Chico Hamilton Trio

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Chico Hamilton Trio
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Studio album by
Chico Hamilton Trio
Released1956
RecordedDecember 6, 1953, October 2, 1954 and February 8, 1956
Hollywood, CA
Genre Jazz
Label Pacific Jazz PJ-1220 [1]
Producer Richard Bock
Chico Hamilton chronology
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(1956)

The Chico Hamilton Trio album, recorded by drummer and bandleader Chico Hamilton, features sessions from 1953, 1954, and 1956 and was released on the Pacific Jazz label. [2] [3] The album includes Hamilton's initial recordings for Pacific Jazz in 1953 and 1954, originally released as six tracks on a 10-inch album, plus four additional recordings from 1956.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos states: "An entry point recording for Chico Hamilton, it displays his savory good common sense well before being more trend and fashion conscious, as psychedelia and fusion took over commercialized jazz." [4]

Track listing

  1. "Blues on the Rocks" (George Duvivier) - 3:05
  2. "Street of Drums" (Chico Hamilton) - 3:20
  3. "We'll Be Together Again" (Carl T. Fischer, Frankie Laine) - 2:50
  4. "Skinned Strings" (Hamilton, Duvivier) - 5:12
  5. "Nuttye" (Jimmy Cheatham) - 2:27
  6. "Porch Light" (Duvivier) - 3:58
  7. "Broadway" (Billy Bird, Teddy McRae, Henri Woode) - 3:03
  8. "Autumn Landscape" (Duvivier) - 3:45
  9. "Uganda" (Hamilton, Duvivier) - 4:45
  10. "Lollypop" (Gerald Wiggins, Hamilton) - 2:14

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN   9781440229169 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ Pacific Jazz Records Catalog: 1200 series accessed June 4, 2015
  3. ↑ Edwards, D., Eyries, P. and Callahan, M. Pacific Jazz/Pacifica Album Discography accessed June 4, 2015
  4. 1 2 Nastos, Michael G.. Chico Hamilton Trio – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  5. ↑ Hall, Tony (May 31, 1958). "Reviews". Disc . No. 17. p. 16.
  6. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 632. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
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