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Joe Chambers: Samba De Maracatu

Read "Samba De Maracatu" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


Batterista leggendario, compartecipe di grandi pagine del bop avanzato degli anni sessanta settanta, con Wayne Shorter, Andrew Hill, Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Henderson e decine di altri, il batterista Joe Chambers torna in casa Blue Note dopo un'assenza più che ventennale. Nella storica etichetta fondata da Alfred Lion, Chambers era soprattutto un sideman e l'unico album da leader l'ha inciso nel 1998 (Mirrors) in un frizzante gruppo con Mulgrew Miller, Vincent Herring e altri. Qui era lecito attendersi ...

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Joe Chambers: Samba De Maracatu

Read "Samba De Maracatu" reviewed by Chris May


Drummer Joe Chambers was unusual among the drummers who emerged on the Blue Note label in the mid 1960s in that not only did he generate a powerful beat, he wrote strong tunes, too. He played on, and often composed pieces for, albums by such Blue Note luminaries as saxophonists Wayne Shorter and Joe Henderson, vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson and pianists McCoy Tyner and Andrew Hill, among others. From 1970, with the decline of Blue Note, Chambers led a peripatetic existence ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Samba De Maracatu

Blue Note Records
2021

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