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1956 studio album by Chico Hamilton Quintet
Chico Hamilton Quintet in Hi Fi
Released 1956 Recorded November 12, 1954, January 4 and February 10 & 13, 1956Music Box Theatre in Los Angeles, CA
Genre
Jazz
Label
Pacific Jazz PJ-1216
Producer Richard Bock
Chico Hamilton Quintet in Hi Fi is an album by drummer and bandleader
Chico Hamilton , released on the
Pacific Jazz label.
[1]
[2] The bulk of album was recorded at two sessions in 1956; a live drum solo was recorded in 1954.
The cover artwork is a photo of artist
Vito Paulekas .
[3]
Reception
The
AllMusic site rated the album 3 stars.
[4]
Track listing
"Jonalah" (Carson Smith) - 2:15
"Chrissie" (Jim Hall) - 3:50
"The Wind" (
Russ Freeman ) - 3:32
"
Gone Lover (When Your Lover Has Gone) " (
Einar Aaron Swan ) - 3:48
"The Ghost" (Buddy Collette) - 5:05
"Sleepy Slept Here (Santa Monica)" (Collette) - 4:08
"
Taking a Chance on Love " (
Vernon Duke ,
John La Touche ,
Ted Fetter ) - 4:07
"The Squimp" (Fred Katz) - 1:47
"
Topsy " (
Eddie Durham ,
Edgar Battle ) - 4:43
"Drums West" (Chico Hamilton) - 4:15
"
Sleep " (Adam Geibel,
Earl Burtnett ) - 2:26
Recorded at Stockton High School in Stockton, CA on November 12, 1954 (track 10), in Los Angeles, CA on January 4, 1956 (tracks 1-5) and at Music Box Theatre in Hollywood, CA on February 10 & 13, 1956 (tracks 6-9 & 11).
Personnel
References
^
Pacific Jazz Records Catalog: 1200 series accessed June 5, 2015
^ Edwards, D., Eyries, P. and Callahan, M.
Pacific Jazz/Pacifica Album Discography accessed June 3, 2015
^ Toop, David (May 5, 2016).
Into the Maelstrom: Music, Improvisation and the Dream of Freedom: Before 1970 . Bloomsbury Publishing USA.
ISBN
9781441183705 – via Google Books.
^
a
b
Allmusic listing accessed June 5, 2015
^
Cook, Richard ;
Morton, Brian (2008).
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.).
Penguin . p. 634.
ISBN
978-0-141-03401-0 .