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{{short description|American jazz musician and composer (born 1942)}}
{{other uses|Joe Chambers (basketball)|Joseph Chambers (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Joe Chambers
| image = Joe Chambers and Freddie Waits.png
| caption = Joe Chambers (right) with Freddie Waits (left)
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1942|6|25|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Stoneacre, Virginia, U.S.
| genre = [[Jazz]]
| occupation = Musician, composer
| instrument = Drums, piano, vibraphone
| years_active = 1963–present
| label = [[Muse Records|Muse]], [[Finite Records|Finite]], Baystate, [[Blue Note Records|Blue Note]], [[Savant Records|Savant]]
}}

'''Joe Chambers''' (born June 25, 1942)<ref>{{cite web |title=Legendary jazz drummer and Chester native Joe Chambers returns to area Friday night |url=http://www.delcotimes.com/article/DC/20151028/NEWS/151029575 |website=Delcotimes.com |date=14 June 2000 |access-date=8 July 2018}}</ref> 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.<ref name="LarkinGE">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|page=450}}</ref> During this period, his compositions were featured on albums by [[Freddie Hubbard]] and [[Bobby Hutcherson]].<ref name="LarkinGE"/> Chambers has released sixteen albums as a bandleader and was a founding member of [[Max Roach]]'s [[M'Boom]] percussion ensemble.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/joe-chambers-mn0000122897/biography|title=Joe Chambers | Biography & History|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=19 August 2021}}</ref>

He has also taught, including at the [[New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music]] in New York City, where he led the Outlaw Band.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=8502|title=Jazz News: Joe Chambers and the Outlaw Band at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music February 28, 8:00 pm|date=16 March 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060316200346/http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=8502|access-date=19 August 2021|archive-date=2006-03-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newschool.edu/jazz/events/JazzPresents06.pdf |title=untitled |access-date=2007-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524004120/http://www.newschool.edu/jazz/events/JazzPresents06.pdf |archive-date=2011-05-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.jazz.newschool.edu/Faculty/bios.html |title=Faculty Biographies – The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music |access-date=2007-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070802200808/http://www.jazz.newschool.edu/Faculty/bios.html |archive-date=2007-08-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newschool.edu/jazz/|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120805100255/http://www.newschool.edu/jazz/|url-status=dead|title=School of Jazz | College of Performing Arts | The New School|website=Newschool.edu|archive-date=5 August 2012|access-date=19 August 2021}}</ref> 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]].<ref>[http://appserv02.uncw.edu/news/artview.aspx?id=2358 Welcome to University of North Carolina Wilmington News] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080923205719/http://appserv02.uncw.edu/news/artview.aspx?id=2358 |date=2008-09-23 }}</ref> He is a retired educator and works as a jazz musician, composer, and leader.<ref name=":1" />

== Early life ==
Joe Chambers was born in Stoneacre, Virginia in 1942.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Stefon |first=Terae |date=April 21, 2023 |title=Drummer Joe Chambers’ evolution from session player to band leader |url=https://www.knkx.org/jazz/2023-04-21/drummer-joe-chambers-evolution-from-session-player-to-band-leader |website=KNKX}}</ref> However, Chambers was mostly raised in Chester, Pennsylvania.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=February 25, 2021 |title=Joe Chambers Comes with Full Circle with ‘Samba de Maracatu |url=https://www.bluenote.com/spotlight/joe-chambers-comes-full-circle-with-samba-de-maracatu/ |website=Blue Note}}</ref> He attended the [[Philadelphia Conservatory]] for one year before moving to Washington, DC.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vermontreview.tripod.com/Interviews/chambers.htm|title=Joe Chambers Interview|website=Vermontreview.tripod.com|access-date=19 August 2021}}</ref> The first instrument he played was the piano before he moved on to playing the vibraphone and drums.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Lutz |first=Phillip |date=February 18, 2021 |title=Joe Chambers Heads Back To Blue Note |url=https://downbeat.com/news/detail/joe-chambers-heads-back-to-blue-note |website=Downbeat}}</ref> He was inspired by various jazz drummers, such as [[Max Roach]], [[Philly Joe Jones]], and [[Elvin Jones]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Harris |first=George W. |date=April 13, 2021 |title=Joe Chambers: Musical Mallets |url=https://www.jazzweekly.com/2021/04/joe-chambers-interview/ |website=Jazz Weekly}}</ref>

Chambers lived in Washington from 1960 to 1963. Chambers’ earliest gigs were recorded during the time of his eighteenth year when he toured with Bobby Lewis and the JFK Quintet.<ref name=":1" /> Chambers was mainly working at the Bohemian Caverns in Washington, D.C., where he spent six nights a week playing gigs.<ref name=":1" />

== Music career ==
Chambers was recognized by Freddie Hubbard, who encouraged him to move to New York City in 1963, where he played with various artists such as [[Eric Dolphy]], [[Freddie Hubbard]], [[Jimmy Giuffre]], and [[Andrew Hill (pianist)|Andrew Hill]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 19, 2024 |title=Joe Chambers |url=https://www.bluenote.com/artist/joe-chambers/ |website=Blue Note}}</ref> Drummer [[Tony Williams (drummer)|Tony Williams]] set Chambers up with a recording of “Mirrors,” where he gained exposure and joined [[Blue Note Records|Blue Note]].<ref name=":3" /> His debut recording with [[Blue Note Records|Blue Note]] was on [[Freddie Hubbard]]'s album ''Breaking Point'', which also included his composition ''Mirrors''. He soon joined [[Blue Note Records|Blue Note]] as the house percussionist and drummer.<ref name=":3" /> In 1964, Chambers gigged at Minton’s Playhouse alongside [[Blue Mitchell]] and Chick Corea.<ref name=":3" />

In 1970, he joined [[Max Roach]]’s percussion ensemble M’Boom.<ref name=":0" /> The group often practiced at Warren Smith’s Studio on West 21st Street, where Chambers first learned the vibraphone.<ref name=":2" /> He played alongside [[Sonny Rollins]], [[Tommy Flanagan (musician)|Tommy Flanagan]], [[Charles Mingus]], and [[Art Farmer]]. Chambers created the Super Jazz Trio with Flanagan and bassist [[Reggie Workman]].<ref name=":3" /> Chambers debut recoding as a band leader came in 1974 with ''The Almoravid''.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
In the late 1970s, he helped lead a band alongside [[Larry Young (musician)|Larry Young]], an organist. In the early 1980s, Chambers collaborated with artists such as [[Chet Baker]] and [[Ray Mantilla]].

Chamber was hired as instructor in 1990 at the New School of Jazz and Contemporary Music in NYC. He later taught at the [[University of North Carolina]], Wilmington.<ref name=":0" /> He currently does not teach and is focusing on his career in jazz. In 2021 he returned to Blue Note and released his album, ''Samba de Maracatu''.<ref name=":0" /> He released ''Dance Kobina'' in 2023.<ref name=":0" />

== Achievements and legacy ==
During his time at the [[University of North Carolina]], Wilmington, Chambers was titled the first Thomas S. Kenan Distinguished Professor of Jazz in 2008.<ref name=":1" /> In 1994, the [[Nas]] song ''NY State of Mind'' sampled a piano loop from ''Mind Rain'' on Chambers's 1978 album ''[[Double Exposure (Joe Chambers album)|Double Exposure]].''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Powell |first=Jon |date=July 5, 2024 |title=19 of Hip Hop's most notable hometown anthems |url=https://www.revolt.tv/article/19-of-hip-hops-most-notable-hometown-anthems |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830083740/https://www.revolt.tv/article/19-of-hip-hops-most-notable-hometown-anthems |archive-date=August 30, 2024 |access-date=March 2, 2025 |website=[[Revolt (TV network)|Revolt]]}}</ref>

==Discography==
=== As leader ===
* 1973: ''[[The Almoravid]]'' ([[Muse Records|Muse]], 1974)
* 1976: ''[[New World (Joe Chambers album)|New World]]'' ([[Finite Records|Finite]], 1976)
* 1977: ''[[Double Exposure (Joe Chambers album)|Double Exposure]]'' (Muse, 1978)
* 1979: ''Joe Chambers and Friends: Chamber Music'' (Baystate, 1979)
* 1979: ''Joe Chambers Plays Piano'' (Denon, 1979)
* 1981: ''New York Concerto'' featuring Yoshiaki Masuo (Baystate, 1981)
* 1991: ''Phantom of the City'' ([[Candid Records|Candid]], 1992) – live
* 1995: ''Isla Verde'' with Trio Dejaiz ([[King Records (Japan)|Paddle Wheel]], 1995)
* 1998: ''[[Mirrors (Joe Chambers album)|Mirrors]]'' ([[Blue Note Records|Blue Note]], 1999)
* 2002: ''Urban Grooves'' (Eighty-Eight's, 2002)
* 2005: ''The Outlaw'' ([[Savant Records|Savant]], 2006)
* 2009: ''Horace to Max'' (Savant, 2010)
* 2012: ''Joe Chambers Moving Pictures Orchestra'' (Savant, 2012)
* 2015: ''Landscapes'' (Savant, 2016)
* 2020: ''Samba de Maracatu'' (Blue Note, 2021)
* 2022: ''Dance Kobina'' (Blue Note, 2023)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/joe-chambers-mn0000122897/discography|title=Joe Chambers Albums and Discography|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=2023-03-05}}</ref>

=== As sideman ===
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'''With [[Franck Amsallem]]'''
* ''[[Summer Times]]'' ([[Sunnyside Records|Sunnyside]], 2003)

'''With [[Chet Baker]]'''
*''[[Peace (Chet Baker album)|Peace]]'' (Enja, 1982)

'''With [[Donald Byrd]]'''
* ''[[Mustang! (Donald Byrd album)|Mustang!]]'' (Blue Note, 1967) – recorded in 1964-66
* ''[[Fancy Free (Donald Byrd album)|Fancy Free]]'' (Blue Note, 1970) – recorded in 1969

'''With [[Chick Corea]]'''
* ''[[Tones for Joan's Bones]]'' ([[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]], 1968) – recorded in 1966

'''With [[Stanley Cowell]]'''
* ''[[Brilliant Circles]]'' ([[Freedom Records|Freedom]], 1972) – recorded in 1969
* ''[[Back to the Beautiful]]'' (Concord, 1989)

'''With [[Miles Davis]]'''
* ''[[The Complete In a Silent Way Sessions]]'' ([[Columbia Records|Columbia]], 2001) – recorded in 1968-69

'''With [[Art Farmer]]'''
* ''[[Something Tasty]]'' (Baystate, 1979)

'''With [[Don Friedman]]'''
* ''[[Metamorphosis (Don Friedman album)|Metamorphosis]]'' ([[Prestige Records|Prestige]], 1966)

'''With [[Jimmy Giuffre]]'''
* ''[[New York Concerts: The Jimmy Giuffre 3 & 4|New York Concerts]]'' (1965; Elemental Music, 2014)

'''With [[Joe Henderson]]'''
* ''[[Mode for Joe]]'' (Blue Note, 1966)
* ''[[Big Band (album)|Big Band]]'' (Verve, 1997) – recorded in 1992-96

'''With [[Andrew Hill (jazz musician)|Andrew Hill]]'''
* ''[[Andrew!!!]]'' (Blue Note, 1968) – recorded in 1964
* ''[[Compulsion (album)|Compulsion!!!!!]]'' (Blue Note, 1967) – recorded in 1965
* ''[[One for One (Andrew Hill album)|One For One]]'' (Blue Note, 1975) – recorded in 1965-70

'''With [[Freddie Hubbard]]'''
* ''[[Breaking Point (Freddie Hubbard album)|Breaking Point]]'' (Blue Note, 1964)

'''With [[Bobby Hutcherson]]'''
* ''[[Dialogue (Bobby Hutcherson)|Dialogue]]'' (Blue Note, 1965)
* ''[[Components (album)|Components]]'' (Blue Note, 1966) – recorded in 1965
* ''[[Happenings (Bobby Hutcherson album)|Happenings]] '' (Blue Note, 1967) – recorded in 1966
* ''[[Total Eclipse (Bobby Hutcherson album)|Total Eclipse]]'' (Blue Note, 1969) – recorded in 1968
* ''[[Now! (Bobby Hutcherson album)|Now!]],'' (Blue Note, 1970) – recorded in 1969
* ''[[Oblique (album)|Oblique]]'' (Blue Note, 1979) – recorded in 1967
* ''[[Spiral (Bobby Hutcherson album)|Spiral]]'' (Blue Note, 1979) – recorded in 1965-68
* ''[[Patterns (Bobby Hutcherson album)|Patterns]]'' (Blue Note, 1980) – recorded in 1968
* ''[[Medina (album)|Medina]],'' (Blue Note, 1980) – recorded in 1969
* ''[[Blow Up (Bobby Hutcherson album)|Blow Up]],'' ([[JMY Records|JMY]], 1969 released 1990)

'''With [[Robin Kenyatta]]'''
* ''[[Nomusa]]'' (Muse, 1975)

'''With [[Lee Konitz]]'''
* ''[[Figure & Spirit]]'' (Progressive, 1977) – recorded in 1976

'''With [[Hubert Laws]]'''
* ''[[Wild Flower (Hubert Laws album)|Wild Flower]]'' (Atlantic, 1972)

'''With [[Ray Mantilla]]'''
* ''Mantilla'' (Inner City, 1978)

'''With [[M'Boom]]'''
* ''[[Re: Percussion]]'' ([[Strata-East Records|Strata-East]], 1973)
* ''[[M'Boom (album)|M'Boom]]'' (Columbia, 1979)
* ''[[Collage (M'Boom album)|Collage]]'' ([[Soul Note]], 1984)
* ''[[To the Max!]]'' (Enja, 1992) – recorded in 1990–91

'''With [[Charles Mingus]]'''
* ''[[Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert]]'' (Columbia, 1972)
* ''[[Something Like a Bird]]'' (Atlantic, 1978)
* ''[[Me, Myself an Eye]]'' (Atlantic, 1978)

'''With [[Grachan Moncur III]]'''
*''Shadows'', (Denon, 1977)

'''With [[Karl Ratzer]]'''
*''[[In Search Of The Ghost]]'', (Vanguard, 1978)

'''With [[Sam Rivers (jazz musician)|Sam Rivers]]'''
*''[[Contours (album)|Contours]]'', (Blue Note, 1967) – recorded in 1965

'''With [[Jeremy Steig]]'''
*''[[Lend Me Your Ears (Jeremy Steig album)|Lend Me Your Ears]]'', (CMP Records, 1978)

'''With [[Woody Shaw]]'''
* ''[[In the Beginning (Woody Shaw album)|In the Beginning]]'' (Muse, 1983) – recorded in 1965
* ''[[The Iron Men (album)|The Iron Men]]'' with [[Anthony Braxton]] (Muse, 1980) – recorded in 1977

'''With [[Archie Shepp]]'''
* ''[[Fire Music (Archie Shepp album)|Fire Music]]'' ([[Impulse! Records|Impulse!]], 1965)
* ''[[On This Night]]'' (Impulse!, 1965)
* ''[[New Thing at Newport]]'' (Impulse!, 1966) – recorded in 1965. also features a set by [[John Coltrane]].
* ''[[For Losers]]'' (Impulse!, 1969)
* ''[[Kwanza (album)|Kwanza]]'' (Impulse!, 1969)
*''[[On Green Dolphin Street (Archie Shepp album)|On Green Dolphin Street]]'' (Denon, 1978)

'''With [[Wayne Shorter]]'''
* ''[[Et Cetera (album)|Et Cetera]]'' (Blue Note, 1980) – recorded in 1965
* ''[[The All Seeing Eye]]'' (Blue Note, 1966) – recorded in 1965
* ''[[Adam's Apple (album)|Adam's Apple]]'' (Blue Note, 1967) – recorded in 1966
* ''[[Schizophrenia (Wayne Shorter album)|Schizophrenia]]'' (Blue Note, 1969) – recorded in 1967

'''With [[Heiner Stadler]]'''
* ''[[Brains On Fire Vol. 1]]'' (Labor, 1973) – recorded in 1966-71

'''With [[John Stubblefield]]'''
* ''[[Prelude (John Stubblefield album)|Prelude]]'' ([[Storyville Records|Storyville]], 1978)

'''With [[Ed Summerlin]]'''
* ''[[Sum of the Parts]]'' ([[Ictus Records|Ictus]], 1998)

'''With The Super Jazz Trio'''
* ''[[The Super Jazz Trio]]'' (Baystate, 1978)
* ''[[Something Tasty]]'' (Baystate, 1979)
* ''[[The Standard (Tommy Flanagan album)|The Standard]]'' (Baystate, 1980)

'''With Hidefumi Toki'''
* ''City'' (Baystate, 1978)

'''With [[Charles Tolliver]]'''
* ''[[Paper Man (album)|Paper Man]]'' (Freedom, 1975) – recorded in 1968

'''With [[McCoy Tyner]]'''
* ''[[Tender Moments]]'' (Blue Note, 1968) – recorded in 1967

'''With [[Miroslav Vitous]]'''
* ''[[Infinite Search]],'' ([[Embryo Records|Embryo]], 1970) – recorded in 1969

'''With [[Tyrone Washington (musician)|Tyrone Washington]]'''
* ''[[Natural Essence]]'' (Blue Note, 1968) – recorded in 1967

'''With [[Joe Zawinul]]'''
* ''[[Zawinul (album)|Zawinul]]'' (Atlantic, 1971) – recorded in 1970
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://members.tripod.com/vermontreview/Interviews/chambers.htm Interview with Brian L. Knight]
*[http://www.bluenote.com/artists/joe-chambers Blue Note Label Artist's page]

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