Search results for "Paul Chambers"

Herbie Hancock: Jackrabbit (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music April 07, 09

This track is taken from Inventions and Dimensions, one of Herbie’s earliest recordings as a leader for Blue Note in ...

This track review is included in: DESERT ISLAND DOZENS: FRANK KIMBROUGH

Not many jazz musicians have had a stronger revitalizing and sustaining impact on the everyday NYC jazz scene over ...

Wes Montgomery with Wynton Kelly: Four on Six (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music February 20, 08

With its catchy bass intro by the unmistakable Paul Chambers, comped in perfect sync by Wynton Kelly's piano, this Mo...

Miles Davis (with John Coltrane): Ah-Leu-Chah (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music June 25, 08

                John Coltrane, photo b...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JOE LOVANO SELECTS ESSENTIAL JOHN COLTRANE

                     Joe Lovano,...

Wes Montgomery & Wynton Kelly: Impressions (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music September 16, 09

There's much to be said about the work of pianist Wynton Kelly. Yeah, everyone knows he played on Kind of Blue, but h...

Miles Davis: Someday My Prince Will Come (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music December 02, 07

Jazz waltzes were still fairly rare back in 1961, and Paul Chambers' pedal point intro keeps the meter a mystery duri...

Warne Marsh: Yardbird Suite (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music May 06, 08

Listening to any member of the Tristano School play a Bird/Diz/Monk standard is always a fascinating representation o...

Miles Davis: My Man's Gone Now (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music June 10, 08

British critic Max Harrison felt that the full potential of Gil Evans's charts for Miles Davis's Porgy and Bess was n...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: THE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY OF PORGY AND BESS

Kind of Blue (1959) is usually cited as Miles Davis's best-selling album, and has often been called the bes...

Jackie McLean: Appointment in Ghana (Rating: 82/100) posted in Music October 23, 07

Although later influenced by free jazz, Jackie McLean was once the quintessential hard-bop altoist. His Appointment i...

John Coltrane: Naima (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music November 06, 07

1959 was jazz’s magical year – with Trane, Ornette, Evans, Mingus, and Miles issuing their clarion calls – and here i...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL JOHN COLTRANE PERFORMANCES

John Coltrane (1926-1967) started out as a promising straight-ahead bop player who served under Thelonious Monk, Mile...

Oliver Nelson: Stolen Moments (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music April 11, 08

Based on a C-minor blues, this quintessential jazz standard embodies the finest elements of the lexicon, with Oliver ...

Hank Mobley: Soul Station (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music June 10, 08

Even though Wynton Kelly and Paul Chambers are most often associated with Miles Davis (along with drummer Jimmy Cobb)...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HISTORIC RHYTHM SECTIONS

            The Rhythm Section, artwork by Suzanne Cerny ...

Kenny Dorham: Blue Spring Shuffle (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music August 22, 08

Maybe it's because I'm a bassist, but there's just something so authoritative about the way Paul Chambers dishes out ...

Miles Davis: Dr. Jackle (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music September 18, 08

The late 1950s ushered in a new phase in the career of Miles Davis, who expanded his quintet to a sextet that include...

Miles Davis: My Funny Valentine (1956) (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music January 20, 09

Miles's first recording of "My Funny Valentine" was made at the end of a marathon session designed to complete his co...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MY FUNNY VALENTINE

            My Funny Valentine, artwork by Suzanne Cerny ...

Nat Adderley: Blues for Bohemia (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music March 01, 09

Introducing Nat Adderley, though a worthy occurrence in its own right, accomplished more than what its title decreed....

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ROY HAYNES

The century mark is a uniquely exciting time in the development of a major musical style. History is unearthed, co...

Oliver Nelson: Yearnin' (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music March 01, 09

The Blues and the Abstract Truth is a landmark for more reasons than one. It's a "supergroup" record that's the farth...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ROY HAYNES

The century mark is a uniquely exciting time in the development of a major musical style. History is unearthed, co...

John Coltrane: Blue Train (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music March 15, 09

John Coltrane (and I think it was he, rather than his various producers) seemed to know which performances would mark...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TRAIN TRACKS

For big bands in the thirties, trains were the logical upgrade from the drudgery of the band bus. Airplanes wer...

John Coltrane: Lazy Bird (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music March 15, 09

On this masterpiece from one of the most influential post-bebop albums, John Coltrane puts the imposters to rest with...

John Coltrane: Locomotion (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music March 15, 09

Opening with a nice drum fill from Philly Joe Jones, this high-powered blues number should whet the appetite of any j...

Hank Mobley: Roll Call (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music June 10, 09

Hank Mobley’s “Roll Call” is an attention-grabbing, fiercely-swinging hard bop classic featuring some of the greatest...

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