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Nov 25, 2013 · Explore Chico Hamilton's discography including top tracks, albums, and reviews. Learn all about Chico Hamilton on AllMusic.
Chico Hamilton. More images. Real Name: Foreststorn Hamilton. Profile: American jazz drummer, brother of Bernie Hamilton, father of Forest Hamilton and Denise Hamilton (2), born 20 September 1921 in Los Angeles, California, USA, died 25 November 2013 in New York City, USA. For the reggae trumpeter, please use Junior "Chico" Chin.
Sep 20, 2021 · In celebration of Chico Hamilton's 100th birthday today (September 20, 1921—November 26, 2013). This interview first appeared at All About Jazz in October 2007. An educator, performer, film score composer/actor, drummer and bandleader, National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master (2004) and Kennedy Center Living Jazz Master Chico Hamilton is ...
Mar 15, 2013 · Drummer Chico Hamilton, West Coast Jazz Pioneer, Dies. November 26, 2013 • A linchpin of "cool" jazz in the 1950s and '60s, he assembled bands that came to be described as chamber jazz, full of ...
Drummer Chico Hamilton's reputation is built on his skills as a band-leader and one-man finishing school for promising young players. Eric Dolphy, Charles Lloyd, and Larry Coryell all logged early time in different incarnations of Chico's band in the 1950s and '60s.
Never one to rest on his laurels, Hamilton released four new albums in 2006 in celebration of his 85th birthday. In 2007, he was a member of the NEA's National Council on the Arts. Selected Discography. Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings of the Chico Hamilton Quintet, Mosaic, 1955-59. Man From Two Worlds, Impulse!, 1962.
Nov 27, 2013 · Chico Hamilton: 1921–2013. Jazz drummer Foreststorn “Chico” Hamilton died this past Monday at the age of ninety-two. Hamilton was notable for his refined approach to the drumset, which leaned more heavily on creative orchestrations than on flash, an approach that in the 1950s inspired the movements of cool and chamber jazz.
