Hand Of Love – Paul Chambers
A charming Latin song with a classic hard-bop sound. Transcriptions are available for Paul Chambers' bass lines and solo - a great chance to explore his style in detail.
- Recording: Paul Chambers - Paul Chambers Quintet
- Recorded on: May 19, 1957
- Label: Blue Note (BLP 1564)
- Concert Key: G
- Style: Latin (medium)
- Trumpet - Donald Byrd
- Tenor Sax - Clifford Jordan
- Piano - Tommy Flanagan
- Bass - Paul Chambers
- Drums - Elvin Jones
This song is available as a bass line transcription, and we also have a transcription of Paul Chambers' solo; 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.
The rhythm section of Tommy Flanagan, Paul Chambers, and Elvin Jones also recorded together twice in 1959: on Curtis Fuller's "Sliding Easy" and Thad Jones' "Motor City Scene." Other recordings with Paul and Elvin together include two large ensemble classics: Miles Davis' "Sketches Of Spain" and John Coltrane's "Africa/Brass."
For the bass line transcription click on Bass Corner.
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...