Paul Chambers

• 4 1/2 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

• BLUE NOTE TONE POET EDITION

• audiophile vinyl reissues

• 180 GRAM GATEFOLD VINYL (PRESSED AT RTI)

When jazz bass virtuoso Paul Chambers recorded Bass On Top, he was only 22 years old but already well established as one of the top bassists in jazz. This brilliantly seductive album features stalwarts Hank Jones on piano, Kenny Burrell on guitar, and Art Taylor on drums. Highlights include the chamber-jazz interpretation of Jerome Kern’s “Yesterdays” and a lightly swinging version of “Dear Old Stockholm,” a tune often associated with Miles Davis who was Chambers’ employer at the time.

PERSONNEL:

• Kenny Burrell - guitar
• Hank Jones - piano
• Paul Chambers - bass
• Art Taylor - drums

New Jersey, July 14th, 1957

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1: Yesterdays
• A2: You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
• A3: Chasin' The Bird

• SIDE B
• B1: Dear Old Stockholm
• B2: The Theme
• B3: Confessin'