Mr. P.C. by Rob Palmer
Winner of the 2013 Association for Recorded Sound Collections Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research in Jazz During his 13 year career between 1955 and 1968, Paul Chambers was one of the leading double bass players in jazz, performing with a wide variety of artists and a range of the music's sub-genres and recording over 300 albums for labels such as Blue Note, Riverside, Mercury and Columbia Records. Chambers performed alongside some of the greatest names in jazz including Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Rollins, Wes Montgomery, Joe Henderson, Bill Evans, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan, Gil Evans and Freddie Hubbard. Although he recorded half a dozen LPs under his own name, including his own compositions, he is probably best remembered for his contribution to the greatest jazz recording of all time; Miles Davis' Kind Of Blue where his bass notes are legendary. Mr P. C. tells the story of this quiet giant of jazz; his birth in Pittsburgh, youth in Detroit, his early rise to jazz celebrity, his time at the top, his struggle against alcoholism and heroin addiction and the circumstances surrounding his tragic death of tuberculosis, aged 33, in 1969. Using material from other literary sources and interviews with family members, friends and colleagues in the jazz fraternity, this book tells in full for the first time this influential musician's story. The book includes a comprehensive discography detailing all of his recordings both as a sideman and bandleader.-
Formation
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Jazz Me Blues
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Long Agos and Worlds Apart
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Keith Jarrett
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Eberhard Weber
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Ivor Cutler
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The Last Miles
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Hidden Man
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The Long Shadow of the Little Giant
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Cool Cat Blues
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Lee Morgan
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Out of the Long Dark
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Rufus Wainwright
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Jazz Visions
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Trad Dads, Dirty Boppers and Free Fusioneers
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This is Hip
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Mosaics
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Bill Russell and the New Orleans Jazz Revival
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Scouse Pop
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Hear My Train A Comin'
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Being Prez
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Handful of Keys
- Seventy Latin Jazz Masterpieces (since 1970)
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Cool Heat
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Song for Someone
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Soul Unsung
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Chasin' the Bird
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Dancehalls, Glitterballs and DJs
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Ray Brown
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Two Bold Singermen and the English Folk Revival
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Lionel Richie
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Vinyl Ventures
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Desperado
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Kansas City Jazz
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Komeda
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The Ultimate Guide to Great Reggae
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This is Bop
Named one of the best books of 2012 by The New York City Jazz Record
Rob Palmer is Senior Probation Officer and a semi-professional bass player of 28 years experience who has played jazz for most of that time. He has performed and recorded with some of the leading British jazz musicians including as Jim Mullen, Iain Ballamy, Stan Sultzman, Janusz Carmello, Dave DeFries, Tim Whitehead and Roy Williams.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781845536367 |
| ISBN 10 | 1845536363 |
| Title | Mr. P.C. |
| Author | Rob Palmer |
| Series | Popular Music History |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Equinox Publishing Ltd |
| Year published | 2012-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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