Gongs East!

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Gongs East!
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Studio album by Chico Hamilton Quintet
Released 1959
Recorded December 29 & 30, 1958
Los Angeles, CA
Genre Jazz
Length 38:15
Label Warner Bros. WS 1271
Chico Hamilton chronology
The Chico Hamilton Quintet with Strings Attached
(1958)The Chico Hamilton Quintet with Strings Attached1958
Gongs East!
(1958)
The Three Faces of Chico
(1959)The Three Faces of Chico1959

Gongs East! is an album by drummer and bandleader Chico Hamilton's Quintet recorded in 1958 and released on the Warner Bros. label.[1] the album features some of the earliest recordings of Eric Dolphy.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide 4/5 stars[3]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: " Dolphy has quite a few short solos on this rewarding music... Recommended".[2]

Track listing

  1. "Beyond the Blue Horizon" (Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting, W. Franke Harling) - 2:59
  2. "Where I Live" (Gerald Wilson) - 2:57
  3. "Gongs East" (Chico Hamilton) - 5:04
  4. "I Gave My Love a Cherry" (Traditional) - 4:03
  5. "Good Grief, Dennis" (Carlson Smith) - 3:17
  6. "Long Ago (and Far Away)" (Jerome Kern, Ira Gershwin) - 3:04
  7. "Tuesday at Two" (Wilson) - 3:59
  8. "Nature by Emerson" (Fred Katz) - 4:48
  9. "Far East" (Nat Pierce) - 4:38
  10. "Passion Flower" (Billy Strayhorn) - 3:04

Personnel

References

  1. Eric Dolphy Catalog accessed June 4, 2015
  2. 2.0 2.1 Yanow, Scott. Gongs East! – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
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