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Within a year of arriving in New York City, Paul Chambers was the most sought-after bassist in jazz. He was signed to Blue Note, played in Miles Davis' quintet and recorded countless sessions for the who's who of modern jazz. “Bass On Top” was his third album and remains a masterpiece – and all this at the tender age of 22. This brilliantly seductive album features veteran Hank Jones on piano, Kenny Burrell on guitar and Art Taylor on drums – a quartet with which Chambers was able to build arrangements that showcase his instrument in melodies and solos and highlight his unmistakably beautiful bowing. Highlights on “Bass On Top” include the chamber jazz interpretation of Jerome Kern's “Yesterdays” and a lightly swinging version of “Dear Old Stockholm”, a piece often associated with Miles Davis, who was Chambers' employer at the time.
As part of the extremely popular “Blue Note 85th Anniversary Reissue Series” Universal Music Japan presents the sonically impressive remastering of this jazz classic by the legendary Kevin Gray, who is also responsible for Blue Note US's analog reissues such as “Tone Poet” and “Classic Vinyl” – as a limited Japan only UHQCD with OBI stripe. The original recording session for “Bass On Top” took place on July 14, 1957 at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey.
UHQCD
1. Yesterdays
2. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
3. Chasin' The Bird
4. Dear Old Stockholm
5. The Theme
6. Confessin'