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Paul Chambers Quartet: Bass On Top

In October 1957, “Blue Note” label released “Bass on Top”, album by Paul Chambers Quartet (third Paul Chambers album). It was recorded in July 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Kenny Burrell – guitar
  • Hank Jones – piano
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, mastering
  • Harold Feinstein – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Robert Levin – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Yesterdays – Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern
  2. You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To – Cole Porter
  3. Chasin’ the Bird – Charlie Parker
  4. Dear Old Stockholm – traditional
  5. The Theme – Miles Davis
  6. Confession – Doc Daugherty, Ellis Reynolds, Al Neiburg