Chico Hamilton

180-gram VIRGIN VINYL

LIMITED EDITION

The Complete Album + 2 Bonus Tracks

One of the true legends of modern jazz drumming, Chico Hamilton revamped his group with Charles Lloyd, Gábor Szabó, Garnett Brown (replaced soon after by George Bohanon) and Albert Stinson in 1961, performing what has been described by Joachim E. Berendt as “a moderate avant-gardism”.

The group recorded for Columbia, Reprise and Impulse Records and also taped the soundtrack to the industrial film Litho in 1962 (the first American movie to be shown behind the Iron Curtain). This release contains the first album by this band, Drumfusion, in its entirety, plus the only known alternate take from the session and one additional bonus track.

PERSONNEL:

• Chico Hamilton - (drums)
• Charles Lloyd - (tenor sax & flute)
• Garnett Brown - (trombone)
• Gabor Szabó - (guitar)
• Albert Stinson - (bass)

New York, February 19, 1962.

• (*) BONUS TRACKS:
• A4: From the same session, not on the original LP.
• B4: Same personnel but George Bohanon (tb) replaces Garnett Brown.
• Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, September 18, 1962.

TRACKS:

• SIDE A:
• A1. ONE FOR JOAN
• A2. FREEDOM TRAVELER (Parts I “Prayer” & II “Journey”)
• A3. TALES
• A4. ONE FOR JOAN [alternate take] (*)

• SIDE B:
• B1. HOMEWARD
• B2. A ROSE FOR BOOKER
• B3. TRANSFUSION
• B4. TRANSFUSION [version #2] (*)

• (*) Bonus tracks