Combining virtuosic technique with stunning originality, Chuck Anderson projects the soul of jazz to his audience. Original works, jazz classics and jazz blues are all transformed in every performance. The art of spontaneity has always been the hallmark of jazz and this spontaneity has become a trademark of his music.
Chuck is now focused on his concert jazz guitar work and his contributions to music education through master classes, lectures, clinics and workshops. He currently records for the Dreambox Media label.
It’s obvious to everyone that versatility is an advantage! You’re in line for more work and more variety of work. Certainly, versatility is better than limitation. Versatility also allows you to move in and out of areas if you get tired of them. Generally, this is a good thing!
On the flip side of this, there [...]
There are three words commonly used in music that should be avoided – or at least redefined.
These words are Practice, Play and Rules.
Practice – This implies boring repetition. It’s uncreative and unproductive.
Play – This connotes casual fun – a frivolous, optional activity.
Rules -These are a rigid set of “laws” which must be followed.
I [...]
Let’s say you are pursuing the life of a performer. Whatever makes you inclined in that direction tends to make you “un-inclined” to follow up on the business side of music. Are you sure that you want to pursue this as your business? Are you sure that this pursuit is not just a hobby? [...]
Angel Blue A Tour of Jazz
In the liner notes, Chuck Anderson mentions that this recording marks his return to Jazz after spending several years exploring the art of the Neo Classical Guitar. This album of original material begins with an easy swing tune, “Aqua Blue”. Other selections include a bossa composition entitled “Soft Breezes”, [...]
By the music business, I don’t mean the recording or the performing artists. My reference is to the business machinery that is supposed to drive the music industry.
Musicians and entertainers are not supposed to chase club managers around, negotiate contracts or even collect the money. They should be spending all their time developing and [...]
I think that the state of today’s contemporary Pop/Rock/Indie music has reached an all time low. Most groups that I see on TV can’t move, sing, write or play. Their personalities could be described as cardboard but that would be an insult to cardboard.
Why they are in music at all is a mystery to me. [...]
Progress is in direct proportion to the time spent on disciplined practice and creative performance. But a musician’s growth is not determined by practice and playing alone. Life experience is an integral part of a musician’s development. As an individual matures, the learning experience requires increasingly thoughtful decisions. The musician must learn to decide when [...]
Angel Blue ReviewWritten for Jazz Improvisation Magazine by Bob Miles2003
Chuck Anderson is certainly no stranger to the Philadelphia music scene. In the seventies, Chuck’s first release “Mirror Within a Mirror” was an extremely popular album that featured the late Al Stauffer on Bass and Ray Deeley on drums. Angel Blue is Chuck’s second jazz [...]
Practice is that inevitable “dues-paying” time that everyone must invest to pursue music. In the self study approach, the most difficult aspect of practice is the organization of musical and technical principles. Too often the player works in circles not really progressing, not knowing what to practice. Becoming aware of this lack of progress, he [...]
My private music teaching career began in 1963. I was sixteen years old and not at all sure about a career direction. Having studied the guitar since the age of fourteen, I was involved in music but certainly not committed to it. Chance rather than planning played a major role in what was to become [...]
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