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Joe Chambers

American jazz drummer, vibraphonist and pianist

From: Chester, United States
Since: 1942–present
Releases: 20

jazz
post-bop
jazz fusion
modal jazz

About

Joe Chambers (born June 25, 1942) is an American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer. In the 1960s and 1970s, Chambers gigged with many high-profile artists such as Eric Dolphy, Charles Mingus, Wayne Shorter, and Chick Corea and played on several iconic Blue Note albums of the 1960s. During this period, his compositions were featured on albums by Freddie Hubbard and Bobby Hutcherson. Chambers has released sixteen albums as a bandleader and was a founding member of Max Roach's M'Boom percussion ensemble.

He has also taught, including at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York City, where he led 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. He is a retired educator and works as a jazz musician, composer, and leader.

From Joe Chambers on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Member of

Bobby Hutcherson-Harold Land Quintet now
M'Boom now
Onilu now drums (drum set), congas, marimba, vibraphone, shekere, percussion idiophone
David Murray Trio drums (drum set), vibraphone