Joe Chambers - 1978 - Double Exposure

Joe Chambers

1978

Double Exposure

01. Hello To The Wind

02. The Orge

03. Mind Rain

04. After The Rain

05. Message From Mars

06. Rock Pile

Joe Chambers - piano (tracks 1-4), electric piano (track 2), tabla, (track 2), cymbal (tracks 2 & 3), drums (tracks 5 & 6)

Larry Young - organ (tracks 1-3, 5 & 6), synthesizer (track 2)

A spacey album of keyboard duets between Joe Chambers and the great Larry Young! The album was recorded shortly before Larry passed away, and it features him and Chambers on a number of different keyboards -- electric, acoustic, and organ -- plus additional drums by Chambers on a few tracks. The overall sound is very spare -- much more laidback than the hard-jamming fusion of Larry's Arista years, and a wonderful coda to Young's career.

This is an unusual date. Joe Chambers, best known as a drummer, is heard on piano on four of these six tracks (including a fine effort on an unaccompanied version of "After the Rain"). The other selections are duets with the great organist Larry Young who would pass away four and a half months later. The music is somewhat adventurous with Chambers as the lead voice on the numbers on which he plays piano; the final two performances are organ-drum duets that put more of an emphasis on Young's unique sound. This interesting session has some surprising music.