.: Alan (Goober) Chesnovitz
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Al Chesnovitz, also Alan Chez is an American musician who principally
plays the trumpet and the flugelhorn on the CBS Orchestra for the Late
Show with David Letterman. Alan Chez joined the CBS Orchestra on
February 3, 1997, after years of sitting in on trumpet and flugelhorn
with Paul Shaffer on Late Night with David Letterman and the Late Show.
Chez started his extensive music career at the age of 9 when he joined
his father's local drum corps, the Saints. He went on to join the
Garfield Cadets and, in 1979, joined forces with Jon Bon Jovi to create
the band the Atlantic City Expressway, which played New Jersey shore
clubs for five years.
Chez still donates his time to drum corps-activity and also conducts
brass-music clinics throughout the country. Mostly donating his time to
the Crossmen.
He first met Shaffer and the CBS Orchestra's Will Lee at a club in New
York in 1986 and was asked to tour with Shaffer's band. As "The World's
Most Dangerous Band," they performed at such venues as the Jacksonville
Jazz Festival and Summerfest in Wisconsin.
Chez has also played with
such artists as Tower of Power, the Robert Cray Band, Dave Edmunds,
Dion, Graham Parker, Kim Wilson and Bon Jovi. |
He has performed at such events as the 1989 Presidential Inauguration,
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions, John Lennon's 50th Birthday
Celebration, the 1996 Olympic Games Closing Ceremonies, the Concert of
the Century, the Concert for New York, and the Very Special Christmas
Concert. Al was also in the famous NJ shore band, La Bamaba and the
Hubcaps
Chez was born in Jersey City, N.J., on July 7, 1961. He and his wife,
Cat, continue to live in New Jersey. |
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