Joe Chambers

For other uses, see Joe Chambers (basketball) and Joseph Chambers (disambiguation).

Joe Chambers (born June 25, 1942) is an American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer. He attended the Philadelphia Conservatory for one year. In the 1960s and 1970s, Chambers gigged with many high-profile artists such as Eric Dolphy, Charles Mingus, Wayne Shorter, and Chick Corea. During this period, his compositions were featured on some of the albums on which he appeared, such as those with Freddie Hubbard and Bobby Hutcherson. He has released fifteen albums as a bandleader and been a member of several incarnations of Max Roach's M'Boom percussion ensemble.

Joe Chambers
Joe Chambers (right) with Freddie Waits (left)
Background information
Born	(1942-06-25) June 25, 1942 Stoneacre, Virginia, U.S.
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer
Instrument(s)	Drums, piano, vibraphone
Years active	1963–present
Labels	Muse, Finite, Baystate, Blue Note, Savant

He has also taught, including at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York City, where he leads the Outlaw Band. In 2008, he was hired to be the Thomas S. Kenan Distinguished Professor of Jazz in the Department of Music at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.

Discography

As leader

• 1973: The Almoravid (Muse, 1974)
• 1976: New World (Finite, 1976)
• 1977: Double Exposure (Muse, 1978)
• 1979: Joe Chambers and Friends: Chamber Music (Baystate, 1979)
• 1979: Joe Chambers Plays Piano (Denon, 1979)
• 1981: New York Concerto featuring Yoshiaki Masuo (Baystate, 1981)
• 1991: Phantom of the City (Candid, 1992) – live
• 1995: Isla Verde with Trio Dejaiz (Paddle Wheel, 1995)
• 1998: Mirrors (Blue Note, 1999)
• 2002: Urban Grooves (Eighty-Eight's, 2002)
• 2005: The Outlaw (Savant, 2006)
• 2009: Horace to Max (Savant, 2010)
• 2012: Joe Chambers Moving Pictures Orchestra (Savant, 2012)
• 2015: Landscapes (Savant, 2016)
• 2020: Samba de Maracatu (Blue Note, 2021)
• 2022: Dance Kobina (Blue Note, 2023)

As sideman

With Franck Amsallem

• Summer Times (Sunnyside, 2003)

With Chet Baker

• Peace (Enja, 1982)

With Donald Byrd

• Mustang! (Blue Note, 1967) – recorded in 1964-66
• Fancy Free (Blue Note, 1970) – recorded in 1969

With Chick Corea

• Tones for Joan's Bones (Atlantic, 1968) – recorded in 1966

With Stanley Cowell

• Brilliant Circles (Freedom, 1972) – recorded in 1969
• Back to the Beautiful (Concord, 1989)

With Miles Davis

• The Complete In a Silent Way Sessions (Columbia, 2001) – recorded in 1968-69

With Art Farmer

• Something Tasty (Baystate, 1979)

With Don Friedman

• Metamorphosis (Prestige, 1966)

With Jimmy Giuffre

• New York Concerts (1965; Elemental Music, 2014)

With Joe Henderson

• Mode for Joe (Blue Note, 1966)
• Big Band (Verve, 1997) – recorded in 1992-96

With Andrew Hill

• Andrew!!! (Blue Note, 1968) – recorded in 1964
• Compulsion!!!!! (Blue Note, 1967) – recorded in 1965
• One For One (Blue Note, 1975) – recorded in 1965-70

With Freddie Hubbard

• Breaking Point (Blue Note, 1964)

With Bobby Hutcherson

• Dialogue (Blue Note, 1965)
• Components (Blue Note, 1966) – recorded in 1965
• Happenings (Blue Note, 1967) – recorded in 1966
• Total Eclipse (Blue Note, 1969) – recorded in 1968
• Now!, (Blue Note, 1970) – recorded in 1969
• Oblique (Blue Note, 1979) – recorded in 1967
• Spiral (Blue Note, 1979) – recorded in 1965-68
• Patterns (Blue Note, 1980) – recorded in 1968
• Medina, (Blue Note, 1980) – recorded in 1969
• Blow Up, (JMY, 1969 released 1990)

With Robin Kenyatta

• Nomusa (Muse, 1975)

With Lee Konitz

• Figure & Spirit (Progressive, 1977) – recorded in 1976

With Hubert Laws

• Wild Flower (Atlantic, 1972)

With Ray Mantilla

• Mantilla (Inner City, 1978)

With M'Boom

• Re: Percussion (Strata-East, 1973)
• M'Boom (Columbia, 1979)
• Collage (Soul Note, 1984)
• To the Max! (Enja, 1992) – recorded in 1990–91

With Charles Mingus

• Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert (Columbia, 1972)
• Something Like a Bird (Atlantic, 1978)
• Me, Myself an Eye (Atlantic, 1978)

With Grachan Moncur III

• Shadows, (Denon, 1977)

With Karl Ratzer

• In Search Of The Ghost, (Vanguard, 1978)

With Sam Rivers

• Contours, (Blue Note, 1967) – recorded in 1965

With Jeremy Steig

• Lend Me Your Ears, (CMP Records, 1978)

With Woody Shaw

• In the Beginning (Muse, 1983) – recorded in 1965
• The Iron Men with Anthony Braxton (Muse, 1980) – recorded in 1977

With Archie Shepp

• Fire Music (Impulse!, 1965)
• On This Night (Impulse!, 1965)
• New Thing at Newport (Impulse!, 1966) – recorded in 1965. also features a set by John Coltrane.
• For Losers (Impulse!, 1969)
• Kwanza (Impulse!, 1969)
• On Green Dolphin Street (Denon, 1978)

With Wayne Shorter

• Et Cetera (Blue Note, 1980) – recorded in 1965
• The All Seeing Eye (Blue Note, 1966) – recorded in 1965
• Adam's Apple (Blue Note, 1967) – recorded in 1966
• Schizophrenia (Blue Note, 1969) – recorded in 1967

With Heiner Stadler

• Brains On Fire Vol. 1 (Labor, 1973) – recorded in 1966-71

With John Stubblefield

• Prelude (Storyville, 1978)

With Ed Summerlin

• Sum of the Parts (Ictus, 1998)

With The Super Jazz Trio

• The Super Jazz Trio (Baystate, 1978)
• Something Tasty (Baystate, 1979)
• The Standard (Baystate, 1980)

With Hidefumi Toki

• City (Baystate, 1978)

With Charles Tolliver

• Paper Man (Freedom, 1975) – recorded in 1968

With McCoy Tyner

• Tender Moments (Blue Note, 1968) – recorded in 1967

With Miroslav Vitous

• Infinite Search, (Embryo, 1970) – recorded in 1969

With Tyrone Washington

• Natural Essence (Blue Note, 1968) – recorded in 1967

With Joe Zawinul

• Zawinul (Atlantic, 1971) – recorded in 1970

External links

• Interview with Brian L. Knight
• Blue Note Label Artist's page