Chuck Metcalf

{{Short description|American jazz double-bassist}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Chuck Metcalf

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|01|08}}

| birth_place = Seattle, Washington, USA

| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|01|11|1931|01|08}}

| death_place =

| genre = Jazz

| occupation = Musician, architect

| instrument = Double bass

}}

Chuck Metcalf (8 January 1931 − 11 January 2012) was an American jazz double-bassist. He taught at Garfield High School's Magnet Program with saxophonist Joe Brazil in 1968.{{cite magazine |title=Strictly Ad Lib |magazine=Down Beat |volume=35 |issue=14 |date=11 July 1968 |page=43 |quote=A $25,000 program for teaching jazz, rock and folk music in the Seattle ghetto has been set up by the Seattle Public Schools for this summer. Bassist Chuck Metcalf is coordinator and has hired teachers ranging from 18-year-old John Hatfield, leader of the Blues Feedback, to 40-year-old tenor saxist Joe Brazil.}} In 1980 he toured with Dexter Gordon. His first solo studio album named Elsie Street was released in 1989.{{cite web|url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/|title=All About Jazz|first=All About|last=Jazz|website=All About Jazz}} In January 2012 he died from cancer.