Chico Hamilton
Chico Hamilton Quintet (JAZZ)
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Chico Hamilton Quintet
Chico Hamilton
Waxtime 500
8436559465267
LPS 155874
JAZZ
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EXCLUSIVE LIMITED EDITION OF 500 COPIES
INCLUDES 1 BONUS TRACK
Presented here is the complete LP Chico Hamilton Quintet, featuring the leader’s outstanding quintet with Buddy Collette and Jim Hall. It contains the quintet’s first studio session (on Side A), plus their first live session, which occupied Side B of the original LP. These selections were recorded at a club named The Strollers only a few weeks after the formation of the quintet.
PERSONNEL:
BUDDY COLLETTE, flute, alto & tenor sax, clarinet
FRED KATZ, cello
JIM HALL, guitar
CARSON SMITH, bass
CHICO HAMILTON, drums
SIDE A: Los Angeles, August 23, 1955.
SIDE B: Live at The Strollers, Long Beach, California, August 4 & 5, 1955.
*BONUS TRACK: Same personnel. Los Angeles, February 10-13, 1956.
SIDE A:
01 A NICE DAY
02 MY FUNNY VALENTINE
03 BLUE SANDS
04 THE SAGE
05 THE MORNING AFTER
06 TAKING A CHANCE ON LOVE *
SIDE B:
01 I WANT TO BE HAPPY
02 SPECTACULAR
03 FREE FORM
04 WALKING CARSON BLUES
05 BUDDY BOO
