Chambers' Music

Chambers' Music
Studio album by Paul Chambers
Released	September 1956 (1956-09)[1]
Recorded	March 1 or 2, 1956 Western Recorders, Los Angeles
Genre	Jazz
Length	32:43 original LP
Label	Jazz West JWLP 7
Producer	Herbert Kimmel
Paul Chambers chronology
Chambers' Music (1956) Whims of Chambers (1957)

Chambers' Music (subtitled A Jazz Delegation from the East) is the debut album by jazz bassist Paul Chambers. It was released in September 1956 on the Jazz West label.^[1]

It is the first record to include a composition by John Coltrane. It was later reissued on Blue Note Records in 1995 on a now out-of-print CD, which also features three bonus tracks that were originally issued on High Step.

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" (John Coltrane) - 6:56
6. "Eastbound" (Drew) - 4:22

Bonus tracks on Blue Note CD reissue:

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

Tracks 7, 8, 9 recorded on April 20, 1956 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

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