Paul Chambers
Acoustic Bass Solo on
All The Things You Are

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Paul Chambers's acoustic bass solo is the closing of 6 solos on this recording, following Wynton Kelly's piano. Spanning one chorus of the 36-bar AABA form at an up-tempo 196 BPM with a swing feel in A♭, the solo runs approximately 46 seconds. The performance exemplifies the competitive camaraderie that defined the hard bop jam session tradition. Paul Chambers was 21 to 22 years old at the time of this 1957 recording. The show itself, directed by Vincente Minnelli, was a commercial failure that closed after just 59 performances, yet the song outlived it to become one of the most performed standards in jazz.

Paul Chambers was 21 to 22 years old at the time.