The Chico Hamilton Quintet with Strings Attached
1959 studio album by Chico Hamilton Quintet
The Chico Hamilton Quintet with Strings Attached | ||||
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Studio album by Chico Hamilton Quintet | ||||
Released | 1959 | |||
Recorded | October 26 & 27, 1958 Los Angeles, CA | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 37:53 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. WS 1245 | |||
Chico Hamilton chronology | ||||
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The Chico Hamilton Quintet with Strings Attached is an album by drummer and bandleader Chico Hamilton's Quintet, recorded in 1958 and released on the Warner Bros. label.[1] The album features some of the earliest released recordings of Eric Dolphy.
Reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Billboard called it "an outstanding jazz set featuring fine performances and exciting ideas."[3] The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "The West Coast jazz chamber music generally holds one's interest."[2]
Track listing
- "Something to Live For" (Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington) - 3:56
- "Andante" (Luther Henderson) - 2:30
- "Speak Low" (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash) - 2:28
- "Pottsville, U.S.A." (Bill Potts) - 5:43
- "Don's Delight" (Chico Hamilton, Howard McGhee) - 3:49
- "Strange" (Fred Fisher, John La Touche) - 3:09
- "Modes" (Fred Katz) - 6:38
- "Fair Weather" (Benny Golson) - 3:00
- "Close Your Eyes" (Bernice Petkere) - 4:38
- "Ev'rything I've Got" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 2:02
Personnel
- Chico Hamilton - drums, percussion
- Eric Dolphy - alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
- Nathan Gershman - cello
- Dennis Budimir - guitar
- Wyatt Ruther - bass
- unidentified string section arranged and conducted by Fred Katz
References
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- Chico Hamilton Quintet featuring Buddy Collette (1955)
- Chico Hamilton Quintet in Hi Fi (1956)
- Chico Hamilton Trio (1956)
- Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
- South Pacific in Hi-Fi (1958)
- Chico Hamilton Trio Introducing Freddie Gambrell (1958)
- The Original Ellington Suite (1958)
- The Chico Hamilton Quintet with Strings Attached (1958)
- Gongs East! (1958)
- Ellington Suite (1959)
- The Three Faces of Chico (1959)
- That Hamilton Man (1959)
- Bye Bye Birdie-Irma La Douce (1960)
- The Chico Hamilton Special (1960)
- Drumfusion (1962)
- Passin' Thru (1962)
- A Different Journey (1963)
- Man from Two Worlds (1963)
- Chic Chic Chico (1965)
- El Chico (1966)
- The Further Adventures of El Chico (1966)
- The Dealer (1966)
- The Gamut (1968)
- The Head Hunters (1969)
- El Exigente: The Demanding One (1970)
- Peregrinations (1975)
- Dreams Come True (1993)
- Chico Hamilton Quintet (1957)
- The Original Chico Hamilton Quintet (1960)
- Montreux Festival (1974)