Beauteous – Paul Chambers
Transcriptions of Paul Chambers' bass lines and solo are available for this hard-bop classic. This is a great opportunity to explore Paul's style in depth. Printed publication, including parts and full score, also available at music dealers.
- Recording: Paul Chambers - Paul Chambers Quintet
- Recorded on: May 19, 1957
- Label: Blue Note (BLP 1564)
- Concert Key: B-flat
- Style: Swing (medium)
- Trumpet - Donald Byrd
- Tenor Sax - Clifford Jordan
- Piano - Tommy Flanagan
- Bass - Paul Chambers
- Drums - Elvin Jones
We have two bass transcriptions available: Paul Chambers' solo, and his bass lines for the head and the other solos. Click on Solos and Bass Corner for more details.
The complete combo arrangement for quintet is also available as a Second Floor Music publication from various online music dealers, including Hal Leonard. It features a Full Score; 1st parts Trumpet, Alto Sax, C treble clef; 2nd parts Tenor Sax, Baritone Sax, Trombone; rhythm section Piano, Bass, Drums.
Also in May 1957, Paul Chambers recorded on the classic Miles Davis-Gil Evans orchestra collaboration "Miles Ahead." Other recordings featuring Chambers in the same month include sessions by J. J. Johnson, Curtis Fuller, Red Garland, and John Coltrane.
clip Paul Chambers solos for two choruses. A detailed transcription is available which is a great opportunity to learn from one of the masters of melodic soloing on bass. Like all of Paul's solos, this one is just as singable as a solo on any other instrument. For the bass line transcription click on Bass Corner.
A Paul Chambers solo transcription is also available; click on Solos for details.
Paul Chambers
April 22, 1935 – January 4, 1969
Bassist Paul Chambers was a leading rhythmic force in the 1950s and 1960s. He became one of the signature bassists in jazz history. Born in Pittsburgh but raised in Detroit, Chambers initially took up the baritone horn as a child. He followed suit with the tuba and didn't become interested in the string bass until 1949. Listening to Charlie Parker and Bud Powell and studying under a bassist of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Chambers began making headway in small bars of Hastings Street area and doing club jobs with Kenny Burrell, Thad Jones and Barry Harris. He did classical work in a group called the Detroit String Band, a rehearsal symphony orchestra. Read more...