Sat Sep 12
Joe Chambers has worked with some of the most influential figures in jazz history and is a recognized performer and composer whose works have been performed at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. As a sideman and leader, he has performed with Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gillespie, Andrew Hill and many more. Chambers credits include Hubbard's “Breaking Point”, Joe Henderson's “Mode for Joe”, Bobby Hutcherson's “Components”, Wayne Shorter's “Schizophrenia” & “Etcetera”, Andrew Hill's “Compulsion”, McCoy Tyner's “Tender Moments”, Archie Shepp's “New Thing At Newport”, Charles Mingus' “Like a Bird”, Chick Corea's “Tones for Jones Bones” and many others. Chambers compositions have been covered by Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Hutcherson & M'Boom. He has also contributed to soundtracks of several Spike Lee films including “Mo' Better Blues”. Chambers is the first Thomas S. Kenan Distinguished Professor in Jazz at the University of NC Wilmington. His 2012 recording “Joe Chambers Moving Pictures Orchestra Live” at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola in NYC (Savant 2120) earned a Grammy nomination in 2013. Joe Chambers signed with Universal Music Group, Blue Note Records in 2020 and has recorded “Samba de Maracatu (Feb. 2021) and ”Dance Kovina" (March 2023).
Joe Chambers - vibraphone, percussion
Benny hill - sax
Brad Merritt - piano
Jose Albizu - bass
Thomas Taylor -drums
Brevan Hampden - Latin Percussion