Paul Chambers
Acoustic Bass Solo on
Visitation

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Paul Chambers takes four choruses on acoustic bass as the sole soloist on this recording. Taken at a medium-up swing tempo of 163 BPM over the 32-bar AA' in F, the improvisation flows with assured, relaxed momentum. The tune is a contrafact based on the chord changes of "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm," a familiar harmonic foundation that invites inventive melodic exploration. The 32-bar AA' form provides a swinging framework for Chambers's four extended bass choruses, which constitute the track's sole improvised solo. Recorded for the album Chambers' Music in 1956, the performance captures Paul Chambers at 20 to 21 years old.

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