Paul Chambers
yhdysvaltalainen muusikko
Paul Laurence Dunbar Chambers, Jr. (22. huhtikuuta 1935 – 4. tammikuuta 1969) oli 1950- sekä 60-luvun tärkeimpiä jazzbasisteja. Hän syntyi Pittsburghissa, mutta vietti nuoruutensa Detroitissa. Hän ja Slam Stewart olivat ensimmäisiä jazzbasisteja, jotka soittivat sooloja myös jousella. Vuodesta 1955 aina vuoteen 1963 hän oli Miles Davisin kvintetin jäsen, ja soitti muun muassa kuuluisalla Davisin Kind of Blue-levyllä.
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| Syntynyt | 22. huhtikuuta 1935 |
| Kuollut | 4. tammikuuta 1969 (33 vuotta) |
| Ammatti | muusikko, säveltäjä |
| Muusikko | |
| Taiteilijanimi | Mr. P.C. |
| Aktiivisena | 1954–1969 |
| Tyylilajit | jazz, bebop, hard bop |
| Soittimet | kontrabasso |
| Yhtyeet | Miles Davis Quintet, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Kenny Burrell, Red Garland, Lee Morgan, Sonny Clark, Benny Golson, Milt Jackson, Wynton Kelly, Hank Mobley, Art Pepper, Sonny Rollins, Kai Winding, Bud Powell, Wes Montgomery, Nat Adderley, Oliver Nelson, Jackie Mclean, J.J. Johnson, Joe Henderson, Johnny Griffin, Curtis Fuller, Gil Evans, Kenny Dorham, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Philly Joe Jones, Thelonious Monk, Clifford Jordan, Kenny Drew |
| Levy-yhtiöt | Blue Note |
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Chambers soitti myös John Coltranen albumilla Giant Steps. Coltranen kappale "Mr. P. C." on nimetty Chambersin mukaan. Hän levytti monien kuuluisien muusikoiden kanssa, kuten Cannonball Adderley, Donald Byrd, Sonny Rollins, Freddie Hubbard, Jackie McLean ja Bud Powell. Tämän lisäksi hän toimi yhtyeen johtajana.
Chambersilla oli ongelmia sekä alkoholin että huumeiden suhteen. Hän kuoli 33-vuotiaana tuberkuloosiin vuonna 1969.
Tärkeitä levytyksiä
muokkaayhtyeen johtajana:
- Chambers' Music (Aladdin/Jazz West, 1956)
- Whims Of Chambers (Blue Note, 1956)
- Paul Chambers Quintet (Blue Note, 1957)
- Bass on Top (Blue Note, 1957)
- Go (Vee-Jay, 1959)
- 1st Bassman (Vee-Jay, 1960)
- High Step (Blue Note, 1956) (w/John Coltrane)
- The East/West Controversy (Xanadu, 1957) (w/Hampton Hawes)
- We Three (Prestige/New Jazz, 1958) (w/Roy Haynes & Phineas Newborn)
- Ease It (Charly/Affinity, 1959) (w/Julian "Cannonball" Adderley)
- Just Friends (Charly/Le Jazz, 1959) (w/Julian "Cannonball" Adderley)
yhtyeen jäsenenä:
- Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (EmArcy, 1955)
- Cannonball Adderley Quintet In Chicago (Mercury, 1959)
- Cannonball Takes Charge (Riverside, 1959)
- Cannonball and Coltrane (Phillips, 1965)
- Introducing Nat Adderley (Mercury/Wing, 1955); reissued as Them Adderleys (Limelight, 1966)
- Naturally! (Jazzland, 1961)
- The Toshiko Trio (Storyville, 1956)
- Toshiko Mariano and her Big Band (Vee-Jay, 1964)
- Alexandria The Great (Impulse!, 1964)
- Back To The Tracks (Blue Note, 1960)
- Kenny Burrell (Blue Note, 1956)
- John Jenkins With Kenny Burrell (Blue Note, 1957)
- Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane (Prestige, 1958)
- Sonny's Crib (Blue Note, 1957)
- Sonny Clark Trio (Blue Note, 1957)
- Cool Struttin' (Blue Note, 1958)
- Blues In The Night (Blue Note, 1958)
- My Conception (Blue Note, 1959)
- Blue Train (Blue Note, 1957)
- Coltrane (Prestige, 1957)
- Bahia (Prestige, 1958)
- Black Pearls (Prestige, 1958)
- Lush Life (Prestige, 1958)
- Settin' The Pace (Prestige, 1958)
- Traneing In (Prestige, 1958)
- Soultrane (Prestige, 1958)
- Stardust (Prestige, 1958)
- The Believer (Prestige, 1958)
- The Last Trane (Prestige, 1958)
- (w/Milt Jackson) Bags and Trane (Atlantic, 1960)
- Giant Steps (Atlantic, 1960)
- (w/Julian "Cannonball" Adderley) Cannonball and Coltrane (Phillips, 1965)
- Miles (Prestige, 1955)
- 'Round About Midnight (Columbia, 1955)
- Cookin' (Prestige, 1956)
- Relaxin' (Prestige, 1956)
- Steamin' (Prestige, 1956)
- Workin' (Prestige, 1956)
- Collectors' Items (Prestige, 1956)
- Miles Ahead (Columbia, 1957)
- Milestones (Columbia, 1958)
- Porgy and Bess (Columbia, 1958)
- Kind of Blue (Columbia, 1959)
- Sketches of Spain (Columbia, 1960)
- Someday My Prince Will Come (Columbia, 1961)
- Quiet Nights (Columbia, 1962)
- Blue Spring (Riverside, 1959)
- Quiet Kenny (Prestige, 1959)
- Whistle Stop (Blue Note, 1961)
- Kenny Drew Trio (Riverside, 1956)
- On Green Dolphin Street (Riverside, 1959)
- Gil Evans & Ten (Prestige, 1957)
- The Complete Pacific Jazz Sessions' (Pacific Jazz, 1958)
- The Individualism of Gil Evans (Verve, 1964)
- Curtis Fuller with Red Garland (Prestige, 1957)
- Curtis Fuller Jazztette with Benny Golson (Savoy, 1959)
- A Garland of Red (Prestige, 1956)
- Dig It! (Prestige, 1957)
- Groovy (Prestige, 1957)
- Red Garland Revisited! (Prestige, 1957)
- Red Garland's Piano (Prestige, 1957)
- P.C. Blues (Prestige, 1957)
- Can't See For Lookin' (Prestige, 1958)
- It's a Blue World (Prestige, 1958)
- Manteca (Prestige, 1958)
- All Kinds of Weather (Prestige, 1959)
- First Session (Blue Note, 1960)
- Inventions and Dimensions (Blue Note, 1963)
- Bull's Eye (Fantasy, 1968)
- Dexter Calling (Blue Note, 1961)
- Benny Golson's New York Scene (Contemporary, 1957)
- The Modern Touch (Riverside, 1958)
- Groovin' With Golson (Prestige, 1959)
- Turning Point (Mercury, 1962)
- A Blowing Session (Blue Note, 1957)
- The Congregation (Blue Note, 1957)
- Four (Verve, 1968)
- Straight, No Chaser (Verve, 1968)
- Here to Stay (Blue Note, 1962)
- Bags and Trane (Atlantic, (w/John Coltrane) 1960)
- Statements (Impulse!, 1961)
- John Jenkins With Kenny Burrell (Blue Note, 1957)
- The Eminent J.J. Johnson, Vol. 2 (Blue Note, 1955)
- Trombone For 2 (w/Kai Winding) (Columbia, 1955)
- The Great Kai & J. J. (w/Kai Winding)(Impulse!, 1960)
- Philly Joe's Beat (Atlantic, 1960)
- Philly Joe Jones & Elvin Jones Together! (Atlantic, 1964)
- Piano (Riverside, 1958)
- Kelly Blue (Riverside, 1959)
- Kelly at Midnite (Vee-Jay, 1960)
- Kelly Great (Vee-Jay, 1960)
- Wynton Kelly! (Vee-Jay, 1961)
- Comin' in the Back Door (Verve, 1963)
- That's Him (Riverside, 1957)
- McLean's Scene (Prestige/New Jazz, 1957)
- Jackie's Bag (Blue Note, 1959)
- New Soil (Blue Note, 1959)
- Capuchin Swing (Blue Note, 1960)
- Out of the Blue (Riverside, 1958)
- Tenor Conclave (Prestige, 1956)
- Peckin' Time (Blue Note, 1958)
- Roll Call (Blue Note, 1960)
- Soul Station (Blue Note, 1960)
- Workout (Blue Note, 1961)
- Another Workout (Blue Note, 1961)
- The Turnaround (Blue Note, 1965)
- Brilliant Corners (Riverside, 1956)
- Lee Morgan Sextet (Blue Note, 1956)
- Lee Morgan Vol. 3 (Blue Note, 1957)
- City Lights (Blue Note, 1957)
- The Cooker (Blue Note, 1957)
- Lee-Way (Blue Note, 1960)
- Here's Lee Morgan (Vee-Jay, 1960)
- Charisma (Blue Note, 1966)
- The Rajah (Blue Note, 1966)
- Full House (Riverside, 1962)
- Smokin' at the Half Note (Verve, 1965)
- Willow Weep for Me (Verve, 1969)
- A World of Piano (Contemporary, 1961)
- Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section (Contemporary, 1957)
- Gettin' Together (Contemporary, 1960)
- Bud! The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol. 3) (Blue Note, 1957)
- The Scene Changes: The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol. 5) (Blue Note, 1958)
- Blue And Sentimental (Blue Note, 1961)
- Out of the Blue (Blue Note, 1960)
- Shades of Redd (Blue Note, 1960)
- Redd's Blues (Blue Note, 1961)
- Tenor Madness (Prestige, 1956)
- Sonny Rollins: Volume 2 (Blue Note, 1957)
- Sound of Sonny (Riverside, 1957)
- Smithville (Blue Note, 1958)
- A.T.'s Delight (Blue Note, 1960)
- Serenade to a Bus Seat (Riverside, 1957)
- The Trombone Sound (Columbia, 1955)
- Trombone For 2 (w/J. J. Johnson)(Columbia, 1955)
- The Great Kai & J. J. (w/J. J. Johnson)(Impulse!, 1960)