Joe Chambers — Drums. Played on In the Beginning, Mode for Joe, New Thing At Newport. Worked with Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson.
Joe Chambers's albums
For years the received ranking of Blue Note's tenors put Wayne Shorter on top. But drummer Joe Chambers, who was in the room, remembered it differently: 'Joe and Wayne were equal talents — Joe just had more soul.'
— Statement stmt-joe-chambers-on-joe-henderson
Joe Chambers's albums
Joe Chambers drummed through Blue Note's mid-1960s golden age — In the Beginning (1965), Mode for Joe (1966), Tender Moments (1968) — and resurfaces half a century later on Deciphering the Message (2021), an album that reworks that same vault, with the original session player still in the room.
Joe Chambers said
Joe and Wayne are equal talents as far as I'm concerned, but Joe played with more soul.
Comparing Henderson with Wayne Shorter while recalling his Blue Note years.
Joe Henderson
Wayne Shorter
