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  1. Chico Hamilton was an American jazz drummer and bandleader who led various ensembles from the 1950s to the 2000s. He is known for his innovative use of cello, flute, guitar and other instruments in his cool jazz, post bop and jazz fusion styles.

  2. Nov 26, 2013 · Chico Hamilton, a drummer and bandleader who helped put California on the modern-jazz map in the 1950s and remained active into the 21st century, died on Monday in Manhattan. He was 92. His death...

  3. Nov 26, 2013 · NEW YORK (AP) — Foreststorn “Chico” Hamilton, an influential jazz drummer and bandleader who was an architect of the West Coast cool jazz style and was known for discovering young talent, has died. He was 92. His publicist, April Thibeault, said Hamilton died Monday night of natural causes at his home in New York.

  4. Nov 26, 2013 · Jazz drummer Chico Hamilton, a linchpin of the West Coast jazz scene in the 1950s and '60s, died yesterday evening of natural causes in New York City, according to his publicist April Thibeault....

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  5. Nov 27, 2013 · A tribute to the jazz drummer and composer Chico Hamilton, who died in 2013 at the age of ninety-two. Learn about his influential style, his collaborations with jazz legends, and his later career in film and education.

  6. Nov 27, 2013 · Jazz drummer Chico Hamilton in L.A. in 1958. Hamilton started his career while a student at Jefferson High, where he played with future jazz greats Buddy Collette, Charles Mingus and...

  7. Nov 26, 2013 · NEW YORK (AP) — Foreststorn “Chico” Hamilton, an influential jazz drummer and bandleader who was an architect of the West Coast cool jazz style and was known for discovering young talent, has died. He was 92. His publicist, April Thibeault, said Hamilton died Monday night of natural causes at his home in New York.