Chet Catallo
Chet Catallo (born March 11, 1953) is an American jazz, smooth jazz, jazz fusion, blues, pop, and rock guitarist. He is best known for his softer style of jazz fusion as performed with the group Spyro Gyra, from 1978 through 1986.
Catallo currently performs session recordings for a variety of artists and genre as well as his own band, Chet Catallo and the Cats. He lives in Rochester, New York.
Music career
In 1978, Catallo joined the group Spyro Gyra while they were recording the Morning Dance album. This record featured Chet’s composition “It Doesn't Matter”. During the years Chet was with Spyro Gyra the band earned six Grammy nominations. Chet composed and performed the songs Loving You (from the record Catch the Sun) and Cafe Amore (from the record Carnaval). In 1986 Chet formed the band Chet Catallo and the Cats. The band released the record “First Take” in 2010.
Gear and equipment
He plays his custom shop Gibson ES-335 but has also played Gibson L-5. He uses Mesa Boogie amplifiers.
Chet
Chet is a masculine given name, often a nickname for Chester, which means fortress or camp. It is an uncommon name of English origin, and originated as a surname to identify people from the city of Chester, England. Chet was ranked 1027th in popularity for males of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.
People named Chet include:
Chet (murza)
Chet (baptized as Zachary) was a murza of Golden Horde and is a legendary progenitor of number of Russian families among which are Godunov, Saburov, Zernov, Veliaminov, others. He also was a founder of the Ipatievsky Monastery.
According to a legend Chet received estates near Kostroma in 1330 during the reign of Ivan I of Moscow and was baptized as Zachary. He also had a vision of Virgin Mary with prestanding Philip the Apostle and hieromartyr Hypatius of Gangra, which resulted in his healing from sickness. In a gratitude for healing at that place was established Hypatian Monastery.
According to the Russian historian Stepan Veselovsky (1876-1952), the legend appeared only at the end of the 16th century and has serious chronological issues. The historian claims that Zachary clan is a native Kostroma clan. In his opinion Zachary lived in the second half of the 13th century and had a son Aleksandr (d. 1304). The first representative of the family who served the Moscow was a grandchild of Zachary, Dmitriy Aleksandrovich Zerno. Hypatian Monastery was founded at the end of the 13th century and originally was a hereditary monastery located in the Zachary's estates.
Chet (disambiguation)
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