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Paul Chambers: Bass on Top

by Joel Roberts
May 1, 1997

In July of 1957, when Paul Chambers recorded “Bass on Top," his third and final Blue Note release as a leader, he was already in his third year with the most influential jazz group of the time, the first great Miles Davis Quintet; he had just taken part in the Davis/Gil Evans Orchestra sessions that led to the classic “Miles Ahead" album; and he was appearing with the Davis Quintet and its new saxophonist Sonny Rollins at the ...