A first call session cat, composer, conductor, multi-instrumentalist, arranger, producer, band-leader, solo recording artist, and human and animals rights activist; Bogota born Jesus Alfredo “Chucho” Merchan is among the instrument’s most prolific players.

Merchan has forged grooves incorporating fretless, slap/pop style, jazz , Latin, funk, punk, soul, and permutations thereof  with Everything But the Girl, The Dream Academy, Pete Townshend, Thomas Dolby,  Eurythmics, Billy Bragg, The Pretenders, David Gilmour, Phil Manzanera, Sam Brown, and Robert Wyatt, to cite a very, very select few.

Chucho Merchan Sound & Vision:

Chucho Merchan: “Pachamadre Mamatierra”  https://youtu.be/uBTv4a6vQqE

David Gilmour for “Wish You Were Here” courtesy of Chucho Merchan YouTube page: https://youtu.be/CYUTMzgQtXQ

Pete Townshend’s Deep End courtesy of Chucho Merchan YouTube: https://youtu.be/SYP0qzw-tbI