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Released
  
September 1956

Producer
  
Herbert Kimmel

Release date
  
19 May 1957

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
32:43 original LP

Artist
  
Paul Chambers

Label
  
Jazz West

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Recorded
  
Early March 1956 Western Recorders, Los Angeles

Chambers' Music (1956)
  
Whims of Chambers (1956)

Similar
  
Paul Chambers albums, Jazz albums

Chambers' Music is the debut album by jazz bassist Paul Chambers. It was originally released on the Jazz West label, then reissued on Blue Note Records in 1995 on a now out-of-print CD. Said CD also features three bonus tracks, originally included on High Step.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Dexterity" (Parker) - 6:46
  2. "Stablemates" (Golson) - 5:53
  3. "Easy to Love" (Porter) - 3:51
  4. "Visitation" (Chambers) - 4:55
  5. "John Paul Jones" (Shapiro, Pascal, Charig) - 6:56
  6. "Eastbound" (Drew) - 4:22

Bonus tracks on Blue Note CD reissue:

  1. "Trane's Strain" — 11:05
  2. "High Step" (Harris) — 8:13
  3. "Nixon, Dixon and Yates Blues" — 8:28

Tracks 7, 8, 9 recorded on April 20, 1955 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Personnel

  • Paul Chambers — bass
  • Kenny Drew — piano
  • John Coltrane — tenor saxophone
  • Philly Joe Jones — drums

    • Tracks 7, 8, 9

  • Paul Chambers — bass
  • John Coltrane — tenor saxophone
  • Pepper Adams — baritone saxophone
  • Roland Alexander — piano (#7 only)
  • Curtis Fuller — trombone
  • Philly Joe Jones — drums

    • Songs

    1Dexterity6:45
    2Stablemates5:54
    3Easy to Love3:51

    References

    Chambers' Music Wikipedia
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