Charles Webb - Columbia College Chicago

Charles Webb

Adjunct Professor of Instruction

cwebb@colum.edu

Biography

CHUCK WEBB

Private instrction-Electric & Acostic Bass

Chuck Webb is a first call bassist who has toured the world many times performing with such notable artists as David Sanborn, Smokey Robinson, Grover Washington Jr., Ramsey Lewis, Charlie Daniels and many others. As one of Chicago's top studio bassists Chuck has performed on hundreds of records, commercial jingles and sound tracks. Chuck is a member of the National Federation of Musicians and the National Educators Association.

TOURS AND PERFORMANCES

Jazz-

Ramsey Lewis, Stanley Turrentine, Joe Sample, Freddie Hubbard, McCoy Tyner, Willie Pickens, Henry Johnson, Phil Upchurch, The Gerald Wilson Big Band, Barbara Morrison & many others...

Contemporary Jazz-

David Sanborn, Grover Washington, Jr., Al DiMeola, Mike Stern, Roy Ayers, Ronny Laws, Terri Lynne Carrington, Eric Darius, Jerry Goodman, Bradley Leighton & many others...

R&B/Soul-

Jerry Butler, Smokey Robinson, Bill Withers, Teena Marie, Musiq SoulChild, Fred Wesley, Layla Hathaway, The 5th Dimension, The Sherelles, Howard Hewitt, Phil Perry, Stevie Wonder, Gene (Duke of Earl) Chandler, The Drifters, Jean Carn, Marlena Shaw & many others...

Other-

Charlie Daniels, Kathy Troccoli, Peter Primrose, Rich Little, Robert Klein, Mac Frampton

NATIONAL COMMERCIALS 

McDonalds, Nike, Allstate, Ford, Sears, AT&T, Reebok, Micheloeb, Coors, State Farm, Kellogg’s, American Express, Chevrolet, Miller, Ameritrade, Subaru, Pillsbury, Nissan, Citibank, Nationwide Insurance, Jeep .....and many, many, many others!

THEATER WORK

Hamilton

Kinky Boots

Paradise Sqare

Wicked

Billy Elliot 

Jersey Boys

Jess Christ Sperstar

The Color Purple

Godspell

The Wiz 

Five Guys Named Moe

Smokey Joe's Cafe

EDUCATION

University Of Chicago

Chicago Conservatory College

University of Miami 

Degrees

B.M., Music Merchandising University of Miami 1982