Chico Hamilton Quintet "Pacific Jazz 1225" 1956 Orig Vogue MONO LP

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    Chico Hamilton Quintet "Pacific Jazz 1225" 1956 Orig Vogue MONO LP              

List Title: Chico Hamilton Quintet “Pacific Jazz 1225” 1956 Orig Vogue MONO LP

 

Artist: Chico Hamilton Quintet

Title: "Pacific Jazz 1225”

 

Label: Vogue Records

Catalogue No: LAE 12085

Library ID: 0098 Matrix:
Year: 1956

Personnel:

• Alto Saxophone – Paul Horn

• Artwork – Keith Finch (2), William Claxton

• Bass – Carson Smith

• Cello – Fred Katz

• Clarinet – Paul Horn

• Drums – Chico Hamilton

• Engineer – Richard Bock

• Flute – Paul Horn

• Guitar – John Pisano

• Liner Notes – George Lane

• Producer – Richard Bock

• Tenor Saxophone – Paul Horn

This is an original MONO pressing , NOT a remaster or reissue.

 

Cover: EX Clean, shiny and stiff cover. All four corners in great shape. No seam splits. No visible ring wear. Minor blemish on top centre front.

Disc: Near Mint

Gorgeous, shiny black record with only a few very minor scuffs, no scratches or other flaws.

Description:

This is a rare MONO version on the VOGUE label

Chico Hamilton, a subtle and creative drummer, will probably always be better known for the series of quintets that he led during 1955-1965 and for his ability as a talent scout than for his fine drumming. Hamilton first played drums while in high school with the many fine young players (including Dexter Gordon, Illinois Jacquet, and Charles Mingus) who were in Los Angeles at the time. He made his recording debut with Slim Gaillard, was house drummer at Billy Berg's, toured with Lionel Hampton, and served in the military (1942-1946). In 1946, Hamilton worked briefly with Jimmy Mundy, Count Basie, and Lester Young (recording with Young). He toured as Lena Horne's drummer (on and off during 1948-1955), and gained recognition for his work with the original Gerry Mulligan piano-less quartet (1952-1953). In 1955, Hamilton put together his first quintet, a chamber jazz group with the reeds of Buddy Collette, guitarist Jim Hall, bassist Carson Smith, and cellist Fred Katz. One of the last important West Coast jazz bands, the Chico Hamilton Quintet was immediately popular and appeared in a memorable sequence in 1958's Jazz on a Summmer's Day and the Hollywood film The Sweet Smell of Success. The personnel changed over the next few years (with Paul Horn and Eric Dolphy heard on reeds, cellist Nate Gersham, guitarists John Pisano and Dennis Budimir, and several bassists passing through the group) but it retained its unusual sound. By 1961, Charles Lloyd was on tenor and flute, Gabor Szabo was the new guitarist, and soon the cello was dropped in favor of trombone (Garnett Brown and later George Bohanon), giving the group an advanced-hard bop style.

In 1966, Chico Hamilton started composing for commercials and the studios and he broke up his quintet. However, he continued leading various groups, playing music that ranged from the avant-garde to erratic fusion and advanced hard bop. Such up-and-coming musicians as Larry Coryell (1966), Steve Potts (1967), Arthur Blythe, Steve Turre (on bass, surprisingly), and Eric Person (who played in Hamilton's '90s group Euphoria) were among the younger players he helped discover. In 1989, Chico Hamilton had a recorded reunion with the original members of his 1955 quintet (with Pisano in Hall's place), and in the 1990s he made a number of records for Soul Note.
- Scott Yarrow

Recorded October 1956 at the Forum Theater, Los Angeles, California.

This album still has its original inner sleeve.

Genre: Jazz
Format: LP – MONO
Origin: UK

 

Track Listing:
Side A

1. I Know
2.Chanel
3.Beanstalk
4.September Song
5.Siete-Cuatro
6.Mr. Jo Jones
7.I know

Side B

8.Satin Doll
9.Lillian
10.Reflections

11.Soft Winds

12.Caravan

13.I Know

This is from a large jazz collection. Many have been played only a few times and look brand new unless otherwise stated. Kept in a clean, smoke and pet free home.

Please view my other listings as I will have many more cool jazz LP's up for sale in the coming months. The whole collection will eventually be auctioned.  

Thanks.

Guaranteed to be original and authentic.  I do not sell bootlegs or modern reissues.

Your LP will be shipped in the highest quality, brand new, sturdy PREMIUM 625 MICRON record mailers.
as used by nearly every record distributor worldwide with a cardboard stiffener both above and below the record. Records are removed from the jacket to prevent seam from splitting.

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U.K. - £3.25 - Royal Mail 1st Class Standard
EUROPE - £5.50 Royal Mail Airmail Small Packet
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