Bass on Top
by Paul Chambers
- Type: Album
- Released: 1957
- Label: Blue Note
- Country: United States
- Length: 32:37
- Community rating: 4.26/5 from 5 ratings
Artists on this release: Hank Jones, Art Taylor, Kenny Burrell
Album Notes & Community Reviews
A revolutionary album that puts the bass front and center. Paul Chambers plays melodies with his bow (arco), achieving a lyrical, horn-like pathos and proving the bass could be a lead voice of profound beauty and emotional depth.
Genres
Descriptors: classic, bluesy, elegant, melodic, virtuosic
Tracklist
- Yesterdays (5:54)
- You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To (7:17)
- Chasin' the Bird (6:27)
- Dear Old Stockholm (6:44)
- The Theme (6:15)
Credits
- Paul Chambers Quartet - primary artist
- Paul Chambers - bass
- Harold Feinstein - design [cover], design
- Art Taylor - drums
- Kenny Burrell - guitar
- Rudy Van Gelder - lacquer cut by, recorded by [recording by], lacquer cut
- Robert Levin - liner notes
- Francis Wolff - photography by [cover photo], photography
- Hank Jones - piano
- Alfred Lion - producer
- Jerome Kern - written-by
- Otto Harbach - written-by
- Cole Porter - written-by
- Charlie Parker - written-by
- Traditional - written-by
- Miles Davis - written-by
- Al Neiburg - written-by
- Doc Daugherty - written-by
- Ellis Reynolds - written-by