Charles Frommer began playing professionally in his hometown of Bloomington, Indiana, before studying with Ran Blake at the New England Conservatory in Boston. He has freelanced in Boston and New York since then.
Charles Frommer has done varied work in radio, television, and film, as well as touring in and out of the country.
In addition to playing with Hudson Valley jazz groups Inner Door and the Eastern Standard Jazz Trio, he has worked with such diverse artists as Roswell Rudd, John Esposito, Cameron Brown, Natalie Merchant, and Dr. John.
He can currently be heard with the Swing Vipers jazz trio, the Tom DePetris Quartet, and frequently sitting in with the Metropolitan Hot Club.