Chico Hamilton
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- September 20, 1921 · Los Angeles, California, USA
- November 25, 2013
Biography
Foreststorn "Chico" Hamilton (September 20, 1921 – November 25, 2013) 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chico Hamilton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- The Jazz Baroness · Self
- Jazz Seen · Self
- The Sun Goddess · Music
- Magic Sticks · Mr. Jazz
- By Design · Music
- Coonskin · Music
- Mr. Ricco · Music
- Confessor · Music
- And Of Course You · Music
- Peacemeal · Music
- Repulsion · Music
- Miss USA · Self
- Shearing Animation · Music
- Drums West · Music
- Jazz on a Summer's Day · Self
- Cat and Mouse · Music
- Sweet Smell of Success · The Chico Hamilton Quintet
- The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show · Theme Song Performance