Paul Chambers discography



The Paul Chambers discography describes the works of American jazz bassist Paul Chambers, which he recorded from 1955–1969.

As leader/co-leader

 * 1956: Chambers' Music (Aladdin/Jazz West, 1956)
 * 1956: Whims of Chambers (Blue Note, 1957)
 * 1956: High Step with John Coltrane (Blue Note, 1975)
 * 1951-57: The East/West Controversy with Hampton Hawes (Xanadu, 1975)
 * 1957: Westlake Bounce The Music of John Graas with Philly Joe Jones (Fresh Sound, 1957)
 * 1957: Bass on Top (Blue Note, 1957)
 * 1957: Paul Chambers Quintet (Blue Note, 1958)
 * 1959: Go (Vee-Jay, 1959)
 * 1959: Just Friends with Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (Charly/Le Jazz, 1959)
 * 1960: 1st Bassman (Vee-Jay, 1961)

As sideman
With Cannonball Adderley
 * Presenting Cannonball Adderley (Savoy, 1955)
 * Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (EmArcy, 1955)
 * Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago (Mercury, 1959) – reissued as Cannonball and Coltrane (Philips, 1965)
 * Cannonball Takes Charge (Riverside, 1959)

With Nat Adderley
 * Introducing Nat Adderley (Mercury/Wing, 1955) – reissued as Them Adderleys (Limelight, 1966)
 * Naturally! (Jazzland, 1961)

With Toshiko Akiyoshi
 * The Toshiko Trio (Storyville, 1956)
 * Toshiko Mariano and her Big Band (Vee-Jay, 1964)

With Chet Baker
 * Chet Baker in New York (Riverside, 1959) – rec. 1958
 * Chet (Riverside, 1959) – rec. 1958-59

With Kenny Burrell
 * Jazzmen of Detroit with Tommy Flanagan, Pepper Adams, Kenny Clarke (Savoy, 1956)
 * Introducing Kenny Burrell (Blue Note, 1956)
 * John Jenkins with Kenny Burrell (Blue Note, 1957)
 * Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane (Prestige 1958)

With Donald Byrd
 * Byrd's Word (Savoy, 1955)
 * New Formulas from the Jazz Lab (RCA Victor, 1957)
 * Motor City Scene (Bethlehem, 1960)

With Sonny Clark
 * Sonny's Crib (Blue Note, 1957)
 * Sonny Clark Trio (Blue Note, 1957)
 * Cool Struttin' (Blue Note, 1958)
 * Blues in the Night (Blue Note, 1958)
 * My Conception (Blue Note, 1959)

With John Coltrane
 * Coltrane (Prestige 1957)
 * Blue Train (Blue Note, 1958)
 * Bahia (Prestige 1958)
 * Black Pearls (Prestige 1958)
 * Settin' the Pace (Prestige 1958)
 * John Coltrane with the Red Garland Trio (Prestige 1958)
 * Soultrane (Prestige 1958)
 * Stardust (Prestige 1958)
 * The Believer (Prestige 1958)
 * The Last Trane (Prestige 1958)
 * Bags & Trane (with Milt Jackson, Atlantic, 1960)
 * Giant Steps (Atlantic, 1960)
 * Lush Life (Prestige 1961)

With Sonny Criss
 * This Is Criss! (Prestige, 1966)
 * Portrait of Sonny Criss (Prestige, 1967)

With Miles Davis
 * Miles (Prestige 1956)
 * Collectors' Items (Prestige 1956)
 * 'Round About Midnight (Columbia, 1957)
 * Cookin (Prestige 1957)
 * Miles Ahead (Columbia, 1957)
 * Relaxin (Prestige 1958)
 * Milestones (Columbia, 1958)
 * Porgy and Bess (Columbia, 1959)
 * Kind of Blue (Columbia, 1959)
 * Steamin (Prestige 1960)
 * Sketches of Spain (Columbia, 1960)
 * Workin (Prestige 1961)
 * Jazz at the Plaza Vol. I (Columbia, 1973) – rec. 1958
 * 1958 Miles (Columbia, 1974) – rec. 1958
 * Someday My Prince Will Come (Columbia, 1961)
 * In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, Complete (1961)
 * Quiet Nights (Columbia, 1962)
 * Miles Davis at Newport 1955–1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 (Columbia Legacy, 2015)

With Kenny Dorham
 * Blue Spring (Riverside, 1959)
 * Quiet Kenny (Prestige 1959)
 * Whistle Stop (Blue Note, 1961)

With Gil Evans
 * Gil Evans & Ten (Prestige 1957)
 * New Bottle Old Wine (Pacific Jazz, 1958)
 * The Individualism of Gil Evans (Verve, 1964)

With Curtis Fuller
 * Curtis Fuller with Red Garland (Prestige 1957)
 * The Opener (Blue Note, 1957)
 * Bone & Bari (Blue Note, 1957)
 * Sliding Easy (United Artists, 1959)
 * The Curtis Fuller Jazztet (Savoy, 1959)

With Red Garland
 * A Garland of Red (Prestige 1956)
 * Red Garland's Piano (Prestige, 1957)
 * Groovy (Prestige, 1957)
 * Red Garland Revisited! (Prestige, 1969)– rec. 1957
 * The P.C. Blues (Prestige, 1957)
 * Dig It! (Prestige, 1958)
 * Can't See for Lookin' (Prestige, 1958)
 * It's a Blue World (Prestige, 1958)
 * Manteca (Prestige, 1958)
 * All Kinds of Weather (Prestige 1959)
 * Red in Blues-ville (Prestige 1959)
 * The Red Garland Trio (Moodsville, 1960) – rec. 1958

With Benny Golson
 * Benny Golson's New York Scene (Contemporary, 1957)
 * The Modern Touch (Riverside, 1958)
 * Groovin' with Golson (New Jazz, 1959)
 * Pop + Jazz = Swing (Audio Fidelity, 1961)
 * Turning Point (Mercury, 1962)

With Dexter Gordon
 * Dexter Calling... (Blue Note, 1961)
 * Landslide (Blue Note, 1980) – rec. 1961-62

With Bennie Green
 * Bennie Green Blows His Horn (Prestige, 1955)
 * The 45 Session (Blue Note, 1958)
 * Glidin' Along (Jazzland, 1961)

With Johnny Griffin
 * A Blowin' Session (Blue Note, 1957)
 * The Congregation (Blue Note, 1957)

With Jimmy Heath
 * The Thumper (Riverside, 1959)
 * On the Trail (Riverside, 1964)

With Joe Henderson
 * Four (Verve, 1968)
 * Straight, No Chaser (Verve, 1968)

With Elmo Hope
 * Informal Jazz (Prestige 1956)
 * Here's Hope! (Celebrity, 1961)
 * High Hope! (Beacon, 1961)

With Milt Jackson
 * Bags' Opus (United Artists, 1959) – recorded in 1958
 * Bags & Trane (Atlantic, (w/John Coltrane) 1960)
 * Statements (Impulse!, 1961)

With J. J. Johnson
 * The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 (Blue Note, 1955)
 * Trombone for Two with Kai Winding (Columbia, 1955)
 * First Place (Columbia, 1957)
 * The Great Kai & J. J. with Kai Winding (Impulse!, 1960)

With Philly Joe Jones
 * Philly Joe's Beat ([Atlantic, 1960)
 * Together! (Atlantic, 1961)

With Wynton Kelly
 * Piano (Riverside, 1958)
 * Kelly Blue (Riverside, 1959)
 * Kelly at Midnight (Vee-Jay, 1960)
 * Kelly Great (Vee-Jay, 1960)
 * Wynton Kelly! (Vee-Jay, 1961)
 * Comin' in the Back Door (Verve, 1963)
 * It's All Right! (Verve, 1964)
 * Undiluted (Verve, 1965)
 * Blues on Purpose (Xanadu, 1965)
 * Last Trio Session (Delmark, 1968)

With King Curtis
 * The New Scene of King Curtis (New Jazz, 1960)
 * Soul Meeting (Prestige, 1960)

With Abbey Lincoln
 * That's Him! (Riverside, 1957)
 * It's Magic (Riverside, 1958)

With Les McCann
 * Soul Hits (Pacific Jazz, 1963)
 * A Bag of Gold (Pacific Jazz, 1966) – rec. 1963

With Hal McKusick
 * Triple Exposure (Prestige, 1957)
 * Cross Section-Saxes (Decca, 1958)

With Jackie McLean
 * Jackie's Pal (Prestige, 1956)
 * McLean's Scene (Prestige/New Jazz, 1957)
 * Strange Blues (Prestige, 1957)
 * Jackie's Bag (Blue Note, 1959)
 * New Soil (Blue Note, 1959)
 * Capuchin Swing (Blue Note, 1960)

With Hank Mobley
 * Tenor Conclave (Prestige 1957) – rec. 1956
 * Hank Mobley Sextet (Blue Note, 1957) – rec. 1956
 * Peckin' Time (Blue Note, 1959) – rec. 1958
 * Soul Station (Blue Note, 1960)
 * Roll Call (Blue Note, 1961) – rec. 1960
 * Workout (Blue Note, 1962) – rec. 1961
 * The Turnaround! (Blue Note, 1965) – rec. 1963-65
 * Another Workout (Blue Note, 1985) – rec. 1961

With Lee Morgan
 * Lee Morgan Sextet (Blue Note, 1956)
 * Lee Morgan Vol. 3 (Blue Note, 1957)
 * City Lights (Blue Note, 1957)
 * The Cooker (Blue Note, 1957)
 * Lee-Way (Blue Note, 1960)
 * Here's Lee Morgan (Vee-Jay, 1960)
 * Charisma (Blue Note, 1966)
 * The Rajah (Blue Note, 1966)

With Wes Montgomery
 * Full House (Riverside, 1962)
 * Smokin' at the Half Note (Verve, 1965)
 * Maximum Swing: The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings (Resonance, 1965)
 * Willow Weep for Me (Verve, 1969)

With Art Pepper
 * Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section (Contemporary, 1957)
 * Gettin' Together (Contemporary, 1960)

With Bud Powell
 * Bud! The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol. 3) (Blue Note, 1957)
 * The Scene Changes: The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol. 5) (Blue Note, 1958)

With Freddie Redd
 * Shades of Redd (Blue Note, 1960)
 * Redd's Blues (Blue Note, 1961)

With Sonny Rollins
 * Tenor Madness (Prestige 1956)
 * Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 (Blue Note, 1957)
 * The Sound of Sonny (Riverside, 1957)

With others
 * Pepper Adams,Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (Workshop Jazz, 1964) – rec. 1963
 * Lorez Alexandria, Alexandria the Great (Impulse!, 1964)
 * Gene Ammons, Jammin' in Hi Fi with Gene Ammons (Prestige, 1957)
 * Walter Benton, Out of This World (Jazzland, 1960)
 * Bob Brookmeyer, Jazz Is a Kick (Mercury, 1960)
 * Tina Brooks, Back to the Tracks (Blue Note, 1960)
 * Jaki Byard, On the Spot! (Prestige, 1967)
 * Kenny Clarke,Bohemia After Dark (Savoy, 1955)
 * Jimmy Cleveland, Introducing Jimmy Cleveland and His All Stars (EmArcy, 1955)
 * John Graas, Jazz Lab 2 (Decca, 1957)
 * Kenny Drew, Kenny Drew Trio (Riverside, 1956)
 * Teddy Edwards, Nothin' But the Truth! (Prestige, 1966)
 * Bill Evans, On Green Dolphin Street (Riverside, 1959)
 * Jane Fielding and the Kenny Drew Quintet, Embers Glow (Jazz:West, 1956)
 * Grant Green, First Session (Blue Note, 1960)
 * Gigi Gryce,Jazz Lab (Jubilee, 1958) with Donald Byrd
 * Herbie Hancock, Inventions and Dimensions (Blue Note, 1963)
 * Barry Harris, Bull's Eye! (Prestige, 1968)
 * Hampton Hawes, Bird Song (Contemporary, 1999) – rec. 1956
 * Roy Haynes, We Three (New Jazz, 1959)
 * Ernie Henry, Last Chorus (Riverside, 1956–57)
 * Richard "Groove" Holmes, Get Up & Get It! (Prestige, 1967)
 * Freddie Hubbard, Goin' Up (Blue Note, 1960)
 * John Jenkins, John Jenkins with Kenny Burrell (Blue Note, 1957)
 * Elvin Jones, And Then Again (Atlantic, 1965)
 * Hank Jones, Hank Jones' Quartet (Savoy, 1956)
 * Thad Jones, After Hours (Prestige, 1957)
 * Quincy Jones, This Is How I Feel About Jazz (ABC-Paramount, 1957)
 * Clifford Jordan, Cliff Jordan (Blue Note, 1957)
 * Warne Marsh, Warne Marsh (Atlantic, 1958)
 * Blue Mitchell, Out of the Blue (Riverside, 1958)
 * Thelonious Monk, Brilliant Corners (Riverside, 1956)
 * Oliver Nelson, The Blues and the Abstract Truth (Impulse!, 1961)
 * Phineas Newborn Jr., A World of Piano! (Contemporary, 1961)
 * David "Fathead" Newman, Straight Ahead (Atlantic, 1961)
 * Houston Person, Trust in Me (Prestige, 1967)
 * The Prestige All Stars, Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors (Prestige, 1957)
 * Ike Quebec, Blue and Sentimental (Blue Note, 1961)
 * Paul Quinichette, Moods (EmArcy, 1954)
 * Sonny Red, Out of the Blue (Blue Note, 1960)
 * Dizzy Reece, Star Bright (Blue Note, 1959)
 * A. K. Salim, Pretty for the People (Savoy, 1957)
 * Sahib Shihab, Jazz Sahib (Savoy, 1957)
 * Woody Shaw, In the Beginning (Muse, 1983) – rec. 1965
 * Wayne Shorter, Introducing Wayne Shorter (Vee-Jay, 1959)
 * Louis Smith, Smithville (Blue Note, 1958)
 * Sonny Stitt, Sonny Stitt - Previously Unreleased Recordings (Verve, 1973) – rec. 1960
 * Frank Strozier, Fantastic Frank Strozier (Vee-Jay, 1960)
 * Art Taylor, A.T.'s Delight (Blue Note, 1960)
 * Clark Terry, Serenade to a Bus Seat (Riverside, 1957)
 * Stanley Turrentine, ZT's Blues (Blue Note, 1961)
 * George Wallington, Live at the Café Bohemia (Progressive, 1955)
 * Julius Watkins and Charlie Rouse, Les Jazz Modes (Dawn, 1957)