Né à Nice en 1965 Philippe « Fifi » Chayeb a étudié la contrebasse au conservatoire de Nice de 6 et 17 ans et s’est installé à Paris en 1987.
Il a notamment joué avec Chance Orchestra, Diane Dufresne, Gilbert Montagne ́, Sylvie Vartan, Catherine Lara, France Gall, Sacha Distel, Babik Reinhardt, Jean Marie Ecay, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Paul Mauriat, Dionne Warwick, Carmine Appice, Manu Dibango, Idrissa Diop, Michel Legrand, Ray Gomez, Elisabeth Caumont, Olivier Hutman, Thierry Eliez, Guitars Unlimited, Patrick Bruel, Artmengo, Guy Marchand, Pierre Vassiliu, Richard Clayderman, Ginie Line, Alizee, Association Laurette Fugain, Julie Zenatti, Michel Pettruciani, Andre Ceccarelli, Bernard Arcadio, Musical Direction of Dany Brillant and Helene Segara, the Orchestra of Radio France (homage has Frank Zappa), Roland Romanelli, Claude Salmieri, Sylvain Luc, Larry Carlton, Robben Ford, Makoto Kuriya, Akira Ichi, Mike Terrana, Billy Cobham, Ernie Watts, Frank Gambale, Mel Gaynor, Laurent Gerra, Roberto Alagna, Vladimir Cosma…
STUDIO: Diane Dufresne, Paul Mauriat, Michel Legrand (Musics Movies), Babik Reinhardt, France Gall, Michel Leeb, Sacha Distel, Jean Marie Ecay, Michal, Ginie Line, Idrissa Diop, Moktar Samba, Bruno Coulais (Musics Movies), Alizee, Jean Marie Ecay, Mylene Farmer, And Of Many Others.