Chico Hamilton Quintet featuring Buddy Collette

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Chico Hamilton Quintet featuring Buddy Collette
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Studio album /Live album by Chico Hamilton Quintet
Released 1956
Recorded August 4 & 23, 1955
The Strollers in Long Beach and Radio Recorders in Hollywood, CA
Genre Jazz
Label Pacific Jazz PJ-1209 / ST-20143
Producer Richard Bock
Chico Hamilton chronology
Chico Hamilton Quintet featuring Buddy Collette
(1955)		 The Original Chico Hamilton Quintet
(1955)The Original Chico Hamilton Quintet1955

Chico Hamilton Quintet featuring Buddy Collette (rereleased as Spectacular!) is an album by drummer and bandleader Chico Hamilton's Quintet featuring multi-instrumentalist Buddy Collette released on the Pacific Jazz label.[1][2] The album was recorded in 1955 with one side recorded live and the other recorded in the studio.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[3]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: "A chamber jazz unit that hinted in spots at classical music, this cool jazz band was quite popular for a few years".[3]

Track listing

  1. "A Nice Day" (Buddy Collette) - 2:53
  2. "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rogers, Lorenz Hart) - 4:16
  3. "Blue Sands" (Collette) - 6:30
  4. "The Sage" (Fred Katz) - 3:34
  5. "The Morning After" (Chico Hamilton) - 2:07
  6. "I Want to Be Happy" (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) - 2:10
  7. "Spectacular" (Jim Hall) - 5:12
  8. "Free Form" (Hamilton, Collette, Hall, Katz, Carson Smith) - 5:00
  9. "Walking Carson Blues" (Smith) - 6:08
  10. "Buddy Boo" (Collette) - 6:16
  • Recorded at The Strollers in Long Beach (tracks 6-10) and Radio Recorders in Hollywood (tracks 1-5)

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Pacific Jazz Records Catalog: 1200 series accessed June 3, 2015
  2. ↑ Edwards, D., Eyries, P. and Callahan, M. Pacific Jazz/Pacifica Album Discography accessed June 3, 2015
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Yanow, Scott. Spectacular – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
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