Joe Chambers
Joseph Arthur Chambers (born June 25, 1942 in Stoneacre , Virginia ) is an American jazz drummer. He was part of a group of jazz musicians who recorded a variety of groundbreaking jazz albums in the 1960s, most notably with Blue Note Records .
life and work
Joe Chambers attended Chester High School in Chester, later the Philadelphia Conservatory for a year, and then the American University in Washington, DC . Chambers then performed in the area and Washington, DC, before moving to New York City in 1963 .
There he first worked with musicians such as Eric Dolphy and Freddie Hubbard , with whom he recorded the album Breaking Point in 1964. He played drums with Jimmy Giuffre and Andrew Hill , and from the mid-1960s also with Bobby Hutcherson , Joe Henderson and Sam Rivers . With Wayne Shorter he recorded the album Adam's Apple in 1966.
In 1970 he became a member of Max Roach's percussion ensemble M'Boom ; he also appeared with jazz legends such as Sonny Rollins , Tommy Flanagan , Charles Mingus and Art Farmer . With Tommy Flanagan and Reggie Workman he founded the Super Jazz Trio. In the late 1970s he became co-leader of Larry Young's band and played in Karl Ratzer's band with Jeremy Steig and Eddie Gomez . In the 1980s he made recordings under Chet Baker and Ray Mantilla .
Joe Chambers is also active as a teacher, for example at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York City , where he leads the Outlaw Band . In 2008 he took over the Thomas S. Kenan Chair as Distinguished Professor of Jazz in the Department of Music at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington .
Discographic notes
As a leader
- 1971: The Almoravid
- 1973: Almoravid, Muse
- 1976: New World, Finite
- 1977: Double Exposure, Muse
- 1981: New York Concerto
- 1991: Phantom of the City
- 1998: Mirrors, Blue Note
- 2006: The Outlaw
- 2010: Horace to Max
With M'Boom
- Re: Percussion, Strata-East, 1973
- M'Boom, Columbia, 1979
- Collage, Soul Note, 1984
As a sideman
With Donald Byrd
- Mustang !, Blue Note , 1964
- Fancy Free, Blue Note, 1969
With Chick Corea
- Tones for Joan's Bones, Atlantic , 1966
With Miles Davis
- The Complete In A Silent Way Sessions, Columbia, 1969
With Art Farmer
- Something Tasty, Baystate, 1979
With Don Friedman
- Metamorphosis, Prestige Records, 1966
With Jimmy Giuffre
- New York Concerts: The Jimmy Giuffre 3 & 4 , 1965, ed. 2014
With Joe Henderson
- Mode for Joe, Blue Note, 1966
- Joe Henderson Big Band, Polygram Records, 1992
With Andrew Hill
- Andrew !!!, Blue Note Records, 1964
- One For One, Blue Note Records, 1965
- Compulsion !!!!!, Blue Note Records, 1965
With Freddie Hubbard
- Breaking Point , Blue Note Records, 1964
With Bobby Hutcherson
- Dialogue , Blue Note Records, 1965
- Components, Blue Note Records, 1965
- Happenings, Blue Note Records, 1966
- Spiral, Blue Note Records, 1965-1968
- Oblique, Blue Note Records, 1967
- Patterns, Blue Note Records, 1968
- Total Eclipse, Blue Note Records, 1968
- Medina, Blue Note Records, 1969
- Now !, Blue Note Records, 1969
With Hubert Laws
- Wild Flower, Atlantic, 1972
With Charles Mingus
- Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert , Columbia, 1972
- Something Like A Bird, Atlantic Records, 1978
- Me, Myself and Eye, Atlantic Records, 1978
With Sam Rivers
- Contours, Blue Note Records, 1965
With Woody Shaw
- Cassandranite, Muse, 1965
With Archie Shepp
- Fire Music, Impulse !, 1965
- On This Night, Impulse !, 1965
- New Thing at Newport , Impulse !, 1965 (also with recordings by John Coltrane )
- For Losers, Impulse !, 1969
- Kwanza, Impulse !, 1969
- On Green Dolphin Street, Denon, 1977
With Wayne Shorter
- Et Cetera, Blue Note, 1965
- The All Seeing Eye, Blue Note, 1965
- Adam's Apple , Blue Note, 1966
- Schizophrenia, Blue Note, 1967
With The Super Jazz Trio
- The Super Jazz Trio, Baystate Records, 1978
- The Standard, Baystate Records, 1980
With Hidefumi Toki
- City, Baystate Records, 1978
With Charles Tolliver
- Paper Man, Black Lion Records , 1969
With McCoy Tyner
- Tender Moments, Blue Note, 1967
With Miroslav Vitouš
- Infinite Search , Embryo / Atlantic, 1969
With Tyrone Washington
- Natural Essence, Blue Note, 1967
With Joe Zawinul
- Zawinul , Atlantic, 1970
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jazz News: Joe Chambers and the Outlaw Band at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music ( Memento of the original from March 16, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Works by and about Joe Chambers in the catalog of the German National Library
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Chambers, Joe |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chambers, Joseph Arthur (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz drummer |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 25, 1942 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Stoneacre , Virginia, USA |