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Chambers' Music: A Jazz Delegation From The East

Paul Chambers

Recorded	Mar 1956
Label	Imperial
Released	1956
Personnel	4 credited players
Discogs	master 279080

The record

Imperial caught Chambers stepping out front while Coltrane was still sorting out his sound, well before the Prestige and Blue Note sessions that made his name. Kenny Drew and Philly Joe Jones build a quartet where the bass drives the conversation instead of trailing behind it.

Session personnel

Paul Chambers — bass
"Philly" Joe Jones — drums
Kenny Drew — piano
John Coltrane — tenor saxophone

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 22 pressings on file.

1956	Jazz: West · JWLP-7 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove
1958	Score (3) · SLP 4033 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono, DG · deep groove
1960	Score (3) · SLP 4033 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono, No DG
1961	Imperial — STEREO
1961	Imperial · LP-9182 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1975	Liberty · LLJ-70059 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1975	Liberty · LLJ-70059 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Mono
1989	Blue Note · CDP 7 84437 2 — CD, Album, Reissue
1993	Jazz: West · TOJJ-5817 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
1993	Jazz: West · TOJJ-5817 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Mono
1995	Blue Note · CDP 7 84437 2 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue
2000	Jazz: West · TOCJ-9253 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Mono, Paper Sleeve
2007	Jazz: West · TOCJ-6892 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Mono
2009	Jazz Workshop (2) · JW-002 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Mono, 180 Gram