Joe Chambers
Joe Chambers | |
---|---|
Birth name | Joe Chambers |
Born |
near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | June 25, 1942
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
Instruments | Drum kit, piano, vibraphone |
Years active | 1963–current |
Labels | Muse, Finite, Baystate, Blue Note, Savant |
Associated acts | Bobby Hutcherson, Wayne Shorter, Archie Shepp, M'Boom, Sam Rivers, Freddie Hubbard, Donald Byrd |
Joe Chambers (born June 25, 1942, near Philadelphia[1]) is an American jazz drummer, as well as a pianist, vibraphonist and composer. He attended the Philadelphia Conservatory for one year.[2] In the 1960s and 1970s Chambers gigged with many high-profile artists such as Eric Dolphy, Charles Mingus, Wayne Shorter, and Chick Corea. He has released eight albums as a bandleader and been a member of several incarnations of Roach's M'Boom percussion ensemble.[3]
He has also taught, including at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York City. At the school he leads the Outlaw Band.[4][5][6][7] In 2008, he was hired to be the Thomas S. Kenan Distinguished Professor of Jazz in the Department of Music at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.[8]
Discography
As leader
- 1974: The Almoravid (Muse)
- 1976: New World (Finite)
- 1977: Double Exposure (Muse)
- 1981: New York Concerto (Baystate)
- 1991: Phantom of the City
- 1998: Mirrors (Blue Note)
- 2006: The Outlaw (Savant)
- 2010: Horace to Max (Savant)
- 2012: Joe Chambers Moving Pictures Orchestra (Savant)
- 2016: Landscapes (Savant)
As sideman
With Franck Amsallem
- Summer Times (Sunnyside, 2003)
With Donald Byrd
- Mustang! (Blue Note, 1964)
- Fancy Free (Blue Note, 1969)
With Chick Corea
- Tones for Joan's Bones (Atlantic, 1966)
With Stanley Cowell
- Brilliant Circles (Freedom, 1972)
- Back to the Beautiful (Concord, 1989)
With Miles Davis
With Art Farmer
- Something Tasty (Baystate, 1979)
With Don Friedman
- Metamorphosis (Prestige, 1966)
With Joe Henderson
- Mode for Joe (Blue Note, 1966)
- Big Band (Verve, 1992)
With Andrew Hill
- Andrew!!! (Blue Note, 1964)
- One For One (Blue Note, 1965)
- Compulsion!!!!! (Blue Note, 1965)
With Freddie Hubbard
- Breaking Point (Blue Note, 1964)
With Bobby Hutcherson
- Dialogue (Blue Note, 1965)
- Components (Blue Note, 1965)
- Happenings (Blue Note, 1966)
- Spiral (Blue Note, 1965–1968)
- Oblique (Blue Note, 1967)
- Patterns (Blue Note, 1968)
- Total Eclipse (Blue Note, 1968)
- Medina, (Blue Note, 1969)
- Now!, (Blue Note, 1969)
- Blow Up, (JMY, 1969 released 1990)
With Lee Konitz
- Figure & Spirit (Progressive, 1976)
With Hubert Laws
- Wild Flower (Atlantic, 1972)
With M'Boom
- Re: Percussion (Strata-East, 1973)
- M'Boom (Columbia, 1979)
- Collage (Soul Note, 1984)
- To the Max! (Enja, 1990–91)
With Charles Mingus
- Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert (Columbia, 1972)
- Something Like a Bird (Atlantic, 1978)
- Me, Myself an Eye (Atlantic, 1978)
With Sam Rivers
- Contours, (Blue Note, 1965)
With Woody Shaw
- In the Beginning (Muse, 1965 [1983])
- The Iron Men with Anthony Braxton (Muse, 1977 [1980])
With Archie Shepp
- Fire Music (Impulse!, 1965)
- On This Night (Impulse!, 1965)
- New Thing at Newport (Impulse!, 1965) (also features a set by John Coltrane)
- For Losers (Impulse!, 1969)
- Kwanza (Impulse!, 1969)
- On Green Dolphin Street (Denon, 1977)
With Wayne Shorter
- Et Cetera (Blue Note, 1965)
- The All Seeing Eye (Blue Note, 1965)
- Adam's Apple (Blue Note, 1966)
- Schizophrenia (Blue Note, 1967)
With Ed Summerlin
- Sum of the Parts (Ictus, 1998)
With The Super Jazz Trio
- The Super Jazz Trio (Baystate, 1978)
- The Standard (Baystate, 1980)
With Hidefumi Toki
- City (Baystate, 1978)
With Charles Tolliver
- Paper Man (Freedom, 1968 [1975])
With McCoy Tyner
- Tender Moments (Blue Note, 1967)
With Miroslav Vitous
- Infinite Search, (Embryo, 1969)
With Tyrone Washington
- Natural Essence (Blue Note, 1967)
With Joe Zawinul
- Zawinul (Atlantic, 1970)
References
- ↑ All About Jazz
- ↑ Joe Chambers Interview
- ↑ allmusic ((( Joe Chambers > Biography )))
- ↑ Jazz News: Joe Chambers and the Outlaw Band at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music February 28, 8:00 pm
- ↑ untitled
- ↑ Faculty Biographies – The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music
- ↑ Mannes Jazz Faculty Biographies
- ↑ Welcome to University of North Carolina Wilmington News