Boxset / Compilation · 2003
Tracklist
DISC ONE
01. Dexterity (A) 6:44 (Charlie Parker)
02. Stablemates (A) 5:52 (Benny Golson)
03. Easy To Love (A) 3:50 (Cole Porter)
04. Visitation (A) 4:53 (Paul Chambers)
05. Trane’s Blues (aka John Paul Jones) (A) 6:54 (John Coltrane)
06. Eastbound (A) 4:21 (Kenny Drew)
07. Omicron (C) 7:15 (Donald Byrd)
08. Whims Of Chambers (C) 4:03 (Paul Chambers)
09. Nita (C) 6:03 (John Coltrane)
10. We Six (C) 7:39 (Donald Byrd)
11. Dear Ann (C) 4:18 (Paul Chambers)
12. Tale Of The Fingers (C) 4:41 (Paul Chambers)
13. Just For The Love (C) 3:41 (John Coltrane)
DISC TWO
01. Trane’s Strain (B) 11:00 (improvisation)
02. High Step (B) 8:09 (Barry Harris)
03. Nixon, Dixon And Yates Blues (B) 8:26 (improvisation)
04. Minor Run-Down (D) 7:36 (Benny Golson)
05. The Hand Of Love (D) 6:22 (Paul Chambers)
06. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise (D) 3:06 (S. Romberg-O. Hammerstein)
07. Four Strings (D) 5:26 (Benny Golson)
08. What’s New (D) 5:38 (B. Haggart-J. Burke)
09. Beauteous (D) 8:05 (Paul Chambers)
10. Four Strings (alternate take) (D) 5:11 (Benny Golson)
DISC THREE
01. Yesterdays (E) 5:50 (J. Kern-O. Harbach)
02. You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To (E) 7:15 (Cole Porter)
03. Chasin’ The Bird (E) 5:45 (Charlie Parker)
04. Dear Old Stockholm (E) 6:40 (traditional)
05. The Theme (E) 6:10 (Miles Davis)
06. Confessin’ (I’m Confessin’ That I Love You) (E) 4:15 (Daugherty-Reynolds-Neiburg)
07. Chamber Mates (E) 5:00 (Chambers-Burrell)
08. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm (F) 7:07 (Irving Berlin)
09. What Is This Thing Called Love (F) 5:42 (Cole Porter)
Line-up/Musicians
(A) John Coltrane, tenor sax; Kenny Drew, piano, Paul Chambers, bass, Philly Joe Jones, drums.
Coltrane does not appear on “Easy To Love” and “Visitation”.
Recorded at Western Recorders, Hollywood, California on March 2, 1956.
Originally issued as CHAMBERS’ MUSIC (Jazz West LP 7)
(B) John Coltrane, tenor sax; Pepper Adams, baritone sax; Curtis Fuller, trombone; Roland Alexander, piano (on “Trane’s Strain” only); Paul Chambers, bass; Philly Joe Jones, drums.
Recorded in Cambridge, Massachusetts on April 20, 1956.
#1 originally issued JAZZ IN TRANSITION (Transition TRLP 30). #2 & 3 originally issued on HIGH STEP (Blue Note BNLA 451-2)
(C) Donald Byrd, trumpet; John Coltrane, tenor sax; Kenny Burrell, guitar; Horace Silver, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Philly Joe Jones, drums
Originally issued as WHIMS OF CHAMBERS (Blue Note BLP 1534)
Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on September 21, 1956.
(D) Donald Byrd, trumpet; Clifford Jordan, tenor saxophone, Tommy Flanagan, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Elvin Jones, drums
Originally issued on PAUL CHAMBERS QUINTET (Blue Note BLP 1564), except alternate take of “Four Strings” and the stereo masters, which were issued on the first CD release of this album (CD 8-52441-2).
Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on May 19, 1957.
(E) Kenny Burrell, guitar; Hank Jones, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Art Taylor, drums.
Originally issued on BASS ON TOP (Blue Note BST 81569), except “Chamber Mates”, which was issued on the first CD release of this album (CD 7-46533-2). Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on July 14, 1957
(F) Paul Chambers, bass; Art Blakey, drums.
Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on March 29, 1959
“I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me” was originally issued on the compilation BLUE BERLIN (CD 7-99095-2). Both selections were issued on Art Blakey’s DRUMS AROUND THE CORNER (CD 5-21455-2)
About this release
Mosaic Records / Blue Note MS-005
Sessions A-C is mono. All others are stereo
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