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1961 studio album by Paul Chambers
1st Bassman Paul Chambers , recorded at Bell Sound Studios, NYC, May 12, 1960. All compositions are by Yusef Lateef except where noted. This album is notable for its featured use of the acoustic bass as the lead instrument.
Track listing "Melody" – 4:08
"Bass Region'" – 10:35
"Retrogress" – 3:29
"Mopp Shoe Blues" – 6:05
"Blessed" – 7:04
"Who's Blues" by Cannonball Adderley – 8:24 Personnel
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As Split With
The Complete RCA Victor Recordings of Dizzy Gillespie Byrd Jazz Donald Byrd , 1955)Autumn Leaves Cannonball Adderley , 1963)Nippon Soul That's Right! Nat Adderley , 1960)My Kinda Swing Ernestine Anderson , 1960)1st Bassman Paul Chambers , 1960)Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone Curtis Fuller , 1960)Images of Curtis Fuller Louis Hayes with Nat Adderley and Yusef Lateef Pre-Bird /Mingus Revisited Charles Mingus , 1960)Breezing Sonny Red , 1960)Color Changes Clark Terry , 1960)Soulnik Doug Watkins , 1960)Uhuru Afrika Randy Weston , 1960)Grantstand Grant Green , 1961)The African Beat Art Blakey and The Afro-Drum Ensemble , 1962)The Cannonball Adderley Sextet in New York Cannonball in Europe! Cannonball Adderley , 1962)Drum Suite Slide Hampton , 1962)Afro-Soul/Drum Orgy Invitation to Openness Les McCann , 1971)Homeless Brother Don McLean , 1974)Double Time Leon Redbone , 1977)Something You Got Art Farmer , 1977)
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