I've been playing music in San Francisco for the last 15 or so years.
I play acoustic and electric guitars, electric and upright bass, a little piano,
but for the most part, I have survived professionally playing the mandolin.

My first Solo CD, "Big Career Move" was released on 12/02 and consists
of 11 all original songs. On this CD I played 5 instruments
and sing lead and harmony vocals.

Big Career Move is NOW AVAILABLE. To get one click my home page... But then
again, you probably already have been there...

Here are few new MP3s to download.
Let me know what ya think via email?

1. The Two Woman Blues (7.7 MBs - MP3)

2. Weight of the Load (6.5 MBs - MP3)

3. Sofa That I Call Home (8.2 MBs - MP3)

This CD was Recorded, Mixed, Engineered & Produced by E.L. Titus and
Busking Buddah Records of Noe Valley, SF, CA.

All songs Composed by Ted Silverman Copyright © 2004 - All Rights Reserved

A Brief Musical Bio:

I started playing guitar when I was 11 - back in the suburban wastes of NJ. I played
in high school and college and fronted a number of remarkably lousy rock bands.
Around 1990 I bought a used Japanese Mandolin and took it to the Big Island of
Hawaii to woodshed. A few months later I met a guy named Charlie Casey at a
party on Ocean Beach in San Francisco. He started teaching me jazzy chords,
jazz standards and tin pan alley tunes and together we formed the San Francisco
based "Chazz Cats." The Cats played swing music made famous by folks such as
Django Reinhart, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Ella Fitzgerald, and Louis Prima.
Eventually we found a few of talented cohorts and began to entertain
up and down the West Coast playing at bars, clubs and private events. The Cats
recorded two great self produced CDs: Roadhouse Swing, and E Swingus Vitus.

18 years later and I am still playing music in San Francisco.
To find out where I am performing check out my new schedule page.
To learn more about whom I play with click here.

(I also teach mandolin and guitar.)

You can see some images from the hazy days of Chazz Cat history on my photo page.