The first two months of 1956 the brand-new sensation causing Miles Davis quintet was on tour on the West Coast. Before they went back to New York Jazz West-label invited bass player Paul Chambers (20) to make an album: A Jazz Delegation From The East. John Coltrane and drummer Philly Joe Jones from the Miles Davis band joined; Red Garland wasn’t on the grand piano but Kenny Drew who lived in Los Angeles at the time.
The combination Drew/Chambers/Jones provided one of the most inspired trios from the heyday of Hard Bop.
1. Two Bass Hit (John Lewis-Dizzy Gillespie)
CD: Miles Davis & John Coltrane: The Complete Columbia
Recordings 1955-1961
CD 1 DIDP 099781 (
2. Dexterity (Charlie Parker)
CD: Paul Chambers
Mosaic Select MS-005, disc 1
3. Stablemates (Benny Golson)
CD: see no 2. (track 2)
4. Eastbound (Kenny Drew)
CD: see no 2.
5. Trane’s Blues (aka John Paul Jones) (John Coltrane)
CD: see no 2.
