MR P.C.

[gor-gy]

hello, if you want to see paul chambers, this is 8.27 min of john coltrane quartet with wynton kelly (piano) and MR PC for 2 song, so 2 solo (1 arco and 1 pizzicato) in one word : great ... http://youtube.com/watch?v=hBwrv6Rtv...aul%20chambers

I have lot info on paul chambers so for the different question that i saw in this forum (sorry for my english I'm french ) :

-paul was 17 when he
studie arco with gaston BROHAM ( first DB of detroit symphony orchestra 2 ) for 3 years after he move to NYC and studie with philip SKLAR ( first DB of NBC symphony) and in the "detroit string band orchestra" ( a band with the best of NYC's musician )

- for his bow it's was a german, I don't whole the story, but Philly Joe Jones had it :"he
wouldn't even let cats touch it, only look"...( see the intro of ARCOLOGY by stinnet)

-paul was married at 18 with ann( there are two song for her)and had 2 children eric and renée.

-one year
after his arrival to detroit he didn't know that possible
to play chords on bass so with recommantion of one
DB player he buy a slam stewart's book to work. the best site in the world about PC it's : http://membres.lycos.fr/reneseon/index.htm

it's the best but it's in french,so for rob palmer (if you want for your paul's bio " I can" translate what you want cause
for me Paul is THE BASS for all...)on this site you can find many many info, interviewof paul himself by a old magazine jazz hot, many pix, and all discography ... there is also link to a german site very complete about paul in the american press...let's swing baby

this is the best project you can do for paul thanx a lot for that

[Pcocobass]

VERY cool.... PC is the man.

[jazzy bass man]

It even a decent quality recording.

[basstef]

Just Great

[bassame]

Originally Posted by basstef

Just Great

+1
It was fun to see Kelly cut off his solo at the end, and PC swing the bass at him once they finished. Great!

[KSB - Ken Smith]

Gut Strings, high action, no bridge adjusters, no pickup, no mic, no amp, no bow quiver, in a suit and tie, playing quarter notes, standing up.. etc etc..

That's what playing Jazz is all about. He played like a man, a real man. Not like us steel string, 3mm strings height, pick-up using, amp cructhing, bridge adjusting Bass whimps we have grown up to be...

Viva PC.. Him and his kind have my red carpet out for them...

[Alexi David]

Originally Posted by KSB - Ken Smith

Gut Strings, high action, no bridge adjusters, no pickup, no mic, no amp, no bow quiver, in a suit and tie, playing quarter notes, standing up.. etc etc..

Hmm.....that was me at Fat Cat last night LOL...except for the suit !!

[bassame]

Here is another clip, possibly from the same gathering, but this time with Coltrane, Getz and Oscar Peterson:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItPCLNC9GgM

[gor-gy]

the complete video call : Theater for a Story by Joe Milgram 1959, 16mm, 30 min, with : Miles Davis quintet, John Coltrane, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb, Gil Evans, Dave Brubeck, Ahmad Jamal, Ernie Royal, Johnny Coles, Emmett Berry, Frank Rehak, Jimmy Cleveland, Julius Watkins, Bill Barber, Danny Bank...

[Johnny L]

Originally Posted by bassame

+1
It was fun to see Kelly cut off his solo at the end, and PC swing the bass at him once they finished. Great!

Been there and done that too...oops! LOL

[bassdogEmer]

Originally Posted by KSB - Ken Smith

Gut Strings, high action, no bridge adjusters, no pickup, no mic, no amp, no bow quiver, in a suit and tie, playing quarter notes, standing up.. etc etc..

That's what playing Jazz is all about. He played like a man, a real man. Not like us steel string, 3mm strings height, pick-up using, amp cructhing, bridge adjusting Bass whimps we have grown up to be...

Viva PC.. Him and his kind have my red carpet out for them...

wow what a manly hunk of a bass player - def. more of a man then say pick up using dudes like Dave Holland, Ron Carter, Charlie Haden, and George Mraz and every other bass player around right now...definitely! thats what Jazz is - a man's music, to be played in a manly way with a real manly bass set up and manly lack of help and just plain manliness everywhere. Infact - it just doesnt swing in a manly way when it's anyway else - here's to us men. jazz not a womens sport whatsoever - all man -all the time.

[bassame]

Superb Mr. Bow wow

[musicman5string]

Man that smile PC flashes at around 7:30 is priceless.