1. Jason Randolph Scheff was born on April 16,1962 and is an American bassist, singer, and songwriter who was a frontman for the American rock band Chicago from 1985 to 2016.
11 Facts About Jason Scheff
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In mid-1985,23-year-old Jason Scheff joined the multiplatinum band Chicago, after Peter Cetera had departed the band to continue his solo career.
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Jason Scheff performed "Heart of Mine" several years later in 2007 for a theater-in-the-round setting at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville.
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Jason Scheff enlisted Rascal Flatts vocalist and bassist Jay DeMarcus to serve as producer for the new album, which was released on March 21,2006.
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Jason Scheff was part of two a cappella releases by West Coast All Stars.
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In 2005, Scheff appeared on the Pink Floyd tribute album Back Against the Wall, performing lead vocals and bass on the track "Run Like Hell", together with Dweezil Zappa, Tony Kaye, Aynsley Dunbar, Bob Kulick, and Billy Sherwood.
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In October of that year, Jason Scheff left Chicago permanently, with Coffey initially as his successor before the latter was replaced by Canadian tenor vocalist Neil Donell and bassist Brett Simons in late 2018.
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Jason Scheff appeared in January 2017 in the CNN feature film by Peter Pardini Now More Than Ever: The History of Chicago, which began filming before his departure from the band.
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Jason Scheff has worked with new artists trying to break into the music business by conducting songwriting workshops and music lessons.
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Jason Scheff has participated in a number of fundraisers for charities.
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Jason Scheff performed the Chicago songs "25 or 6 to 4" and "Hard to Say I'm Sorry".