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Chico Hamilton

Chico Hamilton has been played on NTS over 60 times, featured on 60 episodes and was first played on 25 February 2013.

Chico Hamilton (Foreststorn Hamilton) (September 21, 1921, Los Angeles - died November 25, 2013) was a jazz drummer and bandleader.

He was born in Los Angeles in 1921 and was raised locally as the Central Avenue jazz scene was beginning to coalesce. In the 1940s, he performed with Lionel Hampton, Duke Ellington and Count Basie. He appears in the "March Milastaire" number in the film You'll Never Get Rich (1941) as part of the backing group supporting Fred Astaire. He was one of the…

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Gengis
Chico
Stax, Enterprise1973
Gengis
ChicoStax, Enterprise1973
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Mysterious Maiden
Chico Hamilton
Elektra1980
Mysterious Maiden
Chico HamiltonElektra1980
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Abdullah And Abraham
Chico Hamilton
Blue Note1975
Abdullah And Abraham
Chico HamiltonBlue Note1975
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The Morning Side Of Love
Chico Hamilton
Blue Note1975
The Morning Side Of Love
Chico HamiltonBlue Note1975
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El Toro (Mark De Clive-Lowe Remix)
Chico Hamilton (Mark De Clive-Lowe mix)
Joyous Shout !2007
El Toro (Mark De Clive-Lowe Remix)
Chico Hamilton (Mark De Clive-Lowe mix)Joyous Shout !2007
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Conquistadores '74
Chico Hamilton
Enterprise1974
Conquistadores '74
Chico HamiltonEnterprise1974
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This Dream
Chico Hamilton
Impulse!1965
This Dream
Chico HamiltonImpulse!1965
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Peregrinations
Chico Hamilton
Blue Note1975
Peregrinations
Chico HamiltonBlue Note1975
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Nomad
Chico Hamilton
Elektra1980
Nomad
Chico HamiltonElektra1980
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Denise
Chico Hamilton
Elektra1980
Denise
Chico HamiltonElektra1980
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