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Joe Chambers: The Outlaw
by Jim Santella
Combining hip-hop gestures with straight-ahead trends, Joe Chambers pushes the modern mainstream envelope toward broader acceptance. Logan Richardson's alto saxophone and Chambers' vibraphone share most of the lyrical duties on The Outlaw, where Chambers establishes a comfortable groove and never lets go. At times mesmerizing and at times refreshingly pure, the session relies on a powerful, ...
Joe Chambers: The Outlaw
by Stephen Latessa
The Outlaw is an adventurous recording which finds veteran drummer Joe Chambers focusing on vibraphone, piano and marimba as much as the drum kit. In the liner notes, Chambers comments, “I'm not interested in playing drums behind anybody now. On this album, I'm trying to reestablish myself as a mallet player. Unfortunately, the album also reveals ...
Joe Chambers: The Outlaw
by Michael P. Gladstone
Joe Chambers was one of the best percussionists during the Golden Age of Blue Note Records in the 1950s and '60s. The drummer played on Freddie Hubbard's Breaking Point, Bobby Hutcherson's Components, Wayne Shorter's Schizophrenia, Andrew Hill's Compulsion and McCoy Tyner's Tender Moments. Around the same time, Chambers began playing piano as well. He reached a ...
Tender Moments
By McCoy Tyner
Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Mode to John; Man from Tanganyika; The High Priest; Utopia; All My Yesterdays; Lee Plus Three.
Oblique
Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: 'Til Then; My Joy; Theme From Blow-Up; Subtle Neptune; Oblique; Bi-Sectional.
Joe Chambers on M'Boom
by Russ Musto
Joe Chambers first made his mark on the New York jazz scene playing with Eric Dolphy and Freddie Hubbard in the early '60s. Soon afterwards he was regularly recording on important sessions with the likes of Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Hutcherson, Andrew Hill, Sam Rivers, Wayne Shorter, Archie Shepp and Chick Corea, often contributing his own compositions ...
Summer Times
Label: FRAM/Sunnyside
Released: 2003
Track listing: I Got Rhythm; Summertime; Young And Foolish; Tom's Tune; Laila; The Man I Love; Bud Will Be
Back Shortly; You're My Everything.
Urban Grooves
By Joe Chambers
Label: 441 Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Third Street; Softly as in a Morning Sunrise; Sid's Ahead; In a Sentimental Mood; Stella By Starlight;
Surry with the Fringe on Top; Irina; Portia; Afreeka.
Joe Chambers: Urban Grooves
by Alexander M. Stern
What can one say about the redoubtable Joe Chambers? An adventurous drummer with an eternally questioning spirit, he has certainly played with his share of the greats. Yet Chambers hasn’t received the same accolades as contemporaries like Elvin Jones or Tony Williams. It certainly isn’t for lack of talent or technical ability. The problem, perhaps, has ...
Mirrors
By Joe Chambers
Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 1999
Track listing: Tu-Way-Pock-E-Way; Mirrors; Caravanserai; Ruth; Mariposa; Lady in My Life; Circles; Come Back to Me; Ruthless.
