The Chico Hamilton Special
1961 studio album by Chico Hamilton Quintet
The Chico Hamilton Special | ||||
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Studio album by Chico Hamilton Quintet | ||||
Released | 1961 | |||
Recorded | November 28 & 29, 1960 New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 35:43 | |||
Label | Columbia CL 1619 | |||
Chico Hamilton chronology | ||||
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The Chico Hamilton Special is an album by drummer and bandleader Chico Hamilton recorded in 1960 and released on the Columbia label.[1]
The album cover was photographed by Los Angeles–based photographer Leigh Wiener.
Reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
DownBeat | [3] |
The contemporaneous DownBeat reviewer believed that this was the best band that Hamilton had led, and concluded that the album was "by far the best album the drummer has recorded in terms of jazz spirit, exciting soloists, and, above all, deep-down swing".[3] The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "this would be the last album in Hamilton's famous string of cello groups before the drummer changed directions. Interesting if not essential music".[2]
Track listing
- "Don't Get Lost" (H. Smith) – 5:25
- "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma) – 4:20
- "New Rhumba" (Ahmad Jamal) – 4:04
- "Way Down" (N. Jones) – 5:27
- "Afternoon of a Breeze" (Dorothy Ashby) – 5:50
- "Lady Bird" (Tadd Dameron) – 3:37
- "Trio" (Chico Hamilton) – 7:00
Personnel
- Chico Hamilton – drums
- Charles Lloyd – alto saxophone, flute
- Nate Gershman – cello
- Harry Polk – guitar
- Bobby Haynes – bass
Source:[2]
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)