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Chico Hamilton

January 26, 2023

For the English footballer nicknamed Chico Hamilton, see Ian Hamilton (footballer, born 1950).

Foreststorn "Chico" Hamilton (September 20, 1921 – November 25, 2013)[1] was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He came to prominence as sideman for Lester Young, Gerry Mulligan, Count Basie, and Lena Horne. Hamilton became a bandleader, first with a quintet featuring the cello as a lead instrument, an unusual choice for a jazz band in the 1950s, and subsequently leading bands that performed cool jazz, post bop, and jazz fusion.

Chico Hamilton
Chico Hamilton appearing at the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival in Tompkins Square Park, New York City, August 26, 2007
Background information
Birth nameForeststorn Hamilton
Born(1921-09-20)September 20, 1921
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
DiedNovember 25, 2013(2013-11-25) (aged 92)
New York, New York, U.S.
GenresCool jazz, free jazz, soul jazz, hard bop, jazz-funk, boogaloo
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)Drums

Biography

Early life and career

Foreststorn Hamilton was born in Los Angeles, California,[1] one of three brothers, one of whom was actor Bernie Hamilton.[2]

Hamilton started his career in a band with Charles Mingus, Illinois Jacquet, Ernie Royal, Dexter Gordon, Buddy Collette and Jack Kelso before he had finished high school.[3] Engagements with Lionel Hampton, Slim & Slam, T-Bone Walker, Lester Young, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Charlie Barnet, Billy Eckstine, Nat King Cole, Sammy Davis Jr., Billie Holiday, Gerry Mulligan and Lena Horne established his career.[4]

Hamilton appeared in You'll Never Get Rich (1941) as part of the backing group supporting Fred Astaire. Hamilton also performed on the soundtrack of the Bing Crosby and Bob Hope film Road to Bali (1952).[5]

Bandleader

He recorded his first album as leader in 1955 with George Duvivier (double bass) and Howard Roberts (guitar) for Pacific Jazz. In the same year Hamilton formed an unusual quintet in Los Angeles, featuring cello, flute/saxes/clarinet, guitar, bass and drums.[6] The quintet has been described as one of the last important West Coast jazz bands.[4]

The original personnel included flutist/saxophonist/clarinetist Buddy Collette, guitarist Jim Hall, cellist Fred Katz and bassist Jim Aton, who was later replaced by Carson Smith. Hamilton continued to tour, using different personnel, from 1957 to 1960. A version of the quintet including flutist Paul Horn was featured in the film Sweet Smell of Success in 1957 and one including Eric Dolphy appeared in the film Jazz on a Summer's Day (1960), set at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival.[7]

Hamilton revamped his group in 1961 with Charles Lloyd, Gabor Szabo, George Bohanon and Albert Stinson, playing what has been described as chamber jazz, with "a moderate avant-gardism."[8] The group recorded for Columbia, Reprise and Impulse Records and also recorded the soundtrack for the industrial film Litho in 1962, the first American film to be shown behind the Iron Curtain. Hamilton formed a commercial and film production company in 1965, and went on to score the feature films Repulsion (1965), Mr. Ricco (1975), Coonskin (1975), By Design (1982), the television programs Portrait of Willie Mays and Gerald McBoing-Boing, and scored hundreds of commercials for TV and radio.[9]

In 1986 Hamilton formed his sextet Chico Hamilton and the Young Alto's featuring Kenneth Lampl, Eric Person and Marc Bernstein. The group performed at the 1986 JVC Jazz Festival, the Apollo Theater, and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.[10]

Later career

In 2001, Hamilton released Foreststorn featuring Euphoria with Cary DeNigris on guitar, Paul Ramsey on bass, Eric Lawrence on alto and soprano saxes and Evan Schwam on tenor sax, alongside other guest appearances.[11] In August of that year, he performed My Funny Valentine: A Tribute to Chico Hamilton at Lincoln Center.[7]

In 1997, Hamilton received the New School University Jazz and Contemporary Music Programs' Beacons in Jazz Award in recognition for his "significant contribution to the evolution of Jazz". In 2002, he was awarded the WLIU-FM Radio Lifetime Achievement Award. At the IAJE in NYC January 2004, he was awarded a NEA Jazz Master Fellowship.[12] In December 2006, Congress confirmed the nomination of Hamilton to the President's Council on the Arts.[13] In 2007, he received a Living Legend Jazz Award as part of The Kennedy Center's Jazz in Our Time Festival,[14][15] as well as being awarded a Doctor of Fine Arts from The New School.[16]

In 2006, Hamilton released Joyous Shout! in celebration of his 85th birthday.[17] In 2007, he released Hamiltonia, sampling his original compositions from the four albums released in 2006. Over the years, Hamilton had a series of dance successes, including his signature song "Conquistadors" from his 1960s Impulse album El Chico, and the Brazilian-influenced song "Strut" from his 1980 Elektra album, Nomad.

In 2002, a track titled "For Mods Only" from his 1966 Impulse! Records album The Dealer, was included on the Thievery Corporation's Sounds from the Verve Hi-Fi. In 2006, Rong Music released the 12-inch vinyl Kerry's Caravan by Mudd and Hamilton, with remixes from Ray Mang. Several remixes of Hamilton's recordings were released in the late 2000s. He released Twelve Tones of Love on Joyous Shout! in 2009. In March 2011, he had a long recording session, resulting in 28 new tracks with his Euphoria group. Following a health setback in 2010, he and the group began weekly rehearsals at Hamilton's Penthouse A; which brought together the material which would comprise Revelation, an 11-track CD, released in 2011.

Death

Hamilton died aged 92 on November 25, 2013, in Manhattan.[1] Hamilton was survived by his daughter (Denise), a brother, a granddaughter and two great-granddaughters. His wife, Helen, and his brother Bernie, an actor who starred in Starsky & Hutch, both died in 2008.[18]

Discography

As leader

As sideman

With Louis Armstrong

With Buddy Collette

With Paul Horn

With Fred Katz

With John Lewis

With Gerry Mulligan

With Ken Nordine

  • Word Jazz (Dot, 1957) - credited as "Forest Horn"

With Gábor Szabó

References

  1. ^ a b c Keepnews, Peter (26 November 2013). "Chico Hamilton, a California Cool Jazzman, Dies at 92". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ^ Martin Chilton, "Chico Hamilton, jazz drummer, dies", The Daily Telegraph, November 27, 2013.
  3. ^ Davis, John S. (2012). Historical Dictionary of Jazz. Lanham: The Scarecrow Press. p. 430. ISBN 978-0-8108-7898-3.
  4. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. "Chico Hamilton: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
  5. ^ Brian Priestley, "Chico Hamilton: Musician", The Independent, December 1, 2013.
  6. ^ Litweiler, John (1984). The Freedom Principle: Jazz After 1958. Da Capo. p. 62. ISBN 0-306-80377-1.
  7. ^ a b John Fordham, "Chico Hamilton obituary", The Guardian, November 26, 2013.
  8. ^ Berendt, Joachim E. (1976). The Jazz Book. Paladin. p. 294.
  9. ^ Profile, npr.org; accessed July 15, 2015.
  10. ^ Wilson, John. "Jazz Festival: Chico Hamilton Sextet". New York Times. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  11. ^ "Jazz news: Chico Hamilton Live at the Rubin Museum/NYC". All About Jazz News. from the original on 2021-08-24. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
  12. ^ "Foreststorn "Chico" Hamilton". NEA. 2013-01-24. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  13. ^ "Jazz drummer/bandleader Chico Hamilton dies at 92". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  14. ^ Barker, Andrew (2013-11-26). "Jazz Great Chico Hamilton Dies at 92". Variety. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  15. ^ "Jazz in Our Time". johnvreeke.com. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  16. ^ "Remembering Jazz Great Chico Hamilton". The New School News. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  17. ^ Gans, Charles J. (27 November 2013). "Jazz drummer Chico Hamilton passes away at 92". Associated Press.
  18. ^ Barton, Chris (2013-11-26). "West Coast jazz great Chico Hamilton dies at 92". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
  19. ^ "Chico Hamilton | Album Discography | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-06-29.

External links

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chico Hamilton.
  • Official website  
  • Chico Hamilton at IMDb
  • , drummercafe.com; accessed July 15, 2015.
  • , dromnyc.com; accessed July 15, 2015.
  • Obituary, theguardian.com, November 26, 2013; accessed July 15, 2015.

January 26, 2023
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For the English footballer nicknamed Chico Hamilton see Ian Hamilton footballer born 1950 This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Chico Hamilton news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message Foreststorn Chico Hamilton September 20 1921 November 25 2013 1 was an American jazz drummer and bandleader He came to prominence as sideman for Lester Young Gerry Mulligan Count Basie and Lena Horne Hamilton became a bandleader first with a quintet featuring the cello as a lead instrument an unusual choice for a jazz band in the 1950s and subsequently leading bands that performed cool jazz post bop and jazz fusion Chico HamiltonChico Hamilton appearing at the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival in Tompkins Square Park New York City August 26 2007Background informationBirth nameForeststorn HamiltonBorn 1921 09 20 September 20 1921Los Angeles California U S DiedNovember 25 2013 2013 11 25 aged 92 New York New York U S GenresCool jazz free jazz soul jazz hard bop jazz funk boogalooOccupation s MusicianInstrument s Drums Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Early life and career 1 2 Bandleader 1 3 Later career 2 Death 3 Discography 3 1 As leader 3 2 As sideman 4 References 5 External linksBiography EditEarly life and career Edit Foreststorn Hamilton was born in Los Angeles California 1 one of three brothers one of whom was actor Bernie Hamilton 2 Hamilton started his career in a band with Charles Mingus Illinois Jacquet Ernie Royal Dexter Gordon Buddy Collette and Jack Kelso before he had finished high school 3 Engagements with Lionel Hampton Slim amp Slam T Bone Walker Lester Young Count Basie Duke Ellington Charlie Barnet Billy Eckstine Nat King Cole Sammy Davis Jr Billie Holiday Gerry Mulligan and Lena Horne established his career 4 Hamilton appeared in You ll Never Get Rich 1941 as part of the backing group supporting Fred Astaire Hamilton also performed on the soundtrack of the Bing Crosby and Bob Hope film Road to Bali 1952 5 Bandleader Edit He recorded his first album as leader in 1955 with George Duvivier double bass and Howard Roberts guitar for Pacific Jazz In the same year Hamilton formed an unusual quintet in Los Angeles featuring cello flute saxes clarinet guitar bass and drums 6 The quintet has been described as one of the last important West Coast jazz bands 4 The original personnel included flutist saxophonist clarinetist Buddy Collette guitarist Jim Hall cellist Fred Katz and bassist Jim Aton who was later replaced by Carson Smith Hamilton continued to tour using different personnel from 1957 to 1960 A version of the quintet including flutist Paul Horn was featured in the film Sweet Smell of Success in 1957 and one including Eric Dolphy appeared in the film Jazz on a Summer s Day 1960 set at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival 7 Hamilton revamped his group in 1961 with Charles Lloyd Gabor Szabo George Bohanon and Albert Stinson playing what has been described as chamber jazz with a moderate avant gardism 8 The group recorded for Columbia Reprise and Impulse Records and also recorded the soundtrack for the industrial film Litho in 1962 the first American film to be shown behind the Iron Curtain Hamilton formed a commercial and film production company in 1965 and went on to score the feature films Repulsion 1965 Mr Ricco 1975 Coonskin 1975 By Design 1982 the television programs Portrait of Willie Mays and Gerald McBoing Boing and scored hundreds of commercials for TV and radio 9 In 1986 Hamilton formed his sextet Chico Hamilton and the Young Alto s featuring Kenneth Lampl Eric Person and Marc Bernstein The group performed at the 1986 JVC Jazz Festival the Apollo Theater and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts 10 Later career Edit In 2001 Hamilton released Foreststorn featuring Euphoria with Cary DeNigris on guitar Paul Ramsey on bass Eric Lawrence on alto and soprano saxes and Evan Schwam on tenor sax alongside other guest appearances 11 In August of that year he performed My Funny Valentine A Tribute to Chico Hamilton at Lincoln Center 7 In 1997 Hamilton received the New School University Jazz and Contemporary Music Programs Beacons in Jazz Award in recognition for his significant contribution to the evolution of Jazz In 2002 he was awarded the WLIU FM Radio Lifetime Achievement Award At the IAJE in NYC January 2004 he was awarded a NEA Jazz Master Fellowship 12 In December 2006 Congress confirmed the nomination of Hamilton to the President s Council on the Arts 13 In 2007 he received a Living Legend Jazz Award as part of The Kennedy Center s Jazz in Our Time Festival 14 15 as well as being awarded a Doctor of Fine Arts from The New School 16 In 2006 Hamilton released Joyous Shout in celebration of his 85th birthday 17 In 2007 he released Hamiltonia sampling his original compositions from the four albums released in 2006 Over the years Hamilton had a series of dance successes including his signature song Conquistadors from his 1960s Impulse album El Chico and the Brazilian influenced song Strut from his 1980 Elektra album Nomad In 2002 a track titled For Mods Only from his 1966 Impulse Records album The Dealer was included on the Thievery Corporation s Sounds from the Verve Hi Fi In 2006 Rong Music released the 12 inch vinyl Kerry s Caravan by Mudd and Hamilton with remixes from Ray Mang Several remixes of Hamilton s recordings were released in the late 2000s He released Twelve Tones of Love on Joyous Shout in 2009 In March 2011 he had a long recording session resulting in 28 new tracks with his Euphoria group Following a health setback in 2010 he and the group began weekly rehearsals at Hamilton s Penthouse A which brought together the material which would comprise Revelation an 11 track CD released in 2011 Death EditHamilton died aged 92 on November 25 2013 in Manhattan 1 Hamilton was survived by his daughter Denise a brother a granddaughter and two great granddaughters His wife Helen and his brother Bernie an actor who starred in Starsky amp Hutch both died in 2008 18 Discography EditAs leader Edit 1955 Chico Hamilton Quintet featuring Buddy Collette Pacific Jazz 1955 The Original Chico Hamilton Quintet World Pacific released 1960 1955 Live at the Strollers Fresh Sound released 2008 1956 Chico Hamilton Quintet in Hi Fi Pacific Jazz 1953 56 Chico Hamilton Trio Pacific Jazz 1957 Chico Hamilton Quintet Pacific Jazz 1957 Sweet Smell of Success Decca Film soundtrack 1957 Delightfully Modern Jazztone with the Laurindo Almeida Quartet 1958 South Pacific in Hi Fi World Pacific 1958 Chico Hamilton Trio Introducing Freddie Gambrell World Pacific 1958 The Original Ellington Suite Pacific Jazz with Eric Dolphy released 2000 1958 The Chico Hamilton Quintet with Strings Attached Warner Bros 1958 Gongs East Warner Bros 1959 Ellington Suite World Pacific 1959 The Three Faces of Chico Warner Bros 1959 That Hamilton Man Sesac 1960 Bye Bye Birdie Irma La Douce Columbia 1960 The Chico Hamilton Special Columbia 1962 Drumfusion Columbia 1962 Passin Thru Impulse 1963 A Different Journey Reprise 1963 Man from Two Worlds Impulse 1965 Chic Chic Chico Impulse 1966 El Chico Impulse 1966 The Further Adventures of El Chico Impulse 1966 The Dealer Impulse 1968 The Gamut Solid State 1969 The Head Hunters Solid State 1970 El Exigente The Demanding One Flying Dutchman 1973 The Master Enterprise 1974 Montreux Festival Stax live album shared with Albert King and Little Milton 1975 Peregrinations Blue Note 1976 Chico Hamilton and the Players Blue Note 1977 Catwalk Mercury 1979 Reaching for the Top Nautilus 1980 Nomad Elektra 1988 Euphoria Swallow 1990 Transfusion Studio West V S O P 1991 Reunion Soul Note 1992 Arroyo 1993 Trio 1993 Dreams Come True Joyous Shout with Andrew Hill released 2008 1994 My Panamanian Friend The Music of Eric Dolphy 1994 Dancing to a Different Drummer Soul Note 1998 Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings of the Chico Hamilton Quintet 1999 Timely All Points Jazz 2001 Foreststorn 2002 Thoughts Of 2006 Juniflip Joyous Shout 2006 Believe Joyous Shout 2006 6th Avenue Romp Joyous Shout 2006 Heritage Joyous Shout 2007 Hamiltonia 2007 Mysterious Maiden 180 gram vinyl LP 2008 It s About Time EP 2008 Alternative Dimensions of El Chico Joyous Shout 2008 Trio Live Artpark 2009 The Alternative Dimensions of El Chico 12 double vinyl 2009 Twelve Tones of Love Joyous Shout 2011 Revelation 10 vinyl EP 2011 Euphoric EP 2011 Revelation 2013 The Inquiring Mind Joyous Shout 19 As sideman Edit With Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong and His Friends Flying Dutchman Amsterdam 1970 With Buddy Collette Tanganyika Dig 1956 With Paul Horn House of Horn Dot 1957 credited as Forest Thorn With Fred Katz Zen The Music of Fred Katz Pacific Jazz 1957 Soul Cello Decca 1958 With John Lewis Grand Encounter Pacific Jazz 1956 With Gerry Mulligan Gerry Mulligan Quartet Volume 1 Pacific Jazz 1952 Gene Norman Presents the Original Gerry Mulligan Tentet and Quartet GNP 1953 1997 California Concerts Pacific Jazz 1955 With Ken Nordine Word Jazz Dot 1957 credited as Forest Horn With Gabor Szabo Spellbinder Impulse 1966 References Edit a b c Keepnews Peter 26 November 2013 Chico Hamilton a California Cool Jazzman Dies at 92 The New York Times Retrieved 26 November 2013 Martin Chilton Chico Hamilton jazz drummer dies The Daily Telegraph November 27 2013 Davis John S 2012 Historical Dictionary of Jazz Lanham The Scarecrow Press p 430 ISBN 978 0 8108 7898 3 a b Yanow Scott Chico Hamilton Biography Allmusic Retrieved 2010 03 17 Brian Priestley Chico Hamilton Musician The Independent December 1 2013 Litweiler John 1984 The Freedom Principle Jazz After 1958 Da Capo p 62 ISBN 0 306 80377 1 a b John Fordham Chico Hamilton obituary The Guardian November 26 2013 Berendt Joachim E 1976 The Jazz Book Paladin p 294 Profile npr org accessed July 15 2015 Wilson John Jazz Festival Chico Hamilton Sextet New York Times Retrieved 9 April 2016 Jazz news Chico Hamilton Live at the Rubin Museum NYC All About Jazz News Archived from the original on 2021 08 24 Retrieved 2021 08 24 Foreststorn Chico Hamilton NEA 2013 01 24 Retrieved 2018 06 29 Jazz drummer bandleader Chico Hamilton dies at 92 USA TODAY Retrieved 2018 06 29 Barker Andrew 2013 11 26 Jazz Great Chico Hamilton Dies at 92 Variety Retrieved 2018 06 29 Jazz in Our Time johnvreeke com Retrieved 2018 06 29 Remembering Jazz Great Chico Hamilton The New School News Retrieved 2018 06 29 Gans Charles J 27 November 2013 Jazz drummer Chico Hamilton passes away at 92 Associated Press Barton Chris 2013 11 26 West Coast jazz great Chico Hamilton dies at 92 Los Angeles Times Retrieved 2013 11 26 Chico Hamilton Album Discography AllMusic AllMusic Retrieved 2018 06 29 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chico Hamilton Official website Chico Hamilton at IMDb Chico Hamilton profile drummercafe com accessed July 15 2015 Profile dromnyc com accessed July 15 2015 Obituary theguardian com November 26 2013 accessed July 15 2015 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chico Hamilton amp oldid 1118180705, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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