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    I can see a revival coming for this obscure tune. As Dan Adler pointed out on facebook, it is also a mutant variant of an earlier tune.

    (edit: I see the tune was actually written by Donald Byrd).

    Last edited by grahambop; 12-16-2021 at 06:19 AM.

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    Infectious little number

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    Strangest album cover in jazz.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Litterick
    Strangest album cover in jazz.
    I’m not sure about that...

    The prescient Mr Chambers-63f46f19-51e7-4207-a6ea-89880b4170be-jpeg

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    'Omicron' is of course based on 'Woody'n'You' by Dizzy Gillespie.

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    Quote Originally Posted by grahambop
    I’m not sure about that...

    The prescient Mr Chambers-63f46f19-51e7-4207-a6ea-89880b4170be-jpeg
    I just bought that album a month or so ago. It is actually a great album with some very good guitar work by among others Duane Allman, Cornell Dupree and David Spinozza.

    Sure the cover looks, uh, unusual now, but it made a big, uh, splash back in the day and sold about a gajillion copies and vaulted Herbie into the stratosphere as a jazz-pop musician.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Litterick
    Strangest album cover in jazz.
    What do you find strange about the Chambers album cover? All I see is a man with a bass in what looks like a public park.

    Now the bass being in its case with the "stand" pulled out on the bottom (I assume this can be tucked in), is odd, but other than that I don't see anything strange.

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    Now we've all been exposed

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    Quote Originally Posted by Doctor Jeff
    I just bought that album a month or so ago. It is actually a great album with some very good guitar work by among others Duane Allman, Cornell Dupree and David Spinozza.

    Sure the cover looks, uh, unusual now, but it made a big, uh, splash back in the day and sold about a gajillion copies and vaulted Herbie into the stratosphere as a jazz-pop musician.
    Has your copy got the dodgy photo inside? Apparently later pressings had this removed.

    The prescient Mr Chambers-424dfc09-1643-4048-9e1f-a5475f29b29c-jpeg

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    Quote Originally Posted by jameslovestal
    What do you find strange about the Chambers album cover? All I see is a man with a bass in what looks like a public park.
    It’s in keeping with a whole series of Blue Note covers which showed the artist in a public location, as shown in these examples from the Blue Note Cover Art book:

    The prescient Mr Chambers-4d304a36-5b75-4601-a5d3-63fe240ae3a9-jpeg

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    Quote Originally Posted by jameslovestal
    What do you find strange about the Chambers album cover? All I see is a man with a bass in what looks like a public park.

    Now the bass being in its case with the "stand" pulled out on the bottom (I assume this can be tucked in), is odd, but other than that I don't see anything strange.
    Usually musicians are pictured with the instruments uncased.

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    Notice there's a wheel attached. Smart!

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    Quote Originally Posted by BigDaddyLoveHandles
    Notice there's a wheel attached. Smart!
    With the larger photo I can see it is a wheel. With that type of large bass one couldn't take a taxi to a gig and it was expensive to own a large enough vehicle in cities like NYC. Maybe Mr. Chambers had to walk to his gigs!

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    Quote Originally Posted by grahambop
    Has your copy got the dodgy photo inside? Apparently later pressings had this removed.

    The prescient Mr Chambers-424dfc09-1643-4048-9e1f-a5475f29b29c-jpeg
    Keep yer flute where I can see it!

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    There's at least three people in that photo

    shrieks in horror!

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    Quote Originally Posted by ragman1
    There's at least three people in that photo

    shrieks in horror!
    I guess we can all be glad that there are only humans in that photo.

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    “Doctor my eyes have seen…. “
    Herbie.
    Ew.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Litterick
    Strangest album cover in jazz.
    It immediately looked weird to me also for some reason.

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    Quote Originally Posted by grahambop
    I see the tune was actually written by Donald Byrd.
    Did PC compose anything? I'm diggin the tune. Might have to listen to the rest of the record.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Clint 55
    Did PC compose anything? I'm diggin the tune. Might have to listen to the rest of the record.
    Looks like he composed 3 of the tunes on the record:

    Whims of Chambers - Wikipedia

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    Quote Originally Posted by grahambop
    I can see a revival coming for this obscure tune. As Dan Adler pointed out on facebook, it is also a mutant variant of an earlier tune.

    (edit: I see the tune was actually written by Donald Byrd).

    It seems to me the double bass is moved by Paul Chambers.
    A small swivel wheel is attached to the leg of the double bass.
    Interesting...

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    Quote Originally Posted by grahambop
    It’s in keeping with a whole series of Blue Note covers which showed the artist in a public location, as shown in these examples from the Blue Note Cover Art book:
    It all makes sense, if that bass has a wheel. Like the others, he is on his way to a gig or a studio.

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    It could be somewhere near Rudy Van Gelder’s studio which was at 25 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, New Jersey.

    Looks a bit different now though.

    The prescient Mr Chambers-37328261-b151-48d5-a4e0-f33740562b4b-jpeg

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    Two things: Trumpeter Donald Byrd(Omicron) was a great musician . . . however, he is largely remembered for his Pop hit "Blackbird" --which came out in '73 and was a "crossover" commercial success as was Herbie Mann--one of the most commercially successful musicians of all time. In my day, Mann's name was said with a snicker since he was not considered a serious Jazzer. Most Jazzers think of James Moody, Hubert Laws, Frank Wess and Yussef Lateef in re: flute. Great piece, G.
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    Quote Originally Posted by grahambop
    It could be somewhere near Rudy Van Gelder’s studio which was at 25 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, New Jersey.

    Looks a bit different now though.

    The prescient Mr Chambers-37328261-b151-48d5-a4e0-f33740562b4b-jpeg
    You can see a slope in both photos. According to Wiki the studio moved in 1959 to 445 Sylvan Ave. Englewood Cliffs, NJ