Christopher is a composer/bassist who lives in Chicago. He considers himself indebted to the generosity and knowledge of those he collaborates, studies, and performs with, including Jim Baker, Brian Sandstrom, Steve Hunt, Avreeayl Ra, Vincent Davis, Edward Wilkerson Jr, Jon Irabagon, Mabel Kwan, James Davis, and Brian Gephart.
Recent work includes his current sextet (Scott Clark, Jon Irabagon, Edward Wilkerson, Mabel Kwan, James Davis) debut recording with Out Of Your Head Records, the score for Kera MacKenzie & Andrew Mausert-Mooney’s award winning non-fiction montage feature, Make A Distinction, the Restroy release, sketches, for ears&eyes records and IKZ (Toby Summerfield, Kevin Davis, and John Niekrasz) release I saw the Cryptic Problem of my Generation Destroyed on Chicago label, Amalgam music. July 2026 will see the release of a new quintet (Jim Baker, Mike Reed, Jon Irabagon, James Davis) project on the Shifting Paradigm label. In addition to his quintet and sextet, current projects also include a quartet of Avreeayl Ra, Edward Wilkerson and Josh Berman.
In addition to his work as a performer, Christopher is also proud to be a teaching artist with The People’s Music School of Chicago, Chicago’s largest tuition free music school.
Featured Artworks
Image by Liina Raud
Image by Liina Raud
On stage at Constellation with Edward Wilkerson Jr, James Davis, Mabel Kwan, Scott Clark, and Jon Irabagon
Image by Liina Raud
Christopher Dammann Sextet Vinyl