Paul Chambers & Tommy Flanagan · Motor City Scene 1959-60

Collected recordings of two excellent hard bop units consisting of musicians solely from Detroit, the first led by Thad Jones and Billy Mitchell and the second by Donald Byrd and Pepper Adams that not only stand out as two of the rarest of the Bethlehem jazz recordings, but which are also two of the best records made by the teams of these venerable Detroiters. Lone Hill Jazz chose to market this CD under the names of Flanagan and Chambers which were present on both sessions. Both combos groove very nicely here and who dares not to in the presence of hard bop royalty such as Kenny Burrell, Thad Jones, Al Grey, Pepper Adams, Donald Byrd, Tommy Flanagan, Paul Chambers, "Hey" Lewis (a Louis Hayes alias) and Elvin Jones. The bands are very tight and the tracks are long enough that everybody gets in some good licks on the solos. 9 numbers in all. Originally released as Motor City Scene (#1-4) and Stardust (#5-9) on the Bethlehem label this CD puts the 2 sessions together for the first time. Way harder than most of the west coast sessions on Bethlehem, and two essential hard bop classics that's nigh on impossible to find on wax.

Motor City Scene Complete Recordings

1-4 (Motor City Scene)
Thad Jones (cnt, flhrn), Al Gery (tb), Billy Mitchell (ts), Tommy Flanagan (p), Paul Chambers (b), Elvin Jones (d)
New York October 24 & 32, 1959

5-9 (Stardust)
Donald Byrd (tp), Pepper Adams (bar), Tommy Flanagan (p), Kenny Burrell (g), Paul Chambers (b), Louis Hayes (d)
New York, 1960

1. Let's Play One
2. Minor on Top
3. Like Old Times
4. No Refill

5. Stardust
6. Trio
7. Philson
8. Libeccio
9. Bitty Ditty

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Jazz Club: Bass

MP3 HQ 320 kbps | front cover | 01:09:05 | 136 MB (+3%)
Label: Polygram Records

A collection of accompanied and unaccompanied jazz bass solos perfomed by the masters of the genre

Tracklist
1. Slam Stewart With The Coleman Hawkins Quintet // Beyond The Blue Horizon (02:57)
2. Chubby Jackson & His Orchestra // Northwest Passage (02:52)
3. Charles Mingus // Prayer For Passive Resistance (03:53)
4. Ray Brown // Solo For Unaccompanied Bass (02:28)
5. Oscar Pettiford With Tal Farlow // Blues In The Closet (02:51)
6. Percy Heath With The Modern Jazz Quartet // The Golden Striker (04:00)
7. Eddie Safranski With The Metronome All Stars // How High The Moon Pt. 1 (02:43)
8. Paul Chambers With Jimmy Cleveland And His All Stars // Little Beaver (07:46)
9. Red Mitchell With The Herb Geller Quartet // If I Where A Bell (03:05)
10. Sam Jones With The Cannonball Adderley Quintet // Tribute To Brownie (03:32)
11. Ron Carter With Kenny Burell // Stompin' At The Savoy (05:45)
12. Niels-Henning Orsted-Pedersen With Oscar Peterson // Younger Than Springtime (05:24)
13. Richard Davis // Muses For Richard Davis (06:00)
14. Jaco Pastorius // Foreign Fun (07:51)
15. Stanley Clarke With Return To Forever // Bass Folk Song (07:58)

Total time 01:09:05

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Paul Chambers We Three , 1958

Paul Chambers - We Three (Prestige/New Jazz, 1958)
(w/Roy Haynes & Phineas Newborn)
Jazz | MP3 | 320 Kbps | 124.1 Mb

TrackList
1. Reflection
2. Sugar Ray
3. Solitaire
4. After Hours
5. Sneakin' Around
6. Our Delight

Lineup:
Roy Haynes - drums
Phineas Newborn - piano
Paul Chambers - bass

1958/11/14, Van Gelder Studios, Hackensack, New Jersey.

Prestige VDJ-1542 (P)1986 Digital Remaster

:: We Three ::

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Paul Chambers - Go 1959

Go (Vee-Jay, 1959)
MP3 ~ 320Kbps

Personnel:
Paul Chambers - bass
Cannonball Adderley - alto sax
Freddie Hubbard - trumpet
Wynton Kelly - piano
Jimmy Cobb - drums
Philly Joe Jones - drums

Recorded February 2 & 3, 1959

Tracks:
1. Awful Mean - (studio)
2. Just Friends - (studio)
3. Julie Ann - (studio)
4. There Is No Greater Love - (studio)
5. Ease It - (studio)
6. I Got Rhythm - (studio)
7. Shades Of Blue - (studio)
8. Dear Ann - (studio)
9. I Heard That - (studio)

Allmusic.com:
This interesting but out of print Vee Jay LP is headed by bassist Paul Chambers and features four all-stars as sidemen: altoist Cannonball Adderley, pianist Wynton Kelly, drummer Jimmy Cobb, and (on four of the six numbers) the young trumpeter Freddie Hubbard who was at the beginning of his career. Other than Hubbard, all of the musicians were currently members of the Miles Davis Sextet, but the fiery and sometimes funky music sounds much more extroverted than much of Davis' output at the time. Cannonball and Kelly are the solo stars on three standards and a trio of Chambers originals while Hubbard sounds promising. Hopefully Vee-Jay will reissue this set (along with its follow-up 1st Bassman) on CD eventually; the unavailable Japanese reissue has added quite a few alternate takes.

:: Go ::



Cd 1

01. Awful Mean [Take 6] 6:58

02. Just Friends [Take 8] 5:16

03. Julie Ann 6:01

04. There Is No Greater Love 8:17

05. Ease It 6:59

06. I Got Rhythm [Take 5] 6:09

07. Shades of Blue 8:24

Cd 2

01. Just Friends [Take 6] 7:36

02. I Got Rhythm [Take 2] 6:27

03. Dear Ann [Take 3] 7:50

04. Dear Ann [Re Take 2] 5:11

05. Dear Ann [Re Take 3] 4:11

06. I Heard That [Take 4] 9:33

07. I Heard That [Take 8] 9:14

08. I Heard That [Re Take 1] 9:23

09. Awful Mean [Take 4] 9:27


:: Go ::

The East/West Controversy - Hampton Hawes / Paul Chambers

The East/West Controversy

Hampton Hawes (p)
Harper Cosby (b)
Lawrence Marable (d)
"The Haig", Hollywood, CA, September 22, 1951

Buzzy
What Is This Thing Called Love? (These Foolish Things)
Bud's Blues (Hamp's Claws)
Another Hair Do
All The Things You Are
Blue Bird (Hamp's Paws)

Jack Montrose (ts)
Bill Perkins (ts)
Paul Moer (p)
Paul Chambers (b)
Philly Joe Jones (d)
January 22, 1957

Montrose
The Mouse Hop

Jack Montrose (ts)
Bill Perkins (ts, bs)
Paul Moer (p)
Paul Chambers (b)
Philly Joe Jones (d)
January 23, 1957

Jazz City
Sweet Saxophones
Early Morning Smog
Two Visitors
Cute

1975, Xanadu Records, Xanadu 104

:: The East / West Controversy ::

Paul Chambers – Chambers’ Music 1956

The legendary bassist’s first album as a leader. The last three tracks were not on the original LP.

1. Dexterity – 6:49

2. Stablemates – 5:56

3. Easy to Love – 3:54

4. Visitation – 4:57

5. John Paul Jones (Aka Trane’s Blues) – 6:59

6. Eastbound – 4:25


7. Trane’s Strain – 11:05

8, High Step – 8:13

9. Nixon, Dixon and y Ates Blues – 8:28

Paul Chambers – bass

John Coltrane – tenor sax

Kenny Drew – piano

Philly Joe Jones – drums

Last 3 tracks include:
Pepper Adams – baritone sax

Roland Alexander – piano

Curtis Fuller – trombone

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:: Chambers’ Music ::

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1st Bassman 1961

Paul Chambers - 1st Bassman 1961
1997 Issue B.M

As a lead instrument in jazz, the acoustic bass was in many ways liberated by Paul Chambers, and paved the way for many others to follow. Though Pops Foster, Jimmy Blanton and Ray Brown also deserve credit, Chambers was allowed to put his bass on top, become a leader in his own right, and play lead melodies with a clear, ringing, well enunciated tone. 1st Bassman is anchored by rising stars from Detroit such as Yusef Lateef, Curtis Fuller, and adopted (from Pittsburgh) car city resident Chambers, with trumpeter Tommy Turrentine, pianist Wynton Kelly, and drummer Lex Humphries evenly balancing the session. Interestingly enough, it was recorded not in New York or the Motor City, but Chicago. Lateef wrote all of the material, save for Cannonball Adderley's slow jam "Who's Blues?" which was included only on the CD re-release. The emphasis on the compositions of Lateef all display a spare construct, rearing the horns to a marginal level except for solos, allowing Chambers to take care of business and control the shaping of the melodies, with little unison play involved. The small horn inserts of "Melody" give sway to the big bass strut of Chambers, with solos from Turrentine's stoic trumpet, Lateef's advanced tenor, and Fuller's wanton but mushy trombone included. "Bass Region" is even more spare, a one note horn punctuation setting up lengthy solos. The slightly dour post-bopper "Retrogress" gives Kelly's piano his due diligence, "Mopp Shoe Blues" completely offers Chambers his freedom to work out, and the ballad "Blessed" features the arco bowed bass of the leader in a mournful mood, brightened up by the effervescent and hopeful flute of the brilliant Lateef. This CD and its companion piece Go complement the preceding Blue Note sessions, comprising a small but potent body of work that few bassists have produced in modern jazz. If you are a student or lover of jazz bass, the complete Paul Chambers Vee Jay sessions, of which this is one, belongs in your home.
By Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide.


Paul Chambers - Bass
Yusef Lateef - Tenor Sax
Lex Humphries - Drums
Curtis Fuller - Trombone
Wynton Kelly - Piano
Tommy Turrentine - Trumpet

01. Melody (Lateef) 4:11
02. Bass Region (Lateef) 10:38
03. Retrogress (Lateef) 3:33
04. Mopp Shoe Blues (Lateef) 6:08
05. Blessed (Lateef) 7:07
06. Who's Blues (Adderley) 8:26


:: 1st Bassman ::

Bass On Top (1957)

Paul Chambers - bass
Kenny Burrell - guitar
Hank Jones - piano
Art Taylor - drums

1 Yesterdays (Harbach, Kern) 5:53
2 You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To (Porter) 7:17
3 Chasin' the Bird (Parker) 6:19
4 Dear Old Stockholm (Traditional) 6:44
5 The Theme (Davis) 6:15
6 Confessin' (Brown, Daugherty, McShann) 4:15
7 Chamber Mates [bonus track] (Burrell, Chambers) 5:02

Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ on July 14, 1957

:: Bass on the Top ::

Whims Of Chambers 1956

Paul Chambers - Whims Of Chambers (1956)
MP3 / 320kbps /RS.com: 95mb/ Covers

1. Omicron (Donald Byrd) 7:15
2. Whims Of Chambers (Paul Chambers) 4:03
3. Nita (John Coltrane) 6:03
4. We Six (Donald Byrd) 7:39
5. Dear Ann (Paul Chambers) 4:18
6. Tale Of The Fingers (Paul Chambers) 4:41
7. Just For The Love (John Coltrane) 3:41

Total Time: 37:40

Paul Chambers, bass
John Coltrane, tenor saxophone
Donald Byrd, trumpet
Horace Silver, piano
Kenny Burrell, guitar
Philly Joe Jones, drums

Blue Note Records 1956

- Whims Of Chambers -