Joe Chambers as Composer

[Teasing the Korean]

I really LOVE his compositions on the Bobby Hutcherson albums Medina, Oblique, and Components. I must have other albums with Joe Chambers compositions but I don't have the time or patience to pull out every jazz record I own and look for them.

What are some other albums that feature his compositions? I'm a sucker for that mid- to late-60s Blue Note sound, but of course I'm not limited to that.

Suggestions?

[Rooster_Ties]

I think this one kicks ass!

"Hopscotch" (listen to the whole tune on Youtube)

(Not by Charles Rouse), really by Joe Chambers -- from Charlie Rouse's "Two Is One" on Strata East (1974-ish)

This is the only version of this tune I've ever heard, but I'd love to hear if it's been covered anywhere else.

[sidewinder]

'The Ghetto Walk' on Miles' Complete In A Silent Way sessions. Chambers came in for one session at 52nd St studio, I think.

Edited September 18, 2008 by sidewinder

[mikeweil]

There was a Chambers tune on his very first Blue Note session, Freddie Hubbard's Beaking Point: Mirrors

[mikeweil]

FWIW, his brother, Stephen Chambers, better known as Talib Rasul Hakim (* 08.02.1940 - † 02.04.1988), was a noted classical composer - it's in the family.

Talib Rasul Hakim was born Stephen Alexander Chambers in Asheville, North Carolina, in 1940. He developed an interest in music in high school, studied clarinet and piano, and continued his education at the Manhattan School of Music (1958-59) and the New York College of Music (1959?63). Sometime in the 1960s he became interested in Sufism and assumed his Arabic name. He taught at several institutions and was the recipient of many awards and grants. His pieces "Sound-Gone" (1967), "Placements" (1970), and "Visions of Ishwara" (1970) were commercially recorded and published, and numerous other works received concert performances. His music often incorporated avant-garde compositional and performance techniques and also strongly reflect his interest in Islam and Eastern religions. He died in 1988

from: http://www.colum.edu/cbmr/Library_and_Arch..._Collection.php

Edited September 18, 2008 by mikeweil

[sidewinder]

There was a Chambers tune on his very first Blue Note session, Freddie Hubbard's Beaking Point: Mirrors

And what a great tune that is ! Also came out as a BN 45rpm as an alternate take, I believe.

[mikeweil]

Yeah - the CD reissue includes both takes!

[Jimmer]

I also like the version of "Mirrors" on Hutcherson's The Kicker.

[clifford_thornton]

I think this one kicks ass!

"Hopscotch" (listen to the whole tune on Youtube)

(Not by Charles Rouse), really by Joe Chambers -- from Charlie Rouse's "Two Is One" on Strata East (1974-ish)

This is the only version of this tune I've ever heard, but I'd love to hear if it's been covered anywhere else.

I'd always blown off that Strata East LP, but one can't deny the goodness of "Hopscotch."

[Teasing the Korean]

Thanks for all this info! Yet another reason to keep buying Blue Note albums!

[B. Clugston]

Hello to the Wind is on Now by Hutcherson and a Woody Shaw live album.

[marcello]

Hello to the Wind is on Now by Hutcherson and a Woody Shaw live album.

Joe Locke arranged a vocal version ( vocal by Mark Ledford) on his State of Soul cd on Sirocco:

Hello To the Wind - 7:08 (Joe Chambers, Gene McDaniels) / arr: Joe Locke

[bertrand]

'Hello To The Wind' is also on the Blue Note Live at the Roxy, now part of the Now CD (Joe is not on drums). And of course, it's on Double Exposure, the duets album with Larry Young (with Joe on piano). It is indeed a gorgeous piece.

Miles is credited as composer on 'The Ghetto Walk', not Joe.

I shared a cab with Joe and Grachan III in NYC last October, after they played at David Weiss' Wayne Shorter tribute. I still can't believe it. I took a cab with two of my three favorite composers, after leaving a gig honoring the third.

Bertrand.

[B. Clugston]

'The Ghetto Walk' on Miles' Complete In A Silent Way sessions. Chambers came in for one session at 52nd St studio, I think.

Chambers appears on "The Ghetto Walk" and "Early Minor." As Bertrand noted, "The Ghetto Walk" is credited to Miles Davis. Chambers covered "Early Minor," a Zawinul composition, on his The Almoravid album.