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Jammin’ at the Left Bank

he rhythm section of Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, and Jimmy Cobb enjoyed a celebrated 1959-1962 tenure with Miles Davis, appearing on the studio recordings , plus a bevy of live recordings at Carnegie Hall, the Blackhawk, and all over Europe. This unit was also heard on other great albums of that era by John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Wayne Shorter, Booker Little, Benny Golson, Art Pepper, Frank Strozier, Sonny Red, and Chambers himself. After the Miles Davis years they became a working trio on their own or in tandem with Wes Montgomery; is famous.

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