1st Bassman

1st Bassman

Studio album by Paul Chambers
Released	1961
Recorded	May 12, 1960
Studio	Bell Sound Studios, NYC
Genre	Jazz
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

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

Personnel

Tommy Turrentine – Trumpet
Paul Chambers – Bass
Lex Humphries – Drums
Wynton Kelly – Piano
Yusef Lateef – Sax (Tenor), Flute
Curtis Fuller - Trombone

Yusef Lateef
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader	Jazz for the Thinker (1957) Jazz Mood (1957) Before Dawn (1957) Jazz and the Sounds of Nature (1957) Prayer to the East (1957) The Sounds of Yusef (1957) Other Sounds (1957) Lateef at Cranbrook (1958) The Dreamer (1959) The Fabric of Jazz (1959) Cry! – Tender (1959) Louis Hayes with Nat Adderley and Yusef Lateef\|Contemplation (1960) The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef (1960) The Centaur and the Phoenix (1960) Lost in Sound (1961) Eastern Sounds (1961) Into Something (1961) Jazz 'Round the World (1963) Live at Pep's (1964) 1984 (1965) Psychicemotus (1965) A Flat, G Flat and C (1966) The Golden Flute (1966) The Complete Yusef Lateef (1967) The Blue Yusef Lateef (1968) Yusef Lateef's Detroit (1969) The Diverse Yusef Lateef (1969) Suite 16 (1970) The Gentle Giant (1971) Hush 'N' Thunder (1972) Part of the Search (1973) 10 Years Hence (1974) The Doctor Is In... and Out (1976) Autophysiopsychic (1977) In a Temple Garden (1979) In Nigeria (1983) Yusef Lateef's Little Symphony (1987)
Split album	Stable Mates (with A. K. Salim, 1957)
With others	The Complete RCA Victor Recordings of Dizzy Gillespie (1940s) Byrd Jazz (Donald Byrd, 1955) Autumn Leaves (Cannonball Adderley, 1963) Nippon Soul (Cannonball Adderley, 1963) That's Right! (Nat Adderley, 1960) My Kinda Swing (Ernestine Anderson, 1960) 1st Bassman (Paul Chambers, 1960) Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1960) Images of Curtis Fuller (1960) Louis Hayes with Nat Adderley and Yusef Lateef (1960) Pre-Bird/Mingus Revisited (Charles Mingus, 1960) Breezing (Sonny Red, 1960) Color Changes (Clark Terry, 1960) Soulnik (Doug Watkins, 1960) Uhuru Afrika (Randy Weston, 1960) Grantstand (Grant Green, 1961) The African Beat (Art Blakey and The Afro-Drum Ensemble, 1962) The Cannonball Adderley Sextet in New York (1962) Cannonball in Europe! (Cannonball Adderley, 1962) Drum Suite (Slide Hampton, 1962) Afro-Soul/Drum Orgy (A. K. Salim, 1964) Invitation to Openness (Les McCann, 1971) Homeless Brother (Don McLean, 1974) Double Time (Leon Redbone, 1977) Something You Got (Art Farmer, 1977)
Discography

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