Chico Hamilton
Cunoscut Pentru
Sound
Born
September 20, 1921 (age 104)
Birth Place
Los Angeles, California, USA
Died
November 25, 2013
Biografie
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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Filmografie
The Jazz Baroness
2009 — Self
Jazz Seen
2001 — Self
The Sun Goddess
1993 — music
The Sun Goddess
1993 — actor
Magic Sticks
1987 — Mr. Jazz
By Design
1982 — original music composer
Coonskin
1975 — original music composer
Mr. Ricco
1975 — original music composer
Confessor
1974 — music
And Of Course You
1968 — music
Peacemeal
1967 — music
Repulsion
1965 — original music composer