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Paul Chambers closes the solo sequence with a single chorus on acoustic bass, the final of 4 solos on the recording. Taken at a medium-up swing tempo of 149 BPM over the 32-bar AABA in C, the improvisation unfolds with comfortable, easygoing swing. "What's New?" is the Bob Haggart standard performed on Paul Chambers's 1957 self-titled Blue Note quintet album, featuring solos from all four melodic voices in the group. Recorded for the album Paul Chambers Quintet in 1957, the performance captures Paul Chambers at 21 to 22 years old. Chambers closes the solo sequence with a bass chorus that demonstrates his extraordinary melodic gifts on the instrument, his lines singing with the clarity and expressiveness of a horn.
Paul Chambers was 21 to 22 years old at the time.
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