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Paul Chambers opens with two choruses on acoustic bass, the first of two solos, followed by Kenny Drew on piano. Taken at an up-tempo swing tempo of 183 BPM over the 32-bar AA' in C, the improvisation flows with assured, relaxed momentum. Paul Chambers delivers an elegant reading of Cole Porter's "Easy to Love" on Chambers' Music, the 32-bar AA' form providing a graceful framework for his melodic bass improvisation. Recorded for the album Chambers' Music in 1956, the performance captures Paul Chambers at 20 to 21 years old. Chambers takes two choruses that demonstrate his remarkable facility on the instrument, his pizzicato lines singing with the clarity and musicality that made him the most influential bassist of the late 1950s.
Paul Chambers was 20 to 21 years old at the time.
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