the man who was the inspiration behind john coltrane's track "mr p.c.", i chose an image of this album as it is the only album of paul chamber's I own that has him as band leader, but i could've picked from a bunch of albums where he featured as part of the rhythm section, i look through a handful of the albums in my collection, and realise how incrediblly PROLIFIC chambers was, and seem startled by the fact that, like so many other jazz talents, died at the relatively young age of 33. If you look at his body of work, (playing with such jazz greats as chet baker, sonny clark, miles davis, john coltrane, cannonball adderley, red garland, sonny rollins, lee morgan, jackie mclean, and the list goes on and on and on!), you realise how much of an incredible impact he had on the jazz scene and bass playing, and makes me wonder if he is, in fact, possibly the greatest jazz session muso ever?
opening track "yesterdays" highlights chambers training in classical music - chambers was the first bass player to use a bow in a jazz recording. personal standout track is chambers' version of cole porter's "you'd be so nice to come home to"
plus he played on some of my favourite jazz albums ever - monk's "brilliant corners"; oliver nelson's "blues and the abstract truth"; coltrane's "blue train" and "giant steps"; and sonny clark's "sonny clark trio" and "cool struttin'". a man definitely worthy of "hero" status.
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