The Original Chico Hamilton Quintet

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The Original Chico Hamilton Quintet
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Live album by
Chico Hamilton Quintet
Released1960
RecordedNovember 11, 1955
The Strollers in Long Beach, CA
Genre Jazz
Label World Pacific WP-1287
Producer Richard Bock
Chico Hamilton chronology
Chico Hamilton Quintet featuring Buddy Collette
(1955)		The Original Chico Hamilton Quintet
(1960)		 Chico Hamilton Quintet in Hi Fi
(1956)

The Original Chico Hamilton Quintet is a live album by drummer and bandleader Chico Hamilton's Quintet featuring multi-instrumentalist Buddy Collette recorded in 1955 but not released on the World Pacific label until 1960. [1] [2]

Chico Hamilton American musician

Foreststorn "Chico" Hamilton, was an American jazz drummer and bandleader.

Buddy Collette American musician

William Marcel "Buddy" Collette was an American jazz flautist, saxophonist, and clarinetist. He was a founding member of the Chico Hamilton Quintet.

Pacific Jazz Records was a Los Angeles-based record company and label best known for cool jazz or West coast jazz. It was founded in 1952 by producer Richard Bock (1927–1988) and drummer Roy Harte (1924–2003). Harte, in 1954, also co-founded Nocturne Records with jazz bassist Harry Babasin (1921–1988).

Contents

Reception

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Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars. [3]

Track listing

  1. "Caravan" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol) - 6:05
  2. "Tea for Two" (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) - 5:34
  3. "Fast Flute" (Buddy Collette, Chico Hamilton) - 6:00
  4. "Change It" (Collette) - 2:37
  5. "Cute Little Deal" (Jo Jones) - 2:55
  6. "A Mood" (Fred Katz) - 3:51
  7. "This Is Your Day" (Collette) - 3:54
  8. "I'll Keep Loving You" (Bud Powell) - 2:15
  9. "Crazy Rhythm" (Roger Wolfe Kahn, Joseph Meyer, Irving Caesar) - 4:13

Personnel

Drum kit collection of drums and other percussion instruments

A drum kit — also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums — is a collection of drums and other percussion instruments, typically cymbals, which are set up on stands to be played by a single player, with drumsticks held in both hands, and the feet operating pedals that control the hi-hat cymbal and the beater for the bass drum. A drum kit consists of a mix of drums and idiophones – most significantly cymbals, but can also include the woodblock and cowbell. In the 2000s, some kits also include electronic instruments. Also, both hybrid and entirely electronic kits are used.

Tenor saxophone type of saxophone

The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B♭ (while the Alto is pitched in the key of E♭), and written as a transposing instrument in the treble clef, sounding an octave and a major second lower than the written pitch. Modern tenor saxophones which have a high F♯ key have a range from A♭2 to E5 (concert) and are therefore pitched one octave below the soprano saxophone. People who play the tenor saxophone are known as "tenor saxophonists", "tenor sax players", or "saxophonists".

Alto saxophone type of saxophone

The alto saxophone, also referred to as the alto sax, is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s, and patented in 1846. It is pitched in E♭, and is smaller than the tenor, but larger than the soprano. The alto sax is the most common saxophone and is commonly used in concert bands, chamber music, solo repertoire, military bands, marching bands, and jazz. The fingerings of the different saxophones are all the same so a saxophone player can play any type of saxophone.

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References

  1. ↑ Pacific Jazz Records Catalog: 1200 series accessed August 12, 2015
  2. ↑ Edwards, D., Eyries, P. and Callahan, M. Pacific Jazz/Pacifica Album Discography accessed June 3, 2015
  3. 1 2 Allmusic listing, accessed August 12, 2015
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