Joe Chambers

A celebrated jazz drummer, Joe Chambers is also a composer and commanding multi-instrumentalist who plays vibraphone, marimba, and piano. Chambers was a Blue Note house drummer during the 1960s, playing on dozens of the decade's most progressive albums, including Bobby Hutcherson's first ten albums. Further, most of the records he played on included his tunes. He joined Max Roach's M'Boom and Charles Mingus in the early seventies. Chambers' acclaimed leader debut, The Almoravid, appeared in 1974. In 1978, he released Double Exposure in duo with organist Larry Young. He release...