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Chico Hamilton Quintet: The Original Ellington Suite

Read "The Original Ellington Suite" reviewed by Jim Santella

by Jim Santella
September 1, 2000

The late 1950s were significant to jazz. Fresh ideas were being developed and new directions were about to become reality. The same is true, of course, for our world history of that era. Everyone was affected. Previously unissued, The Original Ellington Suite was recorded August 22, 1958 in Los Angeles. A different Chico Hamilton Quintet (his ...

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Chico Hamilton Quintet: The Ellington Suite

Read "The Ellington Suite" reviewed by David Rickert

by David Rickert
September 1, 2000

Every jazz fan spends countless hours scouring the cut-out bins and used record stores looking for buried treasure. If they’re lucky, they find an out of print Blue Note, like the copy of The All Seeing Eye that I found in a record store in Portland, or incredible bargains, like the copy of Happy Frame of ...

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Chico Hamilton: The Original Ellington Suite

Read "The Original Ellington Suite" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff
September 1, 2000

Certainly one of the most significant and exciting jazz discoveries of the year, “The Original Ellington Suite" almost never saw the light of day. In spite of the efforts of re-issue producer extraordinaire, Michael Cuscuna, no one could find this original Chico Hamilton recording of a suite of Ellington tunes that included his second group--and one ...

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Timely

By Chico Hamilton

Label: All Points Jazz
Released: 1999

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Chico Hamilton: Timely

by Douglas Payne
December 1, 1999

Consider the time drummer Chico Hamilton has spent in jazz. At 78, he's one of the music's survivors. He's been at the forefront of several of its major trends - the Cool school in the 1950s, the New Thing in the 1960s, the introduction of rock to jazz and, early on, exploring the commercial possibilities of ...

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