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.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Stakes Is High
1996
Lady Sings The Blues
1956
Oneness (Silver Dreams~Golden Reality)
1979
Jingle Bell Jazz
1962
Just One Of Those Things
1969
Gerry Mulligan Quartet
1955
Live At The Fillmore '68
1997
Nomad
1980
The Master
1974
Walking Shoes
1972
The Best Of Chico Hamilton
1969
Spellbinder
1966
Man From Two Worlds
1964
The Essential Billie Holiday (Carnegie Hall Concert Recorded Live)
1961
The Genius Of Gerry Mulligan
1960
The Beat Of My Heart
1957
Slip-Disc: Dishoom's Bombay London Grooves
2015
Everything Is Everything
1994
Billie Holiday On Verve 1946-1959
1985
Lady Day
1984
Chico Hamilton And The Players
1976
Peregrinations
1975
The Drums
1974
Prestige Twofer Giants Volume II
1972
Credited work
1,861 releases · 286 albums · active 1952–2026
- Performance · 3,194
- Other credits · 52
- Production · 34
Studios: Radio Recorders · Carnegie Hall · Fillmore West · Sony Music Studios, New York City