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Joe Chambers is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Philly Joe Jones, Elvin Jones, Gary Bartz and Max Roach. Those roots explain a lot about how Joe Chambers arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, Jack DeJohnette, Roy Haynes and Eddie Henderson, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Lakecia Benjamin, Nas, Harvey Mason and N.Y. State of Mind, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 16 connections around Joe Chambers, reaching back through Philly Joe Jones and forward to Lakecia Benjamin. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Joe Chambers 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.
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Joe Chambers grew out of Philly Joe Jones, Elvin Jones, Gary Bartz and Max Roach, shares an orbit with Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, Jack DeJohnette and Roy Haynes, went on to shape Lakecia Benjamin, Nas, Harvey Mason and N.Y. State of Mind. 16 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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