Chambers was raised in Pennsylvania and showed an early affinity for drums and composition. He was urged to move to New York by Freddie Hubbard, which led to Chambers playing on the trumpeter’s album “Breaking Point.” In New York, Chambers worked with Andrew Hill and Eric Dolphy, before becoming one of Blue Note’s in-house drummers, which saw him play on a variety of seminal albums, including many by Bobby Hutcherson, Wayne Shorter, and Sam Rivers. Chambers also joined Max Roach’s M’Boom drum group, and played with Charles Mingus in the 1970s. He has recorded several albums as bandleader, and worked as an educator both in New York and as Professor of Jazz at Wilmington University.
