Apr 29, 2012<\/p>\n
In the 1960s, drummer Joe Chambers recorded for Blue Note Records, backing artists such as trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, tenor saxophonists Joe Henderson and Wayne Shorter, vibist Bobby Hutcherson and pianist Andrew Hill. Since 2008, he has been teaching at UNC-Wilmington as the Tom Kenan Distinguished Professor of Jazz. He is what you call \u201ccredentialed.\u201d<\/p>\n
With \u201cJoe Chambers Moving Pictures Orchestra\u201d (Savant), recorded live at Dizzy\u2019s Club Coca-Cola in New York, Chambers showcases not only his percussion skills but also his composing and arranging. His writing gives him special insights into ensemble-playing (regarding drive and swing, color, dynamics and accents) and soloing. A good example is \u201cIrina,\u201d the second movement of his four-part \u201cMoving Pictures Suite,\u201d which he opens with a soft-shoe drum solo, kick-starts various horn section entrances, grooves hard behind soloists Tim Green (alto saxophone) and Greg Gisbert (trumpet) and then builds more excitement with a solo of his own. Chambers\u2019 writing is modern \u2013 more like something the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra would play rather than Swing Era bands. He is very good at employing atmospheric dissonance (for example, on the ballad \u201cRuth,\u201d the suite\u2019s third movement, on which he plays a delicate vibes solo followed by a jagged saxophone section chorus.)<\/p>\n
The concert\u2019s one bow to earlier big band writing is Count Basie\u2019s \u201cTheme from \u2018M\u2019 Squad, which rides comfortably along on Dwayne Burno\u2019s walking bass and features Craig Handy stretching out for a rousing, crowd-pleasing tenor saxophone sermon. Vocalist Nicole Guiland appears on a pair of tunes co-composed by the late drummer Max Roach (born in New Land, N.C.): \u201cLonesome Lover\u201d and \u201cMendacity.\u201d The album ends on a Latin note as Chambers and percussionist Steve Berrios cook on \u201cClave de Bembe,\u201d the suite\u2019s fourth movement.<\/p>\n
Correspondent Owen Cordle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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