Paul Chambers

double bass · 1935–1969 · Pittsburgh

Double bassist in the rhythm section of Miles Davis's first quintet (1955-1963), present on Kind of Blue. He is one of the best-known figures of hard bop double bass and died of tuberculosis at 33.

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Styles

• Hard bop

Landmark tracks

• Omicron (1956)
• Whims of Chambers (1956)
• Nita (1956)
• Tale of the Fingers (1956)
• Just for the Love (1956)
• Yesterdays (Paul Chambers) (1957)
• You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To (Paul Chambers) (1957)
• Chasin' the Bird (1957)
• Dear Old Stockholm (1957)

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