Billy Bang Brings His Sound To Toro... Oct 15, 2008
On it he had giants like John Coltrane, Paul Chambers and Bill Evans among others to help fill out the sound, but here was Billy Bang, a New York based violinist, a giant in his own right enveloping the room with the warm sound of his solo violin. It was magic. (Suite101.com)
Talent is their ticket to explore the bass Jun 2, 2008
FIRST INSPIRED TO PLAY BASS BY: I always loved the instrument and I met (jazz bass great) Paul Chambers when I was a teenager. FIRST ALBUM: Travelin' Light, Shirley Horn (1965). (San Diego Union-Tribune)
The Jazz Workout Apr 10, 2008
Everything was right: the material, a consummate mix of standards, originals and blues; the rhythm section of Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Art Blakey; and the obviously buoyant atmosphere in the studio on that particular day. Even so, records like Workout particularly were very close behind; and super sessions like Another Workout, Roll Call and Hank Mobley and His All Stars represent the very best of Hank Mobley on record. (Forbes -- Markets)
Jazz's Barry Bonds Mar 30, 2008
"(Pianist) McCoy Tyner lived down the block." He ticks off the name of his neighbors: "(Bassist) Paul Chambers, (pianists) Cedar Walton, Bobby Timmons, Kenny Barron, Wynton Kelly.". The critical mass of these artists and the camaraderie among them are what distinguishes that era from today's, according to Hubbard. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Music Man Returns Dec 26, 2007
At 15, he was working Detroit clubs with future jazz stars like guitarist Kenny Burrell, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Elvin Jones. A gypsy fiddler friend urged him to go to New York. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Pick out a box set for every musical taste Nov 23, 2007
John Coltrane,InterplayPrestige, 5 CDs, $60 Foundation: The early evolution of the unparalleled tenor saxophonist is traced in these 1956-58 sessions, which found him in the company of pianists Mal Waldron, Tommy Flanagan and Red Garland, guitarist Kenny Burrell, bassist Paul Chambers, drummer Jimmy Cobb and others. Seven albums came out of these jams, five without a specific leader. (USA Today -- Life)
Film weekly in Venice Sep 9, 2007
I've been listening to Paul Chambers' bass lines and thinking that, by all rights, he should be up there in the title too. This week, I plan to catch St Vincent - that's the stage name of Annie Clark from the Polyphonic Spree - at the Slaughtered Lamb. (The Observer)
APPRECIATION Feb 3, 2007
" Yusef Lateef, saxophonist: I first saw Alice when I was with Dizzy Gillespie; it was the '40s, and she had the same beautiful reservedness that I always see her with. We were in southwest Detroit at the Westin Hotel after-hours session -- that was the '50s -- and she would come and sit in. Her brother, Ernie Farrow, worked with me, too. Sonny Stitt was there; Barry Harris, Paul Chambers, Hugh Lawson. I heard seriousness in Alice's playing, and that's what we all tried to do, but the object is... (San Francisco Chronicle)
