Pianists · 1942–2022

Joe Chambers

American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer

Born: 25 June 1942
Chester
Died: 28 September 2022
Country: United States
Active: 1963–
Record labels: Blue Note, Candid Records, Muse Records
Discography: 14 albums

Biography

Joe Chambers was a jazz musician who played piano, guitar, drum kit and vibraphone. Joe Chambers was born on 25 June 1942 in Chester and died on 28 September 2022. The music is usually filed under jazz and blues. Record labels: Blue Note, Candid Records and Muse Records. The discography here lists 14 albums, from “The Almoravid” (1974) to “Earth Tones” (2024).

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.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

The Almoravid 1974 · Muse Records New World 1976 · Finite Records International Double Exposure 1978 · Muse Records Punjab: Joe Chambers Plays Piano 1979

New York Concerto 1981

Phantom of the City 1992

Mirrors 1998

Urban Grooves 2003

The Outlaw 2006

Horace to Max 2010

Landscapes 2016

Samba de Maracatu 2021

Dance Kobina 2023

Earth Tones 2024

Also plays on

Albums where Joe Chambers is credited as a sideman

1964	Breaking Point — Freddie Hubbard	drums (drum set)
1965	Fire Music — Archie Shepp	drums (drum set)
1965	Components — Bobby Hutcherson	drums (drum set)
1965	Dialogue — Bobby Hutcherson	drums (drum set)
1965	New Thing at Newport — John Coltrane / Archie Shepp	drums (drum set)
1966	The All Seeing Eye — Wayne Shorter	drums (drum set)
1966	On This Night — Archie Shepp	drums (drum set)
1966	Mode for Joe — Joe Henderson	drums (drum set)
1967	Adam’s Apple — Wayne Shorter	drums (drum set)
1967	Compulsion — Andrew Hill	drums (drum set)
1967	Happenings — Bobby Hutcherson	drums (drum set), marimba, timpani, triangle
1967	Contours — Sam Rivers	drums (drum set)
1968	Tones for Joan's Bones — Chick Corea	drums (drum set)
1968	Tender Moments — McCoy Tyner	drums (drum set)
1968	Andrew!!! — Andrew Hill	drums (drum set)
1968	Total Eclipse — Bobby Hutcherson	drums (drum set)
1969	Schizophrenia — Wayne Shorter	drums (drum set)
1969	Fancy Free — Donald Byrd	drums (drum set)
1970	For Losers — Archie Shepp	drums (drum set)
1970	Infinite Search — Miroslav Vitouš	drums (drum set)
1970	Now! — Bobby Hutcherson	drums (drum set)
1972	Wild Flower — Hubert Laws	percussion
1972	Brilliant Circles — Stanley Cowell	drums (drum set)
1973	Charles Mingus and Friends — Charles Mingus	drums (drum set)
1974	Kwanza — Archie Shepp	drums (drum set)
1978	Further Fire Music — Archie Shepp	drums (drum set)
1979	Me, Myself an Eye — Charles Mingus	drums (drum set)
1979	Oblique — Bobby Hutcherson	drums (drum set), gong, timpani
1979	Spiral — Bobby Hutcherson	drums (drum set)
1980	Something Like a Bird — Charles Mingus	drums (drum set)