Paul Chambers Leader Entry



Generated on Sun, Aug 06, 2006



Date: March 1 or 2, 1956
Location: Western Recorders, Hollywood, CA
Label: Imperial

Paul Chambers (ldr), John Coltrane (ts), Kenny Drew, Sr. (p), Paul Chambers (b), Philly Joe Jones (d)

a.IM3532Dexterity - 06:44  (Charlie Parker)
b.IM3533Stablemates - 05:52  (Benny Golson)
c.IM3534Easy To Love - 03:50  (Cole Porter)
d.IM3535Visitation - 04:53  (Paul Chambers)
e.IM3536Trane's Blues [aka Vierd Blues; aka John Paul Jones] - 06:54  (John Coltrane)
f.IM3537Eastbound - 04:21  (Kenny Drew, Sr.)
All titles on: -     Score LP 12": LP 7 - Chambers' Music - A Jazz Delegation From The East
-     Blue Note LP 12": BNLA 451-H2 - High Step
-     Blue Note CD: CDP 7 84437 2 - Chambers' Music - A Jazz Delegation From The East (1989)

Omit John Coltrane (ts) on d.

One additional unissued selection: IM3538 That's What I've Been Thru - composer unknown.

IM3536 listed as John Paul Jones.


Date: September 21, 1956
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Label: Blue Note

Paul Chambers (ldr), John Coltrane (ts), Donald Byrd (t), Kenny Burrell (g), Horace Silver (p), Paul Chambers (b), Philly Joe Jones (d)

a.tk 3We Six - 07:39  (Donald Byrd)
     Blue Note LP 12": BNLA 451-H2 - High Step
b.tk 5Omicron - 07:15  (Donald Byrd)
     Blue Note LP 12": BNLA 451-H2 - High Step
c.tk 6Tale Of The Fingers - 04:41  (Paul Chambers)
d.tk 8Whims Of Chambers - 04:03  (Paul Chambers)
e.tk 9Nita - 06:03  (John Coltrane)
     Blue Note LP 12": BNLA 451-H2 - High Step
f.tk 11Just For The Love - 03:41  (John Coltrane)
     Blue Note LP 12": BNLA 451-H2 - High Step
g.tk 13Dear Ann - 04:18  (Paul Chambers)
All titles on: -     Blue Note LP 12": BLP 1534 - Whims Of Chambers
-     Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 37647 2 3 - Whims Of Chambers (1996)

Omit John Coltrane (ts) on c, d, g. Omit Donald Byrd (t) on c, d. Omit Kenny Burrell (g) on c.


Date: May 19, 1957
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Label: Blue Note

Paul Chambers (ldr), Clifford Jordan (ts), Donald Byrd (t), Tommy Flanagan (p), Paul Chambers (b), Elvin Jones (d)

a.tk 3Four Strings - 05:26  (Benny Golson)
     Blue Note LP 12": BLP 1564 - Paul Chambers Quintet
b.tk 4Four Strings - 05:11  (Benny Golson)
c.tk 8Minor Run-Down - 07:36  (Benny Golson)
     Blue Note LP 12": BLP 1564 - Paul Chambers Quintet
d.tk 9Beauteous - 08:05  (Paul Chambers)
     Blue Note LP 12": BLP 1564 - Paul Chambers Quintet
e.tk 12What's New - 05:38  (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke)
     Blue Note LP 12": BLP 1564 - Paul Chambers Quintet
f.tk 15The Hand Of Love - 06:22  (Paul Chambers)
     Blue Note LP 12": BLP 1564 - Paul Chambers Quintet
g.tk 16Softly As In A Morning Sunrise - 03:06  (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II)
     Blue Note LP 12": BLP 1564 - Paul Chambers Quintet
All titles on: -     Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 52441 2 4 - Paul Chambers Quintet (1996)

Omit Clifford Jordan (ts) on g. Omit Donald Byrd (t) on g.


Date: July 14, 1957
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Label: Blue Note

Paul Chambers (ldr), Kenny Burrell (g), Hank Jones (p), Paul Chambers (b), Arthur Taylor (d)

a.tk 3Dear Old Stockholm [Ack Värmeland, Du Sköna] - 06:40  (Traditional)
     Blue Note LP 12": BST 81569 - Bass On Top
b.tk 5Chasin' The Bird - 05:45  (Charlie Parker)
     Blue Note LP 12": BST 81569 - Bass On Top
c.tk 6I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) - 04:15  (Doc Dougherty, Ellis Reynolds, Al J. Neiburg)
     Blue Note LP 12": BST 81569 - Bass On Top
d.tk 8The Theme - 06:10  (Miles Davis)
     Blue Note LP 12": BST 81569 - Bass On Top
e.tk 9Yesterdays - 05:50  (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach)
     Blue Note LP 12": BST 81569 - Bass On Top
f.tk 10You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To - 07:15  (Cole Porter)
     Blue Note LP 12": BST 81569 - Bass On Top
g.tk 12Chamber Mates - 05:00  (Paul Chambers, Kenny Burrell)
All titles on: -     Blue Note CD: CDP 7 46533 2 - Bass On Top (1987)

Date: February 2, 1959
Location: Universal Recording, Chicago, IL
Label: Vee-Jay

Paul Chambers (ldr), Julian 'Cannonball' Adderley (as), Freddie Hubbard (t), Wynton Kelly (p), Paul Chambers (b), Jimmy Cobb (d)

a.tk 2Ease It - 05:49  (Paul Chambers)
b.59-1073 (tk 5)Ease It - 06:57  (Paul Chambers)
c.tk 6Just Friends - 07:29  (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis)
d.59-1074 (tk 8)Just Friends - 05:14  (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis)
e.tk 2I Got Rhythm - 06:18  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
f.59-1075 (tk 5)I Got Rhythm - 06:06  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
g.59-1076 (tk 3)Dear Ann - 07:48  (Paul Chambers)
All titles on: -     Mosaic CD: MD6-205 - The Complete Vee Jay Wynton Kelly-Paul Chambers Sessions 1959-61 (2000)

An invited audience was present in the studio.


Date: February 3, 1959
Location: Universal Recording, Chicago, IL
Label: Vee-Jay

Paul Chambers (ldr), Julian 'Cannonball' Adderley (as), Freddie Hubbard (t), Wynton Kelly (p), Paul Chambers (b), Jimmy Cobb (d)

a.59-1077 (tk 7)Julie Ann - 06:00  (Julian 'Cannonball' Adderley)
b.tk 4I Heard That - 09:28  (Paul Chambers)
c.59-1078 (tk 8)I Heard That - 09:11  (Paul Chambers)
d.remake tk 2Dear Ann - 05:09  (Paul Chambers)
e.remake tk 3Dear Ann - 04:09  (Paul Chambers)
f.remake tk 1I Heard That - 09:09  (Paul Chambers)
All titles on: -     Mosaic CD: MD6-205 - The Complete Vee Jay Wynton Kelly-Paul Chambers Sessions 1959-61 (2000)

Date: February 1959
Location: Universal Recording, Chicago, IL
Label: Vee-Jay

Paul Chambers (ldr), Julian 'Cannonball' Adderley (as), Wynton Kelly (p), Paul Chambers (b), Jimmy Cobb, Philly Joe Jones (d)

a.tk 4Awful Mean - 09:14  (Julian 'Cannonball' Adderley)
b.59-1195 (tk 6)Awful Mean - 06:57  (Julian 'Cannonball' Adderley)
c.tk 10Shades Of Blue - 08:23  (Paul Chambers)
d.59-1196There Is No Greater Love - 08:15  (Marty Symes, Isham Jones)
All titles on: -     Mosaic CD: MD6-205 - The Complete Vee Jay Wynton Kelly-Paul Chambers Sessions 1959-61 (2000)

Omit Jimmy Cobb (d) on a, b. Omit Philly Joe Jones (d) on c, d.


Date: May 12, 1960
Location: Bell Sound, New York City
Label: Vee-Jay

Paul Chambers (ldr), Yusef Lateef (f, ts), Tommy Turrentine (t), Curtis Fuller (tb), Wynton Kelly (p), Paul Chambers (b), Lex Humphries (d)

a.60-1535Melody - 04:07  (Yusef Lateef)
b.60-1536Bass Region - 10:36  (Yusef Lateef)
c.60-1537Retrogress - 03:29  (Yusef Lateef)
d.60-1538Mopp Shoe Blues - 06:06
e.60-1539Blessed - 07:00  (Yusef Lateef)
All titles on: -     Mosaic CD: MD6-205 - The Complete Vee Jay Wynton Kelly-Paul Chambers Sessions 1959-61 (2000)

Yusef Lateef (f) on e only. Omit Yusef Lateef (ts) on e.