Eddie Chamblee

Eddie Chamblee was a good, sometimes inspirational player who made contribution in both big band and small combo setting as well as early R&B. Chamblee studied law at Chicago State University, then played with several army bands from 1941 to 1946. He headed a small group in Chicago from 1946 until the mid-'50s, then worked for two years with Lionel Hampton, recording and touring in Europe in 1956. ...more