1st Bassman

1st Bassman
Compilation album by Paul Chambers
Released 1961
Label Vee Jay Records
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1st Bassman is an album by jazz bassist Paul Chambers, recorded at Bell Sound Studios, NYC, May 12, 1960. All compositions are by Yusef Lateef except where noted. This album is notable for its featured use of the acoustic bass as the lead instrument.

Track listing

  1. "Melody" – 4:08
  2. "Bass Region'" – 10:35
  3. "Retrogress" – 3:29
  4. "Mopp Shoe Blues" – 6:05
  5. "Blessed" – 7:04
  6. "Who's Blues" by Cannonball Adderley – 8:24

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