Chico Hamilton

Freddie Gambrell was a little known West Coast pianist playing at San Francisco's Bop City club when, in 1956, Chico Hamilton heard him for the first time. "I was so impressed while listening to him play that I felt I must play with this guy "which often happens to a musician when he hears something that he really digs, especially if he is right there when it's happening and so I did," said Hamilton. Gambrell's fresh, lively talent was immediately accepted throughout the jazz scene when his playing was heard on his first album, under Chico Hamilton's leadership.  His second and introductory album as a piano soloist fulfilled the promise of his previous work under Chico's aegis. And it provided yet another example of the uncanny pianistic technique and sheer beauty and delicacy of tone and touch so often found in artists whose sight has been impaired.

PERSONNEL:

[1-9]
FREDDIE GAMBRELL, piano
BEN TUCKER, bass
CHICO HAMILTON, drums)
Recorded in Hollywood, at Radio Recorders Studio, March 25 & 26, 1958.

[10-21]:
FREDDIE GAMBRELL, piano
BEN TUCKER, bass.
Recorded in Hollywood, at Radio Recorders Studio, on October 13, 1958.

Sources:
[1-8] from the 12" LP "Chico Hamilton Trio Introducing Freddie Gambrell" (World Pacific Stereo 1242)
Track [9] from the mono version of the above album (World Pacific WP-1242)
Tracks [10-21] from the 12" LP "Freddie Gambrell: Piano / Ben Tucker: Bass" (World Pacific WP-1256)

TRACKS:

01. Lullaby of the Leaves (5:40)
02. Reservation Blues (4:52)
03. These Foolish Things (4:05)
04. Ex-Ray's Friends (4:08)
05. In the Still of the Night (3:48)
06. You're the Cream in My Coffee (4:17)
07. Midnight Sun (4:39)
08. Five Minutes More (3:07)
09. Devil's Demise (5:39)
10. Feudin' and Fightin' (2:48)
11. Who You? (2:09)
12. Yesterdays (3:54)
13. Summer House (3:05)
14. Anything Goes (2:19)
15. Indian Love Call (3:56)
16. Without a Song (2:08)
17. Linda (2:15)
18. Falling in Love with Love (3:21)
19. When I Fall in Love (2:39)
20. Opus 116 (2:25)
21. Stomping at the Savoy (4:00)

Total time: 75:00 min.


Original sessions produced by Dick Bock and engineered by Ralph Valentine

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