 Chew was a member of the Saturday Night Live Band from 1980 to 1983.During the 90s & 2000s, he was music director for the syndicated television series "Showtime at the Apollo" and the bandleader on "The Singing Bee".Chew was the bandleader during the 2008 Democratic National Convention and at the Barack Obama Neighborhood Ball at the First inauguration of Barack Obama in 2009.