About Chuck Anderson

An American jazz guitarist/composer who began his career as staff guitarist for the Latin Casino in Cherry Hill New Jersey, Here he performed with legends such as Peggy Lee, Biily Eckstien, Bobby Darin, Nancy Wilson, Michel Le Grande among many others.

Having founded the Chuck Anderson Trio with bassist Al Stauffer and drummer Ray Deeley, he recorded his first jazz LP "Mirror Within a MIrror" in 1974.

After spending many years as a composer and educator, Chuck has recently revived his jazz career with a new CD on the Dreambox Media label called "Freefall". This CD features Eric Schreiber on Bass and Ed Rick on Drums. All compositions are original in this project.

He currently writes for Just Jazz Guitar, All About Jazz, Jazz Inside and Jazz Inside New York. He is also a master for MikesMasterClasses.com

A prolific author, Chuck has written and published fifteen books on the jazz guitar and creativity in music.

He maintains a busy schedule performing, teaching and lecturing in the United States and abroad.

Chuck Anderson joined the JazzTimes community on Jun 29, 2010