The Paul Chambers discography describes the works of American jazz bassist Paul Chambers, which he recorded from 1955–1969.
As leader/co-leader 1956: Chambers' Music (Aladdin/Jazz West, 1956) 1956: Whims of Chambers (Blue Note, 1957) 1956: High Step with John Coltrane (Blue Note, 1975) 1951-57: The East/West Controversy with Hampton Hawes (Xanadu, 1975) 1957: Westlake Bounce The Music of John Graas with Philly Joe Jones (Fresh Sound, 1957) 1957: Bass on Top (Blue Note, 1957) 1957: Paul Chambers Quintet (Blue Note, 1958) 1959: Go (Vee-Jay, 1959) 1959: Just Friends with Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (Charly/Le Jazz, 1959) 1960: 1st Bassman (Vee-Jay, 1961)
As sideman
With Cannonball Adderley Presenting Cannonball Adderley (Savoy, 1955) Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (EmArcy, 1955) Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago (Mercury, 1959) – reissued as Cannonball and Coltrane (Philips, 1965) Cannonball Takes Charge (Riverside, 1959)
With Nat Adderley Introducing Nat Adderley (Mercury/Wing, 1955) – reissued as Them Adderleys (Limelight, 1966) Naturally! (Jazzland, 1961)
With Toshiko Akiyoshi The Toshiko Trio (Storyville, 1956) Toshiko Mariano and her Big Band (Vee-Jay, 1964)
With Chet Baker Chet Baker in New York (Riverside, 1959) – rec. 1958 Chet (Riverside, 1959) – rec. 1958-59
With Kenny Burrell Jazzmen of Detroit with Tommy Flanagan, Pepper Adams, Kenny Clarke (Savoy, 1956) Introducing Kenny Burrell (Blue Note, 1956) John Jenkins with Kenny Burrell (Blue Note, 1957) Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane (Prestige 1958)
With Donald Byrd Byrd's Word (Savoy, 1955) New Formulas from the Jazz Lab (RCA Victor, 1957) Motor City Scene (Bethlehem, 1960)
With Sonny Clark Sonny's Crib (Blue Note, 1957) Sonny Clark Trio (Blue Note, 1957) Cool Struttin' (Blue Note, 1958) Blues in the Night (Blue Note, 1958) My Conception (Blue Note, 1959)
With John Coltrane Coltrane (Prestige 1957) Blue Train (Blue Note, 1958) Bahia (Prestige 1958) Black Pearls (Prestige 1958) Settin' the Pace (Prestige 1958) John Coltrane with the Red Garland Trio (Prestige 1958) Soultrane (Prestige 1958) Stardust (Prestige 1958) The Believer (Prestige 1958) The Last Trane (Prestige 1958) Bags & Trane (with Milt Jackson, Atlantic, 1960) Giant Steps (Atlantic, 1960) Lush Life (Prestige 1961)
With Sonny Criss This Is Criss! (Prestige, 1966) Portrait of Sonny Criss (Prestige, 1967)
With Miles Davis Miles (Prestige 1956) Collectors' Items (Prestige 1956) 'Round About Midnight (Columbia, 1957) Cookin (Prestige 1957) Miles Ahead (Columbia, 1957) Relaxin (Prestige 1958) Milestones (Columbia, 1958) Porgy and Bess (Columbia, 1959) Kind of Blue (Columbia, 1959) Steamin (Prestige 1960) Sketches of Spain (Columbia, 1960) Workin (Prestige 1961) Jazz at the Plaza Vol. I (Columbia, 1973) – rec. 1958 1958 Miles (Columbia, 1974) – rec. 1958 Someday My Prince Will Come (Columbia, 1961) In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, Complete (1961) Quiet Nights (Columbia, 1962) Miles Davis at Newport 1955–1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 (Columbia Legacy, 2015)
With Kenny Dorham Blue Spring (Riverside, 1959) Quiet Kenny (Prestige 1959) Whistle Stop (Blue Note, 1961)
With Gil Evans Gil Evans & Ten (Prestige 1957) New Bottle Old Wine (Pacific Jazz, 1958) The Individualism of Gil Evans (Verve, 1964)
With Curtis Fuller Curtis Fuller with Red Garland (Prestige 1957) The Opener (Blue Note, 1957) Bone & Bari (Blue Note, 1957) Sliding Easy (United Artists, 1959) The Curtis Fuller Jazztet (Savoy, 1959)
With Red Garland A Garland of Red (Prestige 1956) Red Garland's Piano (Prestige, 1957) Groovy (Prestige, 1957) Red Garland Revisited! (Prestige, 1969)– rec. 1957 The P.C. Blues (Prestige, 1957) Dig It! (Prestige, 1958) Can't See for Lookin' (Prestige, 1958) It's a Blue World (Prestige, 1958) Manteca (Prestige, 1958) All Kinds of Weather (Prestige 1959) Red in Blues-ville (Prestige 1959) The Red Garland Trio (Moodsville, 1960) – rec. 1958
With Benny Golson Benny Golson's New York Scene (Contemporary, 1957) The Modern Touch (Riverside, 1958) Groovin' with Golson (New Jazz, 1959) Pop + Jazz = Swing (Audio Fidelity, 1961) Turning Point (Mercury, 1962)
With Dexter Gordon Dexter Calling... (Blue Note, 1961) Landslide (Blue Note, 1980) – rec. 1961-62
With Bennie Green Bennie Green Blows His Horn (Prestige, 1955) The 45 Session (Blue Note, 1958) Glidin' Along (Jazzland, 1961)
With Johnny Griffin A Blowin' Session (Blue Note, 1957) The Congregation (Blue Note, 1957)
With Jimmy Heath The Thumper (Riverside, 1959) On the Trail (Riverside, 1964)
With Joe Henderson Four (Verve, 1968) Straight, No Chaser (Verve, 1968)
With Elmo Hope Informal Jazz (Prestige 1956) Here's Hope! (Celebrity, 1961) High Hope! (Beacon, 1961)
With Milt Jackson Bags' Opus (United Artists, 1959) – recorded in 1958 Bags & Trane (Atlantic, (w/John Coltrane) 1960) Statements (Impulse!, 1961)
With J. J. Johnson The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 (Blue Note, 1955) Trombone for Two with Kai Winding (Columbia, 1955) First Place (Columbia, 1957) The Great Kai & J. J. with Kai Winding (Impulse!, 1960)
With Philly Joe Jones Philly Joe's Beat ([Atlantic, 1960) Together! (Atlantic, 1961)
With Wynton Kelly Piano (Riverside, 1958) Kelly Blue (Riverside, 1959) Kelly at Midnight (Vee-Jay, 1960) Kelly Great (Vee-Jay, 1960) Wynton Kelly! (Vee-Jay, 1961) Comin' in the Back Door (Verve, 1963) It's All Right! (Verve, 1964) Undiluted (Verve, 1965) Blues on Purpose (Xanadu, 1965) Last Trio Session (Delmark, 1968)
With King Curtis The New Scene of King Curtis (New Jazz, 1960) Soul Meeting (Prestige, 1960)
With Abbey Lincoln That's Him! (Riverside, 1957) It's Magic (Riverside, 1958)
With Les McCann Soul Hits (Pacific Jazz, 1963) A Bag of Gold (Pacific Jazz, 1966) – rec. 1963
With Hal McKusick Triple Exposure (Prestige, 1957) Cross Section-Saxes (Decca, 1958)
With Jackie McLean Jackie's Pal (Prestige, 1956) McLean's Scene (Prestige/New Jazz, 1957) Strange Blues (Prestige, 1957) Jackie's Bag (Blue Note, 1959) New Soil (Blue Note, 1959) Capuchin Swing (Blue Note, 1960)
With Hank Mobley Tenor Conclave (Prestige 1957) – rec. 1956 Hank Mobley Sextet (Blue Note, 1957) – rec. 1956 Peckin' Time (Blue Note, 1959) – rec. 1958 Soul Station (Blue Note, 1960) Roll Call (Blue Note, 1961) – rec. 1960 Workout (Blue Note, 1962) – rec. 1961 The Turnaround! (Blue Note, 1965) – rec. 1963-65 Another Workout (Blue Note, 1985) – rec. 1961
With Lee Morgan Lee Morgan Sextet (Blue Note, 1956) Lee Morgan Vol. 3 (Blue Note, 1957) City Lights (Blue Note, 1957) The Cooker (Blue Note, 1957) Lee-Way (Blue Note, 1960) Here's Lee Morgan (Vee-Jay, 1960) Charisma (Blue Note, 1966) The Rajah (Blue Note, 1966)
With Wes Montgomery Full House (Riverside, 1962) Smokin' at the Half Note (Verve, 1965) Maximum Swing: The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings (Resonance, 1965) Willow Weep for Me (Verve, 1969)
With Art Pepper Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section (Contemporary, 1957) Gettin' Together (Contemporary, 1960)
With Bud Powell Bud! The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol. 3) (Blue Note, 1957) The Scene Changes: The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol. 5) (Blue Note, 1958)
With Freddie Redd Shades of Redd (Blue Note, 1960) Redd's Blues (Blue Note, 1961)
With Sonny Rollins Tenor Madness (Prestige 1956) Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 (Blue Note, 1957) The Sound of Sonny (Riverside, 1957)
With others Pepper Adams,Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (Workshop Jazz, 1964) – rec. 1963 Lorez Alexandria, Alexandria the Great (Impulse!, 1964) Gene Ammons, Jammin' in Hi Fi with Gene Ammons (Prestige, 1957) Walter Benton, Out of This World (Jazzland, 1960) Bob Brookmeyer, Jazz Is a Kick (Mercury, 1960) Tina Brooks, Back to the Tracks (Blue Note, 1960) Jaki Byard, On the Spot! (Prestige, 1967) Kenny Clarke,Bohemia After Dark (Savoy, 1955) Jimmy Cleveland, Introducing Jimmy Cleveland and His All Stars (EmArcy, 1955) John Graas, Jazz Lab 2 (Decca, 1957) Kenny Drew, Kenny Drew Trio (Riverside, 1956) Teddy Edwards, Nothin' But the Truth! (Prestige, 1966) Bill Evans, On Green Dolphin Street (Riverside, 1959) Jane Fielding and the Kenny Drew Quintet, Embers Glow (Jazz:West, 1956) Grant Green, First Session (Blue Note, 1960) Gigi Gryce,Jazz Lab (Jubilee, 1958) with Donald Byrd Herbie Hancock, Inventions and Dimensions (Blue Note, 1963) Barry Harris, Bull's Eye! (Prestige, 1968) Hampton Hawes, Bird Song (Contemporary, 1999) – rec. 1956 Roy Haynes, We Three (New Jazz, 1959) Ernie Henry, Last Chorus (Riverside, 1956–57) Richard "Groove" Holmes, Get Up & Get It! (Prestige, 1967) Freddie Hubbard, Goin' Up (Blue Note, 1960) John Jenkins, John Jenkins with Kenny Burrell (Blue Note, 1957) Elvin Jones, And Then Again (Atlantic, 1965) Hank Jones, Hank Jones' Quartet (Savoy, 1956) Thad Jones, After Hours (Prestige, 1957) Quincy Jones, This Is How I Feel About Jazz (ABC-Paramount, 1957) Clifford Jordan, Cliff Jordan (Blue Note, 1957) Warne Marsh, Warne Marsh (Atlantic, 1958) Blue Mitchell, Out of the Blue (Riverside, 1958) Thelonious Monk, Brilliant Corners (Riverside, 1956) Oliver Nelson, The Blues and the Abstract Truth (Impulse!, 1961) Phineas Newborn Jr., A World of Piano! (Contemporary, 1961) David "Fathead" Newman, Straight Ahead (Atlantic, 1961) Houston Person, Trust in Me (Prestige, 1967) The Prestige All Stars, Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors (Prestige, 1957) Ike Quebec, Blue and Sentimental (Blue Note, 1961) Paul Quinichette, Moods (EmArcy, 1954) Sonny Red, Out of the Blue (Blue Note, 1960) Dizzy Reece, Star Bright (Blue Note, 1959) A. K. Salim, Pretty for the People (Savoy, 1957) Sahib Shihab, Jazz Sahib (Savoy, 1957) Woody Shaw, In the Beginning (Muse, 1983) – rec. 1965 Wayne Shorter, Introducing Wayne Shorter (Vee-Jay, 1959) Louis Smith, Smithville (Blue Note, 1958) Sonny Stitt, Sonny Stitt - Previously Unreleased Recordings (Verve, 1973) – rec. 1960 Frank Strozier, Fantastic Frank Strozier (Vee-Jay, 1960) Art Taylor, A.T.'s Delight (Blue Note, 1960) Clark Terry, Serenade to a Bus Seat (Riverside, 1957) Stanley Turrentine, ZT's Blues (Blue Note, 1961) George Wallington, Live at the Café Bohemia (Progressive, 1955) Julius Watkins and Charlie Rouse, Les Jazz Modes (Dawn, 1957)
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