Paul Chambers
Acoustic Bass Solo on
My Reverie

About

Paul Chambers's acoustic bass solo is the closing of 3 solos on this recording, following Red Garland's piano. Spanning 0.44 choruses of the 36-bar ABCA' form at a relaxed 96 BPM with a swing feel, the solo runs approximately 40 seconds. Chambers contributes a partial chorus of bass solo that maintains the performance's gentle momentum. Paul Chambers was 20 to 21 years old at the time of this 1956 recording. "My Reverie" is a popular song adapted from Claude Debussy's solo piano piece "Reverie," originally composed in 1890 during a financially difficult period of the composer's life.

Paul Chambers was 20 to 21 years old at the time.