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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1921
- Works
- 1
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- El Chico
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Film & TV
Los Angeles, California, USA
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…
Known for
- The Jazz Baroness — Self2009
- Jazz Seen — Self2001
- The Sun Goddess1993
- Magic Sticks — Mr. Jazz1987
- Miss USA — Self - Judge1963
- Jazz on a Summer's Day — Self1960
- Sweet Smell of Success — The Chico Hamilton Quintet1957
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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. <a href="https://www.last.fm/m
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Hamilton
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- film score composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- NEA Jazz Masters
- Genre
- free jazz
- Instrument
- drum kit
- Official website
- www.joyousshout.com
- Image
- Chico Hamilton.jpg
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- ethnic group
- African Americans
- Commons category
- Chico Hamilton
- date of birth
- 1921-09-21
- date of death
- 2013-11-25
- different from
- Ian Hamilton
- cause of death
- disease
- manner of death
- natural causes
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