Paul Chambers
Paul Laurence Dunbar Chambers Jr. (* 22. April 1935 in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , † 4. January 1969 in New York ) was an American jazz - bassist .
Live and act
Paul Chambers, who initially played the baritone horn and tuba , began playing the double bass at the age of 14 . After moving to Detroit , he was soon playing with local musicians such as Thad Jones , Barry Harris and Kenny Burrell . With Paul Quinichette he came to New York City in 1955 to play in all of the city's major jazz clubs . In the same year he was hired by Miles Davis for his quintet. One of his particularly outstanding achievements is his participation as bassist on Kind of Blue in 1959. He played in Davis' band until 1963, and was also involved in recordings by John Coltrane , Cannonball Adderley , Sonny Rollins and Kenny Dorham . He also recorded some albums for Blue Note and Vee Jay under his own name in the late 1950s . In 1956 he worked on Quincy Jones ' debut album This Is How I Feel About Jazz . In 1964/1965 he played together with Wynton Kelly and Jimmy Cobb in a trio and made a. a. Recordings with Wes Montgomery . Due to his heroin addiction , he died of tuberculosis in 1969 at the age of just 34.
Chambers was an outstanding bass player, a bebop- style companion , who laid solid walking bass lines under the solos of his fellow musicians and thus gave them the security for their improvisations . In addition, Chambers skilfully used the bow in his solos, which was extremely rare in his time and set him apart from his colleagues, who also only plucked the strings as a soloist. Coltrane's Giant Steps album , which featured Chambers, features a Coltrane song called Mr. PC. This dedicated track is now seen as the jazz standard .
Discographic notes
- Whims Of Chambers ( Blue Note Records , 1956) with Donald Byrd, John Coltrane, Horace Silver, Kenny Burrell
- Chambers Music (Jazz West, 1956) with John Coltrane, Kenny Drew , Philly Joe Jones
- Paul Chambers Quintet ( Blue Note , 1957) with Donald Byrd, Clifford Jordan , Tommy Flanagan, Elvin Jones
- Bass On Top (Blue Note, 1957) with Hank Jones , Kenny Burrell , Art Taylor
- Bud! The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol. 3) (Blue Note, 1957)
- Cool Struttin ' (Blue Note, 1958) with Sonny Clark , Art Farmer
- We Three (New Jazz, 1958) with Phineas Newborn and Roy Haynes
- Go (Vee Jay, 1959) with Freddie Hubbard, Cannonball Adderley, Wynton Kelly, Jimmy Cobb
- Motor City Scene (Lonehill Jazz, 1959/60) with Donald Byrd, Thad Jones , Billy Mitchell , Pepper Adams , Tommy Flanagan , Louis Hayes
- 1st Bassman (Vee-Jay, 1960) with Tommy Turrentine , Curtis Fuller and Yusef Lateef
Literature / lexical entries
- Joachim-Ernst Berendt and Günther Hoesmann: The jazz book . Frankfurt / M .; Fischer TB
- Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr: Reclam's Jazz Guide . 5th, revised and supplemented edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-15-010464-5 .
- Dto. Edition in 2 volumes (personal and material part) 1977 (Reclam) / 1980 (Ed.Peters, Leipzig)
- Ian Carr , Digby Fairweather , Brian Priestley : Rough Guide Jazz. The ultimate guide to jazz music. 1700 artists and bands from the beginning until today. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 1999, ISBN 3-476-01584-X .
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 8th edition. Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-14-102327-9 .
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
- Martin Kunzler : Jazz Lexicon. Volume 1: A – L (= rororo-Sachbuch. Vol. 16512). 2nd Edition. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-499-16512-0 .
Web links
- Works by and about Paul Chambers in the catalog of the German National Library
- Paul Chambers at Allmusic (English)
- Paul Chambers at Discogs (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Chambers, Paul |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chambers, Paul Laurence Dunbar junior (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz bassist |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 22, 1935 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania |
DATE OF DEATH | 4th January 1969 |
Place of death | New York City |