비밥의 대가,재즈 보잉의 대가이다. 나는 그의 사운드와 워킹 라인, 그의 솔로 라인을 매우 좋아한다. 풍부한 비밥 라인과 날카로운 워킹베이스는 그의 트레이드 마크라고 하겠다. 전통적인 워킹과 투 필에 충실한 단지 블루스릭만 반복해서 치던 방식에서 탈피한 베이스 연주. 베이스가 재즈네에서 얼마나 중요한 위치인가를 다시금 확인시켜준 연주자이다.
마일즈 데이비스, 존 콜트레인, 레드갈란드, 윈튼 켈리등 그 시대 최고의 연주자들의 가장 인기있는 젊은 연주자 였다.
<일대기>
1935년 4월 22일 미국, 피츠버그 출생
디트로이트에서 성장함. 바리톤 혼으로 음악을 배우기 시작하고 곧 튜바를 공부함
1952년 디트로이드 심포니 베이스 연주자에게 베이스레슨을 시작함
1952년에서 1955년 바리톤 섹소폰 멤버로 Cass의 심포니 단원으로 활동하고 그 즘 뉴욕으로 이주함
1954년부터 55년까지 베니그린, 폴 윈체트, 조지 워싱톤등의 뮤지션과 두어를 함.
1955년 마일즈 데이비스 밴드에 들어가 1963년까지 몸담음
1963년에서 66년까지 윈튼 켈리 트리오에서 활동함
1969 1월 4일 사망함
<앨범들>
리더로써 만든 앨범
* Chambers' Music (Aladdin/Jazz West, 1956)
* Whims Of Chambers (Blue Note, 1956)
* Paul Chambers Quintet (Blue Note, 1957)
* Bass on Top (Blue Note, 1957)
* Go (Vee-Jay, 1959)
* 1st Bassman (Vee-Jay, 1960)
* High Step (Blue Note, 1956) (w/John Coltrane)
* The East/West Controversy (Xanadu, 1957) (w/Hampton Hawes)
* We Three (Prestige/New Jazz, 1958) (w/Roy Haynes & Phineas Newborn)
* Ease It (Charly/Affinity, 1959) (w/Julian "Cannonball" Adderley)
* Just Friends (Charly/Le Jazz, 1959) (w/Julian "Cannonball" Adderley)
사이드맨으로서 참가한 앨범
Julian "Cannonball" Adderley
* Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (EmArcy, 1955)
* Cannonball Adderley Quintet In Chicago (Mercury, 1959)
* Cannonball Takes Charge (Riverside, 1959)
* Cannonball and Coltrane (Phillips, 1965)
Nat Adderley
* Introducing Nat Adderley (Mercury/Wing, 1955); reissued as Them Adderleys (Limelight, 1966)
* Naturally! (Jazzland, 1961)
Toshiko Akiyoshi
* The Toshiko Trio (Storyville, 1956)
* Toshiko Mariano and her Big Band (Vee-Jay, 1964)
Lorez Alexandria
* Alexandria The Great (Impulse!, 1964)
Chet Baker
* Chet (Riverside, 1959)
Tina Brooks
* Back To The Tracks (Blue Note, 1960)
Kenny Burrell
* Kenny Burrell (Blue Note, 1956)
* John Jenkins With Kenny Burrell (Blue Note, 1957)
* Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane (Prestige, 1958)
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)
Jimmy Cleveland
* Introducing Jimmy Cleveland And His All Stars (EmArcy, 1955)
John Coltrane
* Blue Train (Blue Note, 1957)
* Coltrane (Prestige, 1957)
* Bahia (Prestige, 1958)
* Black Pearls (Prestige, 1958)
* Lush Life (Prestige, 1958)
* Settin' The Pace (Prestige, 1958)
* Traneing In (Prestige, 1958)
* Soultrane (Prestige, 1958)
* Stardust (Prestige, 1958)
* The Believer (Prestige, 1958)
* The Last Trane (Prestige, 1958)
* (w/Milt Jackson) Bags and Trane (Atlantic, 1960)
* Giant Steps (Atlantic, 1960)
* (w/Julian "Cannonball" Adderley) Cannonball and Coltrane (Phillips, 1965)
Miles Davis
* Miles (Prestige, 1955)
* 'Round About Midnight (Columbia, 1955)
* Cookin' (Prestige, 1956)
* Relaxin' (Prestige, 1956)
* Steamin' (Prestige, 1956)
* Workin' (Prestige, 1956)
* Collectors' Items (Prestige, 1956)
* Miles Ahead (Columbia, 1957)
* Milestones (Columbia, 1958)
* Porgy and Bess (Columbia, 1958)
* Kind of Blue (Columbia, 1959)
* Sketches of Spain (Columbia, 1960)
* Someday My Prince Will Come (Columbia, 1961)
* Quiet Nights (Columbia, 1962)
Kenny Dorham
* Blue Spring (Riverside, 1959)
* Quiet Kenny (Prestige, 1959)
* Whistle Stop (Blue Note, 1961)
Kenny Drew
* Kenny Drew Trio (Riverside, 1956)
Bill Evans
* On Green Dolphin Street (Riverside, 1959)
Gil Evans
* Gil Evans & Ten (Prestige, 1957)
* The Complete Pacific Jazz Sessions' (Pacific Jazz, 1958)
* The Individualism of Gil Evans (Verve, 1964)
Curtis Fuller
* Curtis Fuller with Red Garland (Prestige, 1957)
* Curtis Fuller Jazztette with Benny Golson (Savoy, 1959)
Red Garland
* A Garland of Red (Prestige, 1956)
* Dig It! (Prestige, 1957)
* Groovy (Prestige, 1957)
* Red Garland Revisited! (Prestige, 1957)
* Red Garland's Piano (Prestige, 1957)
* P.C. Blues (Prestige, 1957)
* Can't See For Lookin' (Prestige, 1958)
* It's a Blue World (Prestige, 1958)
* Manteca (Prestige, 1958)
* All Kinds of Weather (Prestige, 1959)
Grant Green
* First Session (Blue Note, 1960)
Herbie Hancock
* Inventions and Dimensions (Blue Note, 1963)
Barry Harris
* Bull's Eye (Fantasy, 1968)
Dexter Gordon
* Dexter Calling (Blue Note, 1961)
Benny Golson
* Benny Golson's New York Scene (Contemporary, 1957)
* The Modern Touch (Riverside, 1958)
* Groovin' With Golson (Prestige, 1959)
* Turning Point (Mercury, 1962)
Johnny Griffin
* A Blowing Session (Blue Note, 1957)
* The Congregation (Blue Note, 1957)
Joe Henderson
* Four (Verve, 1968)
* Straight, No Chaser (Verve, 1968)
Freddie Hubbard
* Here to Stay (Blue Note, 1962)
Milt "Bags" Jackson
* Bags and Trane (Atlantic, (w/John Coltrane) 1960)
* Statements (Impulse!, 1961)
John Jenkins
* John Jenkins With Kenny Burrell (Blue Note, 1957)
J. J. Johnson
* The Eminent J.J. Johnson, Vol. 2 (Blue Note, 1955)
* Trombone For 2 (w/Kai Winding) (Columbia, 1955)
* The Great Kai & J. J. (w/Kai Winding)(Impulse!, 1960)
Philly Joe Jones
* Philly Joe's Beat (Atlantic, 1960)
* Philly Joe Jones & Elvin Jones Together! (Atlantic, 1964)
Wynton Kelly
* Piano (Riverside, 1958)
* Kelly Blue (Riverside, 1959)
* Kelly at Midnite (Vee-Jay, 1960)
* Kelly Great (Vee-Jay, 1960)
* Wynton Kelly! (Vee-Jay, 1961)
* Comin' in the Back Door (Verve, 1963)
Abbey Lincoln
* That's Him (Riverside, 1957)
Jackie McLean
* McLean's Scene (Prestige/New Jazz, 1957)
* Jackie's Bag (Blue Note, 1959)
* New Soil (Blue Note, 1959)
* Capuchin Swing (Blue Note, 1960)
Blue Mitchell
* Out of the Blue (Riverside, 1958)
Hank Mobley
* Tenor Conclave (Prestige, 1956)
* Peckin' Time (w/Lee Morgan)(Blue Note, 1958)
* Roll Call (Blue Note, 1960)
* Soul Station (Blue Note, 1960)
* Workout (Blue Note, 1961)
* Another Workout (Blue Note, 1961)
* The Turnaround! (Blue Note, 1965)
Thelonius Monk
* Brilliant Corners (Riverside, 1956)
Lee Morgan
* Volume 2: Sextet (Blue Note, 1956)
* Volume 3 (Blue Note, 1957)
* City Lights (Blue Note, 1957)
* The Cooker (Blue Note, 1957)
* Leeway (Blue Note, 1960)
* Here's Lee Morgan (Vee-Jay, 1960)
* Charisma (Blue Note, 1966)
* The Rajah (Blue Note, 1966)
Wes Montgomery
* Full House (Riverside, 1962)
* Smokin' at the Half Note (Verve, 1965)
* Willow Weep for Me (Verve, 1969)
Oliver Nelson
* The Blues and the Abstract Truth (Impulse!, 1961)
Phineas Newborn, Jr.
* A World of Piano (Contemporary, 1961)
Art Pepper
* Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section (Contemporary, 1957)
* Gettin' Together (Contemporary, 1960)
Bud Powell
* Bud! (Blue Note, 1957)
* The Scene Changes (Blue Note, 1958)
Ike Quebec
* Blue And Sentimental (Blue Note, 1961)
Sonny Red
* Out of the Blue (Blue Note, 1960)
Freddie Redd
* Shades of Redd (Blue Note, 1960)
* Redd's Blues (Blue Note, 1961)
Sonny Rollins
* Tenor Madness (Prestige, 1956)
* Sonny Rollins: Volume 2 (Blue Note, 1957)
* Sound of Sonny (Riverside, 1957)
Louis Smith
* Smithville (Blue Note, 1958)
Frank Strozier
* Fantastic (Koch Jazz, 1960)
Art Taylor
* A.T.'s Delight (Blue Note, 1960)
Clark Terry
* Serenade to a Bus Seat (Riverside, 1957)
Kai Winding
* The Trombone Sound (Columbia, 1955)
* Trombone For 2 (w/J. J. Johnson)(Columbia, 1955)
* The Great Kai & J. J. (w/J. J. Johnson)(Impulse!, 1960)
