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Chico Hamilton: Juniflip

Read "Juniflip" reviewed by Marcia Hillman

by Marcia Hillman

What is it with jazz drummers? They seem to go on forever like the Energizer bunny. Chico Hamilton celebrates his 85th birthday this year with four new releases, of which Juniflip is a swinger with guests George Bohanon (trombone), Jimmy Cheatham (bass trombone), and vocalists Bill Henderson and Arthur Lee (frontman for the band LOVE) augmenting ...

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Chico Hamilton: Believe, 6th Avenue Romp & Heritage

Read "Chico Hamilton: Believe, 6th Avenue Romp & Heritage" reviewed by Donald Elfman

by Donald Elfman

Chico Hamilton Believe Joyous Shout 2006 Chico Hamilton 6th Avenue Romp Joyous Shout 2006 Chico Hamilton Heritage Joyous Shout 2006

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Chico Hamilton: The Original Chico Hamilton Quintet Complete Studio Recordings

Read "The Original Chico Hamilton Quintet Complete Studio Recordings" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian

How do you make chamber jazz? Chico Hamilton did it utilizing a guitarist, a cellist, a bassist, a reedman, and of course a drummer. Lone Hill Jazz has reissued the complete studio recordings of this unusual yet intriguing quintet, augmented by two additional tracks from the same era, one by the string trio from the above ...

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A Different Journey

By Chico Hamilton

Label: Collectables
Released: 2002
Track listing: 1. Sun Yen Yen 2. A Voice in the Night 3. Different Journey 4. The Vulture 5. One Sheridan Square 6. Island Blues.

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The Chico Hamilton Quintet: A Different Journey

Read "A Different Journey" reviewed by David Rickert

by David Rickert

Chico Hamilton always maintained that the line-up on A Different Journey was his favorite of all his quintets, and it’s easy to see why; with both Gabor Szabo and Charles Lloyd on hand, some interesting ideas are going to emerge. By this time Hamilton had cast off the light, chamber jazz directions he pursued in the ...

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Foreststorn

By Chico Hamilton

Label: KOCH International Jazz
Released: 2001
Track listing: Outrageous; That Boy With That Long Hair; I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts of Town; Bone Cello; Around The Corner; Soprano Dance; 11 Bars For Arthur; Sweet Dreams; Sorta New; Guitar Willie; Foreststorn; Here Comes Charlie Now; When The Saints Go Marchin' In; Foreststorn--Reprise.

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Chico Hamilton: Foreststorn

Read "Foreststorn" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

Legendary drummer/bandleader/educator Chico Hamilton celebrates his inaugural album for Koch, along with his current working band and some very special guest artists such as Rolling Stones (and frequent jazz performer), drummer Charlie Watts, alto saxophonist Arthur Blythe, trombonist Steve Turre and others. Simply stated, this well traveled, highly influential and thoroughly hip musician surges onward amid ...

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The Ellington Suite

By Chico Hamilton

Label: Capitol Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: In A Mellotone, In A Sentimental Mood, I'm Just A Lucky So and So, Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin', Everything But You, Day Dream, I'm Beginning to See the Light, Azure, It Don't Mean A Thing.

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The Original Ellington Suite

By Chico Hamilton

Label: Capitol Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: In A Mellotone; In A Sentimental Mood; I'm Just A Lucky So And So; Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin'; Everything But You; Day Dream; I'm Beginning To See The Light; Azure; It Don't Mean A Thing.

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Article: Interview

Charles Lloyd: Crossing the Waters Wide

Read "Charles Lloyd: Crossing the Waters Wide" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan

by C. Andrew Hovan

From the time of “love-ins" and tie-dyed shirts to today's current jazz renaissance, Charles Lloyd has played a part in the multifaceted history of the music. His series of Atlantic sides in the '60s transfixed a young and impressionable audience by way of an intoxicating fusion of mysticism, rock rhythms and jazz improvisation, while also launching ...


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