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Jazz Musician of the Day: Chico Hamilton

Jazz Musician of the Day: Chico Hamilton

All About Jazz is celebrating Chico Hamilton's birthday today! Legendary jazz drummer and bandleader Foreststorn ‘Chico’ Hamilton, born September 21st, 1921 in Los Angeles, had a fast track musical education in a band with his schoolmates Charles Mingus, Illinois Jacquet, Ernie Royal, Dexter Gordon, Buddy Collette and Jack Kelso. Engagements with Lionel Hampton, Slim & Slam, ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Legend Chico Hamilton Continues Drom Concert Series Oct - Dec

Jazz Legend Chico Hamilton Continues Drom Concert Series Oct - Dec

LEGENDARY DRUMMER CHICO HAMILTON CONTINUES MONTHLY CONCERT SERIES AT NEW YORK CITY’S DROM Sundays this Fall: 10.14 + 11.11 + 12.09 NEA JAZZ MASTER CHICO HAMILTON @ DROM As evidenced on his latest recording Revelation (Joyous Shout!), 90 year-old drummer/leader Forestorn “Chico” Hamilton is still creating vivid, positive, uplifting, and relevant music. Saluted by the Kennedy ...

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News: For Sale

Jazz on Film... Film Noir (Limited Edition 5-CD box set) on Moochin’ About

Jazz on Film... Film Noir (Limited Edition 5-CD box set) on Moochin’ About

Collected together for the first time... Seven classic 1950’s film noir jazz-inspired original scores Best ever quality digital remastering A Streetcar Named Desire (Alex North) Private Hell 36 (Leith Stevens) The Man with the Golden Arm (Elmer Bernstein) Sweet Smell of Success (Elmer Bernstein/Chico Hamilton)

News: Recording

Mingus, Monk & Weather Report: From Legacy in July

The ultimate year-round jazz festival of Legacy Recordings continues to set a new industry standard with three new Complete Album Collections from the Columbia and RCA archives by the greatest names in modern jazz: Charles Mingus: The Complete Columbia & RCA Albums Collection: 7 titles, 10 CDs The Thelonious Monk Quartet: The Complete Studio Albums Collection: ...

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Article: Interview

Maxine Gordon: The Legacy of Dexter Gordon

Read "Maxine Gordon: The Legacy of Dexter Gordon" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer

by Victor L. Schermer

Legendary tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon was a focal point of the bebop and hard bop revolutions. Later in his career, he achieved the status of an American icon with his lead role in Bernard Tavernier's 1986 film, Round Midnight, which garnered him an Academy Award nomination. His “homecoming" in New York City, after living in Europe ...

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News: Recording

Impulse! Records Introduces Newest Batch in 2-on-1 Series from Legendary Impulse! Artists

Impulse! Records Introduces Newest Batch in 2-on-1 Series from Legendary Impulse! Artists

Impulse!/Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) recently introduced the second batch of its 2-On-1 series. Each CD features two classic albums from some of Impulse! Records' legendary jazz and blues artists. Included in this first batch are releases from Alice Coltrane, Blue Mitchell, Charles Mingus, Chico Hamilton, Clark Terry, Freddie Hubbard, Howard Roberts, John Handy, Keith Jarrett, Marion ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Legendary Drummer Chico Hamilton Continues Monthly Concert Series at NYC's Drom

Legendary Drummer Chico Hamilton Continues Monthly Concert Series at NYC's Drom

NEA JAZZ MASTER CHICO HAMILTON @ DROM As evidenced on his latest recording Revelation (Joyous Shout!), 90 year-old drummer/leader Forestorn “Chico" Hamilton is still creating vivid, positive, uplifting, and relevant music. Saluted by the Kennedy Center as a “Living Jazz Legend," and appointed to the President's Council on the Arts, this NEA Jazz Master is considered ...

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News: Recording

Chet Williamson releases "Chromatic Noir"

An electronic version of the new CD by the “Chromatic" Chet Williamson is now available at: bandcamp.com. The 13-track, all-original album (with hidden material), features Williamson on harmonicas, pianist Joe Mazzarella, and special guest Jimmy Morrell on guitar and bass. Chromatic Noir is what the title implies. It is about both lightness and darkness. It is ...

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Article: Big Band Report

"Modern Sounds," or: Running a Marathon in Full Body Armor

Read ""Modern Sounds," or: Running a Marathon in Full Body Armor" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers

From October 19-25 Betty and I were at the Los Angeles Marriott Airport Hotel to attend Modern Sounds, the L.A. Jazz Institute's four-day salute to West Coast jazz, followed by a day-long tribute to Stan Kenton on the hundredth anniversary of the legendary bandleader's birth. We arrived a day early to be primed and ready for ...


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