From 1964 until 1971, multi-instrumentalist and composer Joe Chambers was a house drummer at Blue Note. He was featured on seminal recordings by trumpeters Freddie Hubbard and Donald Byrd, saxophonists Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson, and Sam Rivers, and pianists McCoy Tyner and Andrew Hill. He also contributed drums and tunes to ten fine outings by vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, including Components, Happenings, and Oblique. The label offered him a leader date, but Chambers was so busy he declined. He later expanded his musical reach to the vibraphone, marimba, piano, and Afro-Latin percussion instruments. He contributed to top-shelf outings by many jazzmen including Charles Mingus, Charles Tolliver, Stanley Cowell, and as a member of Max Roach's M'Boom. In 1998, Blue Note offered him a leader date again and this time Chambers accepted. He released the acclaimed quintet outing Mirrors. In the 2010s, Chambers led sessions for Savant, including 2016's brilliant Landscapes, a piano/bass/drums trio, and maximally yet tastefully adds voluminous overdubs of vibraphone, marimba, and assorted Afro-Latin percussion instruments.

1		You and the Night and the Music
2		Circles
3		Samba de Maracatu
4		Visions
5		Never Let Me Go
6		Sabah el Nur
7		Ecaroh
8		New York State of Mind Rain
9		Rio

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