Chas
Eller has been in the recording industry for 29 years. During that time he
has recorded or produced over 500 LP's and CD's for numerous independent
and major record labels, as well as creating music scores for clients such
as Columbia Pictures, and Walt Disney. He has received three INDIE Awards
for his recording production work on album projects, as well as worked on
projects with Doc Watson and Dave Van Ronk which received 1991 and 1993 Grammy
nominations respectively. In addition, he has co-produced several music specials
for National Public Radio, including the 1988 Newport Folk Festival. Chas’s
recent production on the Re-Bop Records release “Even Kids Get the
Blues” won the praise and endorsement of pop/blues diva Bonnie Raitt
who did a cameo appearance on the disc, contributed to the liner notes, and
put it on the homepage of her website for over three months!
Chas currently owns and operates the state of the art studio in Charlotte, Vermont that has become synonymous with quality audio recording, mastering, and music production. In 2001, Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio asked Chas to join forces with him in the creation of another studio at Trey’s personal creative workshop, “The Barn.” In addition to his studio work, Chas still occasionally performs with the internationally known pop-jazz group Kilimanjaro, and was a member for over 25 years of the popular Unknown Blues Band with B.B. King alumni, Big Joe Burrell who passed away in 2005. Chas helped record and produce both Kilimanjaro records, which both made the "Top Five" for national jazz radio airplay. With these two bands he has performed across the U.S. as well as festival appearances in Switzerland, The Soviet Union, Holland, and Denmark. In addition, he has toured nationally with blues legend, Paul Butterfield and singer songwriter, Elisabeth von Trapp.
Chas has recorded or mixed projects that include Dr.
John, Taj Mahal, Shawn Colvin, They Might Be Giants, Doc Watson, Richard
Thompson, Odetta, The Horseflies,
Jerry Douglas, Trey Anastasio, The Indigo Girls, The Concord String Quartet,
The Emerson String Quartet, 32 CDs for the Kerrville Folk Festival in Kerrville,Texas,
as well as "local" touring artists, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals,
Elisabeth von Trapp, The Vorcza Trio, Jazz Mandolin Project, Gordon Stone,
Jennifer Hartswick, Viperhouse, Jon Gailmor, Seth Yacovone, Breakaway, Big
Joe Burrell and the Unknown Blues Band, and countless others. Go
to “Clients” for
full listing.
• Mixing and Post Production for "They Might Be Giants" MTV
Videos "Hotel Detective" and "Everything Right Is Wrong."
• Recorded and Co-Produced (2) two hour specials of the 1988 Newport Folk
Festival for NPR
• Produced music, sound efx, and audio mix for 25 video trailers for Academy
Home Video. (Including "Amityville IV")
• ADR work for CBS, "Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman" with
Associate Producer, Toni Ellis and actress Tantoo Cardinal
• Recorded the Emerson String Quartet for NPR's "Performance Today" in 1995
• Recorded 9 commentaries for NPR's "All Things Considered"
• Recorded and Produced music for Ben and Jerry's Factory Tours.
• Performances at the 1981 and 1983 Newport Jazz Festivals, the 1981 Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, and the 1985 Roskilde Festival in Denmark with Paul Butterfield, 1985 Montreal Jazz Festival, the 1991 Juraslav Jazz Festival in Juraslav, Russia, and the 1995 Utrecht Blues Festival in Holland. National Touring with Elisabeth von Trapp, 2002 to 2005 including concerts at the National Cathedral in Wash. D.C., The Chatauqua Institute, Christmas Concerts at St Patrick's Cathedral in NYC, as well as appearances at the Greenbrier, in W. Virginia, and The Vilar Center for the Arts, in Colorado.
• Live sound engineer for Keith Jarrett solo piano
concerts 1979 to 1981. Venues include Lincoln Center (Avery Fisher Hall as
well as the Metropolitan Opera House.) Tanglewood, Symphony Hall in Boston,
Academy of Music in Philadelphia, etc. *Live sound engineer for PBS special "Keith
Jarrett in Concert"
• Live sound engineer for "Oregon Live at Carnegie Hall"
• Live sound engineer for 1990 performance of "Prairie Home Companion" for NPR
• Recorded and mixed music for the 1998 movie "Mud Season" featured at the Slam Dance Film Festival
• Wrote and recorded theme music for VPR's show "Vermont This Week" which has aired for 19 years.
• Auditor for New England Council on the Arts 1977-1979
Keith Jarrett (20), Pat Metheny (6), Ray Charles, B.B. King, Larry Carlton, Taj Mahal (3), Betty Carter(2), McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Smith, Muddy Waters, Oregon, Paul Winter Consort, Loudon Wainwright, Tom Rush (3), Doc Watson(2), Jimmy Cliff, Albert Collins, the Sun Ra Arkestra, The Persuasions, The Byrds, Junior Walker, Dr. John, Jimmy Cliff, and many more.