pearl
September 29, 2007 - Vinbladh's Swedish Cafe
September 21, 2007 - Manchester Grand Hotel
Gala Performance
September 9, 2007 - Winston's
November 19, 2006 - Portugalia
Featuring Guitarist Larry Middlebrooks, Tenor Saxophonist Billy Allen, and Vocalist Cookie Coe
October 29, 2006 - Portugalia
Jazz Showcase Review
August 19, 2006 - People's 35th Celebration
Robb Field, Ocean Beach
June 12, 2006 - Adam's Elementary
May 5, 2006 - People's
September 25, 2005 - Winston's
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Jazz in OB every Sunday @ Portugalia
Portugalia, a fine Portuguese restaurant and pub in Ocean Beach, hosts live jazz every Sunday evening. The food is tremendous, the atmosphere festive, and the music energizing.
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CW3 @ Portugalia 5 pm Sunday 10/29/6
Join CW3 at Portugalia for an evening of fantastic Portuguese cuisine and splendid American improvisation!
Portugalia
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People's Market 35th Anniversary Celebration
Chuck Walker & Andy Zahurak
Bryan Gambell
CW3+2
Chuck Walker & Marlon Arriola
Fenimore Johnson
Photos by gregorymcohen@gmail.com
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CW3+2 at Robb Field Noon Saturday 8/19/6
Join the Chuck Walker Trio with master saxophonists Marlon Arriola and Andy Zahurak as we celebrate Ocean Beach People's Organic Food Market's 35th Anniversary and Member Appreciation Picnic at Robb Field, Ocean Beach, Saturday August 19th from 11 am to 3 pm.
Purchase your picnic tickets at the Co-op: Adults members are $3, non-members are $5, and kids under 10 are free with the purchase of an adult ticket. Mark your calendars and don't miss the birthday party of the year!"This year our annual People's Member Picnic falls on the actual date that we first opened our doors 35 years ago! Come commemorate this auspicious occasion as we host the best picnic of the summer. There will be a delicious vegetarian barbeque with all the trimmings, live music, and activities for the little ones including Free Spirit the Clown, face painting, and an Astro-Jump. Plus we'll have an extraordinary birthday cake and more!"
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Jazz at Adams Elementary 6/12/6
Students of Adams Elementary enjoyed an afternoon of Jazz on Monday, June 12, 2006 with the Chuck Walker Trio. A discussion of jazz history accompanied an hour performance, demonstrating different types of jazz rhythms. Sounds of Swing, Funk, Afro-Cuban, and Bossa Nova filled the auditorium as students listened to the compositions of pianist, Thelonious Monk, saxophonist, Sonny Rollins, and Brazilian composer, Antonio Carlos Jobim. Students got the opportunity to see the instruments up close, ask questions, and learn more about them. A few lucky students got a chance to play Fenimore's drums and Chuck's guitar.
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CWT at People's Organic Food Market 5/5/6
Performing the compositions of Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus and more...
Chuck Walker Trio
Fenimore Johnson - Drums
Bryan Gambell - Bass
Chuck Walker - Guitar
Live at People's Organic Food Market
4765 Voltaire St near Sunset Cliffs Blvd
Friday May 5th
5:30 - 7:30 pm
Free
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CW3 Hosts Open Mic at Winston's 9/25/5
Bryan Gambell, Cookie Coe, Chuck Walker, and Don Shaffer outside Winstons during the First Annual Ocean Beach Jazz Festival, September 25, 2005
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