The debut album under his own name, this release captures Chambers leading a quintet of titans through an all-original program.
- The album was recorded on March 17, 1957, at the Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey.
- It features a personnel of John Coltrane on tenor saxophone,“,” Donald Byrd on trumpet, Tommy Flanagan on piano, and Art Taylor on drums.
- The track 'Minor Mood' was later reissued as 'Minority' on a 10-inch LP.
Paul Chambers was an American jazz double bassist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, best known for his work in hard bop and his prolific output on the Blue Note Records label. By 1957, Chambers had established himself as a first-call bassist in jazz circles, playing on dozens of seminal recordings.
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